19 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 10, 1:16 PM EST, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 216 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2006 .SYNOPSIS...MCSS ARE LINING UP TO OUR NW THIS AFTN. THE FIRST ONE APPROACHED OUR SE AL COUNTIES THIS MORNING AND HAS FIZZLED OUT AS IT CURRENTLY MOVES INTO CNTRL GA. THE SECOND MCS IS UP IN NORTHERN AL AND THE OTHER IS NOW ENTERING WESTERN MS. AS THESE SECOND TWO CONTINUE TO THE ESE...ALSO ANTICIPATING THEM TO DVLP FURTHER SOUTHWARD ESP THE INTENSE LINE CURRENTLY IN NW MS. CURRENT WATCH FOR SE AL HAS EXPIRED BUT AS LONG AS THE MCSS HOLD TOGETHER AND CONTINUE TO PUSH SE-WARD (WHICH IS WHAT WERE COUNTING ON) ANOTHER WATCH WILL MOST LIKELY BE ISSUED THIS AFTN. && .SHORT TERM...ALL MODELS SEEM TO BE OUT TO LUNCH WITH THE RECENT AND ONGOING CONVECTION AND THEREFORE HAVE BASED SHORT TERM POPS ON RADAR TRENDS...SFC ANALYSIS AND HISTORY. HAVE THEREFORE WENT WITH LIKELY POPS THIS EVNG...EXPECT THE MCS(S) TO DROP DOWN TOWARDS OUR AREA AS WELL AS DVLP FURTHER SOUTH AND MOVE THROUGH OUR AREA THIS EVENING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. WITH CURRENT HELICITIES IN THE MS MCS AROUND 400-550 M2/S2...EXPECT THERE TO BE TORNADO THREATS AS WELL. 50-55KT 0-6KM SHEAR ALSO WOULD SUPPORT HAIL- PRODUCING UPDRAFTS. AFTER 06Z...THINGS ARE A LITTLE UNCLEAR. OF COURSE THE NAM AND GFS GO WITH VERY LOW POPS...BUT THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN VERY WRONG THE PAST FEW NIGHTS FOR THIS TIME FRAME AND WITH THE FRONT PROGGED TO BE JUST TO OUR NW...I BELIEVE I WILL AT LEAST GO WITH MID-RANGE CHANCE POPS FOR MOST AREAS. WHILE SVR THREAT SHOULD BE SOMEWHAT DIMINISHED...I THINK THERE WILL BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO MAINTAIN ONGOING SHRA AND TSRA THROUGH THE MORNING HRS. FRONT LOOKS TO PASS THROUGH THE CWA BETWEEN 12-16Z (8AM-12PM EDT) TOMORROW MORNING WITH SOME LINGERING CLOUDS BEHIND BASED ON CURRENT SAT IMAGERY...THEN CLEARING TOMORROW EVNG INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WENT WITH AN AVG OF THE TIGHTLY CLUSTERED GUIDANCE FOR MIN TEMPS TOMORROW NIGHT ALTHOUGH IF THE CLOUDS DO STICK AROUND LONGER WE MAY HAVE TO INCREASE THEM SOME. FRIDAY SHOULD BE A GREAT DAY AFTER THIS WEEK OF ALMOST CONTINUOUS RAIN/SVR WX...MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WITH HIGHS IN THE UPR 70S TO LWR 80S. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... HI OVER CWFA AND MOSTLY DRY SATURDAY...THEN HIGH SHIFTS INTO ATLC ON SUNDAY. NEWEST RUNS SHOWS UPSTREAM SHORT WAVE ROTATES AROUND BASE OF MS/TENN VALLEY CLOSED LOW DRAGGING COLD FRONT TO PANHANDLE. BY SUNDAY EVENING...LARGE SCALE EAST COAST TROUGH TAKING SHAPE. INCREASING POPS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. WITH POSSIBLE SEVERE WX ON SUNDAY. THIS REFLECTED IN EXTENDED POPS. FRONT EXITS LATE SUNDAY AND TROF MOVES OFFSHORE REPLACED BY RIDGE WITH IMPROVING WX INTO MID-WORK WEEK. && .MARINE...BASED ON BUOY DATA TO THE WEST...EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE TO AT LEAST CAUTION CRITERIA IN OUR OFFSHORE WATERS WEST OF APALACHICOLA THIS EVENING. THESE STRONGER WINDS MAY ALSO EXTEND INTO OUR NEAR SHORE WATERS LATER TONIGHT...WILL WAIT UNTIL CLOSER TO ISSUANCE TIME TO DETERMINE WHETHER TO INCLUDE THOSE AREAS OR NOT. BY TOMORROW MORNING...IT APPEARS THAT WINDS WILL BE AROUND 20-25KTS IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT AND WILL LIKELY HAVE TO ISSUE ADVISORY ON TONIGHTS UPDATE OR TOMORROW MORNINGS ISSUANCE. ADVISORY CONDITIONS SHOULDNT LAST TOO LONG...ALTHOUGH SEAS MIGHT TAKE A BIT TO COME DOWN...AND ADVISORY SHOULD END BY MID TO LATE MORNING TOMORROW. && .FIRE WEATHER...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR FLORIDA IS LIKELY FOR FRIDAY BUT HAVE OPTED TO HOLD OFF UNTIL TOMORROW TO ISSUE DUE TO IMPENDING SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT. LOOKS LIKE DEW PTS WILL INCREASE ENOUGH BY SATURDAY TO BRING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES UP TO ABOVE 35 PERCENT. && .AVIATION...EXPECT GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND DEVELOPING LIFR CIGS AND VSBYS AS A SQUALL LINE WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT FROM WEST TO EAST ON THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT LINGERING IFR VSBYS AND LIFR CIGS FOR AT LEAST SEVERAL HOURS FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT...AS INDICATED IN THE LATEST TAFS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 68 83 50 82 / 60 50 00 00 PANAMA CITY 70 79 58 77 / 60 40 00 00 DOTHAN 66 79 54 78 / 70 30 00 00 ALBANY 68 79 52 78 / 70 30 00 00 VALDOSTA 68 83 54 81 / 60 50 00 00 CROSS CITY 69 85 53 80 / 40 50 10 00 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. LONG TERM...BLOCK AVIATION...DUVAL REST OF DISCUSSION...MCNATT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 246 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2006 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ750-755-770-775-111900- 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- 146 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 /246 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2006/ ...SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... MULTIPLE SEVERE WEATHER COMPLEXES ARE LOCATED UP TO OUR NORTHWEST AND WILL BE MOVING TOWARDS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL MOST LIKELY MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS EVENING...THEN INTO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH- CENTRAL GEORGIA AND NORTHERN FLORIDA LATE TONIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...VERY LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS TORNADOES. A TORNADO WATCH HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON...AND BE AWARE THAT ADDITIONAL WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL ALSO BE ISSUED THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... ANOTHER FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY GENERATING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BEGINNING IN THE AFTERNOON... DRIER AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT AND LITTLE TO NO RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THEN YET ANOTHER FRONT WILL APPROACH LATE SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY BRINGING MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE ON SUNDAY. IN ITS WAKE....DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED INTO THE WORK WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TONIGHT. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TAE. MCNATT
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
19 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Quitman County Sheriff reported some trees and power lines down throughout the county.
The Clay County Sheriff reported some trees and power lines down throughout the county.
The Randolph County Sheriff reported some trees down throughout the county.
The Terrell County Sheriff reported some trees down throughout the county.
There were numerous reports of downed trees and power lines throughout the county. A fallen tree heavily damaged three vehicles and tore down utility lines on West Lincoln Avenue in Albany. A large tree fell across Robinhood Road in northwest Albany. Reported by Dougherty County 911.
Thunderstorm winds peeled the top off the Warwick water tower. The storm prompted county health officials to issue a boil water order. The winds also bent the police department's antenna to a 90-degree angle. Downed trees damaged a few vehicles and homes. There were some utility poles knocked down as well. Reported by the Worth County Sheriff.
The Lee County Sheriff reported numerous trees down throughout the county. Some mobile homes were damaged by fallen trees.
The Calhoun County Sheriff reported some trees down around State Highway 234.
The Dougherty County Sheriff reported a few trees down throughout the county.
The Turner County Sheriff reported numerous trees down throughout the county. An awning on a house was blown off.
The Baker County Sheriff reported numerous trees down throughout the county.
The Mitchell County Sheriff reported numerous trees down throughout the county.
The Ben Hill County Sheriff reported numerous trees and power lines down throughout the county.
The Colquitt County Sheriff reported a few trees down throughout the county.
The Irwin County Sheriff reported numerous trees down throughout the county.
The Tift County Sheriff reported numerous trees down throughout the county.
The Berrien County Sheriff reported a few trees down throughout the county. A roof was blown off a building.
The Cook County Sheriff reported a few trees down throughout the county.
The Lanier County Sheriff reported a few trees down throughout the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, May 2006
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5511516, 5511593, 5511517, 5511520, 5511591, 5511592, 5511519, 5511518, 5511600, 5511594, 5511595, 5511596, 5511597, 5511601, 5511598, 5511599, 5511602, 5511603, 5511604.