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NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 5, 8:34 AM EST, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 934 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2006 .DISCUSSION...LOW CLOUDS AND AREAS OF FOG AGAIN DEVELOPED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT AND IS SLOWLY DISSIPATING THIS MORNING. A SURFACE ANALYSIS FROM 11Z SHOWED A WEAK COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THERE IS A WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN ACROSS THIS REGION DUE TO PERSISTENT MCS ACTIVITY FROM EAST TEXAS INTO MISSISSIPPI. EARLY MORNING VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS QUITE A BIT OF CLOUDINESS JUST WEST OF OUR CWA AND MOVING TOWARD US. THERE ARE SOME BREAKS IN THESE CLOUDS THAT WILL ALLOW FOR SOME HEATING TO TAKE PLACE TODAY. JUST HOW MUCH OCCURS WILL REALLY DICTATE OUR POSSIBILITIES FOR SEVERE WEATHER. SPC HAS ALL OF OUR AL AND GA COUNTIES HIGHLIGHTED IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE MORNING SOUNDING SHOWED QUITE A BIT OF DRY AIR IN PLACE IN THE MID LEVELS...WITH MOISTURE INCREASING ALOFT. MODIFICATION OF OUR SOUNDING TO 85/64 YIELDS AROUND 2000 J/KG OF SBCAPE. LAPSE RATES ARE NOT ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE TODAY...BUT THERE IS ENOUGH CAPE IN THE HAIL GROWTH ZONE (-10 TO -30 C) WITH LOW WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS (AROUND 8200FT) TO SUPPORT THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE HAIL IN THE STRONGEST STORMS THAT DEVELOP. DAMAGING WINDS COULD ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY INITIALLY GIVEN THE DRIER MID LEVEL AIRMASS. OVERALL DYNAMICS ARE NOT IMPRESSIVE. OUR SOUNDING HAD ABOUT 30 KNOTS OF 0-6 KM SHEAR AND THIS IS MARGINAL. BETTER DYNAMICS BACK TO OUR WEST WITH 0-6 KM SHEAR VALUES AROUND 35 TO 40 KNOTS. THINKING ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY IN AL AND GA TO BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON WHEN INSTABILITY IS MAXIMIZED AROUND THE PEAK HEATING HOURS. SOME OF THIS CONVECTION WILL LIKELY SPILL OVER INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ON THE SYNOPTIC SCALE...THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGHOUT TODAY. AT UPPER LEVELS THE GFS AND NAM ARE PROGGING A 500MB SHORTWAVE TROF TO MOVE OVER THE REGION AROUND 18Z. THIS WILL HELP PROVIDE SOME LIFT AND COMBINE WITH THE AFTERNOON INSTABILITY TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE 00Z GFS WAS QUITE WET ACROSS OUR NORTHERN ZONES WITH POPS AS HIGH AS 70 PERCENT. THE 06Z VERSION WAS A LITTLE DRIER WITH POPS ONLY IN THE 50 TO 60 PERCENT RANGE. CURRENT FORECAST HAS THIS MODELED WELL AND WILL ONLY MAKE SOME MINOR CHANGES TO THE POP GRIDS. TEMP FORECAST ALSO LOOKS TO BE ON TRACK AS ENOUGH HEATING SHOULD OCCUR TO REACH FORECASTED MAX TEMPS. WILL BE UPDATING THE ZONES LATER THIS MORNING TO REMOVE MORNING FOG WORDING. GRIDDED PRODUCTS SHOULD BE OUT AFTER 10 AM OR SO. HAVE A GREAT DAY && .MARINE...SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...POSSIBLY INCREASING TO 15 KNOTS AT TIMES. WITH THE LIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT...NOT EXPECTING WINDS TO INCREASE MUCH MORE THAN THAT EXCEPT IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS TODAY AS AMPLE MOISTURE WILL PREVENT ANY RED FLAG CONCERNS. && .AVIATION...PATCHY AREAS OF STRATUS CONTINUE TO LINGER ACROSS THE REGION RANGING WITH LIFR AND IFR CONDITIONS BEING REPORTED. STRATUS SHOULD BURN OFF BY 14-15Z WITH CONDITIONS IMPROVING TO VFR. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...SOME COULD POSSIBLY BE SEVERE WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. AVIATION/FIRE WX...WATSON PUBLIC/MARINE...GODSEY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 505 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2006 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ750-755-770-775-061000- 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- 405 AM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 /505 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2006/ THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A COLD FRONT LOCATED FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TO NORTH TEXAS WILL DRIFT SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA AND GEORGIA BY THIS EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL LIFT AN INCREASINGLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE REGION...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG STORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL...MAINLY FROM SOUTHEAST ALABAMA INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE PANHANDLE BEACHES. PERSONS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER ONLY IF THEY ARE EXPERIENCED WITH SWIMMING IN THE SURF. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...MOVE ACROSS THE CURRENT IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... THE COLD FRONT WILL STALL OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND GEORGIA ON SATURDAY. A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WAVE WILL DEVELOP ON THE FRONT TO THE WEST AND PULL IT NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST ON SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES...AND EVENTUALLY MOVES THROUGH THE REGION ON MONDAY. A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL DOMINATE THE AREA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. A MOIST ONSHORE FLOW WILL INTERACT WITH WEAK DISTURBANCES ALOFT AND THE SEA BREEZE TO DEVELOP SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BY THE END OF THE WEEK...ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DIXIE STATES DRAGGING A COLD FRONT TOWARD THE AREA. WHILE NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE WEB SITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TAE. 8-JAMSKI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 109 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 2006 FLZ016-017-051815- GADSDEN-LEON- 109 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR GADSDEN AND LEON COUNTIES... * UNTIL 215 PM EDT AT 108 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF TALLAHASSEE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... TALLAHASSEE BY 115 PM EDT. PEA SIZE 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. 12-WATSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 127 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 2006 GAZ157-051815- GRADY- 127 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR GRADY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 215 PM EDT AT 125 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PELHAM TO WHIGHAM...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PELHAM TO 9 MILES WEST OF CAIRO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SMALL HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 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. 38-GODSEY
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:54 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Georgia DOT reported several trees down along Ridge Road.
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