1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 12, 12:45 PM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 145 PM EDT SAT AUG 12 2006 .SYNOPSIS...WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE CWA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ONE BATCH ALONG THE SEA BREEZE FRONT OVER THE FL PANHANDLE...AND ANOTHER TO THE N OVER AL/GA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. STILL EXPECT CONVECTION TO FILL IN ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS BEGIN TO TAKE PLACE. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...WINDS HAVE VEERED AROUND FROM SW TO W AND REMAIN AROUND 10 KTS. && .SHORT TERM...AS THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO SLIDES WESTWARD...THE SHORTWAVE TROF OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL AMPLIFY AND ALLOW THE WEAK COLD FRONT TO THE N TO PUSH SOUTHWARD INTO THE CWA ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL KEEP POPS ELEVATED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND...WITH THE SFC RIDGE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT PROVIDING SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR TO THE REGION ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. HIGH TEMPS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO RETURN TO NEAR CLIMO LEVELS THESE NEXT FEW DAYS...AFTER MID TO UPPER 90S HAVE BEEN THE RULE OF MUCH OF THE MONTH OF AUGUST. && .LONG TERM...A FAIRLY AMPLIFIED MID/UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL DOMINATE THE MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD. SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING FROM THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES AND OH VALLEY INTO THE NORTHEAST ON TUESDAY WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT INTO THE DEEP SOUTH...AND EXTEND FROM SOUTHERN MS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL GA THROUGH EAST CENTRAL NC WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WEAK LOW PRESSURE WAVES ALONG THE BOUNDARY WILL KEEP IT NORTH OF OUR CWFA THROUGH THURSDAY. THEN STRONGER SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WEDGE SETS UP ON FRIDAY...WITH THE BOUNDARY SINKING FURTHER SOUTH INTO NORTHERN FL. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE TO THE NORTH AND RESULTANT OFFSHORE FLOW ON TUESDAY SUPPORTS BELOW CLIMO POPS AND ABOVE CLIMO TEMPS. THEN RIDGE MOVES EAST ALLOWING ONSHORE FLOW TO COMMENCE ON WEDNESDAY. POPS AND TEMPS RETURN TO CLIMO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH THE ASSOCIATED FRONT. && .MARINE...GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS WITH SEVERAL DIRECTIONAL CHANGES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION...WILL SEE AREAS OF MVFR CIGS AND VIS THIS AFTN DUE TO SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY. HAVE INCLUDED TEMPO GROUPS AT ALL BUT PFN AS IT LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THE COASTAL ACTIVITY IS WINDING DOWN. WITH THE BOUNDARY PUSHING FURTHER SOUTH TONIGHT...STILL EXPECTING ONGOING ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT...AT LEAST THE FIRST PART OF THE NIGHT...UP AT DHN AND ABY. DEPENDING ON WHO GETS SOME DECENT RAINFALL THIS AFTN...MAY ALSO SEE SOME PATCHY FOG IN THE EARLY MORNING AS WELL. HIGHER CHANCES OF RAIN FOR OUR SOUTHERN TAF SITES AND TWEB ROUTES TOMORROW WILL NECESSITATE TEMPOS AGAIN LATE MORNING AND ONGOING THROUGH THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 75 91 74 91 / 30 60 40 50 PANAMA CITY 79 92 76 91 / 30 50 30 50 DOTHAN 73 90 73 92 / 40 50 30 50 ALBANY 73 91 74 92 / 40 50 30 30 VALDOSTA 74 89 72 91 / 40 60 40 40 CROSS CITY 75 90 73 91 / 30 60 40 50 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. && AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...MCNATT PUBLIC/MARINE...GOULD LONG TERM...JAMSKI
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 530 AM EDT SAT AUG 12 2006 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ750-755-770-775-131000- COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN- CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL- IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20 NM- WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 430 AM CDT SAT AUG 12 2006 /530 AM EDT SAT AUG 12 2006/ THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE GULF OF MEXICO WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A WEAK FRONT FROM THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHEAST WILL SINK SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND GEORGIA TONIGHT. INCREASING GULF MOISTURE...DAYTIME HEATING AND RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM FRIDAYS CONVECTION WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND MUCH OF SOUTH GEORGIA...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. CONVECTIVE COVERAGE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND WILL BE MORE SCATTERED...ASSOCIATED WITH THE AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE INFLUENCE. SOME OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BE AS WARM TODAY DUE TO INCREASED CLOUD COVER...WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS MAINLY IN THE LOWER 90S. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH DEW POINTS IN THE 70 TO 75 DEGREE RANGE WILL GENERATE HEAT INDICES FROM 95 TO 100 DEGREES. ALSO...WIND...WAVE...AND TIDAL CONDITIONS SUPPORT STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO NORTH FLORIDA ON SUNDAY AND INTO THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS SUNDAY NIGHT. THE BEST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. WHILE NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH BELOW NORMAL RAIN CHANCES AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. INCREASING GULF MOISTURE AND AN APPROACHING FRONT WILL BRING RAIN CHANCES AND TEMPERATURES BACK TO NORMAL FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...BUT SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION SHOULD CONDITIONS CHANGE THIS AFTERNOON. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TAE. JAMSKI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 409 PM EDT SAT AUG 12 2006 GAZ144-122100- BAKER- 409 PM EDT SAT AUG 12 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR BAKER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 500 PM EDT AT 358 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF NEWTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 23-MCNATT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 417 PM EDT SAT AUG 12 2006 GAZ125-122045- DOUGHERTY- 417 PM EDT SAT AUG 12 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR DOUGHERTY COUNTY... * UNTIL 445 PM EDT AT 415 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PUTNEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... PUTNEY BY 430 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 12-WATSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 433 PM EDT SAT AUG 12 2006 GAZ130-131-122130- BEN HILL-IRWIN- 433 PM EDT SAT AUG 12 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR BEN HILL AND IRWIN COUNTIES... * UNTIL 530 PM EDT AT 432 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FITZGERALD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LANIER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 500 PM EDT SAT AUG 12 2006 GAZ124-126-122200- LEE-TERRELL- 500 PM EDT SAT AUG 12 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR LEE AND TERRELL COUNTIES... * UNTIL 600 PM EDT AT 455 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PLAINS...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF DAWSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 52-LANIER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a nearby tree and fire spread to an unoccupied home. The home was destroyed. Reported by the Moultrie Observer.
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