Strong thunderstorms moved onshore into Wakulla County during the afternoon.
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Strong thunderstorms moved onshore into Wakulla County during the afternoon.
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 Jan 5, 9:15 AM EST, 6 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 915 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 .DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE JUST WEST OF THE AREA EXTENDS SOUTHWARD FROM NE ALABAMA THROUGH OKALOOSA COUNTY AND INTO THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF. THIS BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD AND WILL ENTER OUR AREA AROUND MID MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. OUT AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE...A SMW WAS ISSUED THIS MORNING FOR AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAS DEVELOPED AND MOVED INTO THE WESTERN OFFSHORE WATERS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE WESTERN NEARSHORE WATERS ALSO. LATEST MODELS AND SOUNDINGS STILL INDICATE A SLIGHT WEAKENING TREND AS THE SQUALL LINE PROPAGATES OVER THE AREA AND THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM RAPIDLY SHIFTS EAST...HOWEVER THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES STILL EXISTS. THE CURRENT TORNADO WATCH WILL BE EXTENDED FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS FOR OUR AREA. FOR MARINE...BUOYS INDICATE BORDERLINE SCA CONDITIONS WITH 17 TO 19 KTS AND 5 TO 6 FT SEAS. WILL KEEP THE EXERCISE CAUTION STATEMENT UP FOR ALL WATERS AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE CONDITIONS. OTHERWISE...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE. && .AVIATION...IFR CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN AT EACH TERMINAL THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS THE SQUALL MOVES OVER THE AREA. IN AND AROUND HEAVY SHOWERS...CIGS/VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY DROP TO BELOW IFR CONDITIONS. NOW BEGINNING TO SEE THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SQUALL LINE ENTER IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF OUR AREA. THIS BOUNDARY WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND THEN THROUGH THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SOME CLEARING IS LIKELY LATE...ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST AFTER THE BOUNDARY PASSES. && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GMZ...NONE. && LANIER/AG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 518 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE TODAY... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ750-755-770-775-061030- 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- 518 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 /418 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007/ THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE QUICKLY NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE GULF COAST STATES TODAY...BRINGING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF ABUNDANT MOISTURE...INCREASING WINDS WITH HEIGHT...AND ADEQUATE INSTABILITY WILL CREATE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. AS OF 5 AM EST (4 AM CST)...A SQUALL LINE WAS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF WINDS DAMAGE WITH THIS PARTICULAR LINE OF STORMS. THE MAIN THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL LIKELY BE WEST OF THE APALACHICOLA AND CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER THIS MORNING...THEN EAST OF THESE RIVER THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. THERE IS ALSO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND COAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. CONDITIONS DO NOT APPEAR AS FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS THE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH OUR AREA TODAY. COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. IN FACT...THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF A LIGHT FREEZE OR FROST TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNINGS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TAE. FOURNIER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 953 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ALZ065-066-068-051600- COFFEE-DALE-GENEVA- 853 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR COFFEE...DALE AND GENEVA COUNTIES... * UNTIL 1000 AM CST AT 848 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAMSON...OR 8 MILES WEST OF GENEVA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES INTO GENEVA COUNTY AND SOUTHERN COFFEE AND DALE COUNTIES. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN IN SAFE STRUCTURES AS STORMS APPROACH. 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. LANIER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1145 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 FLZ011-051715- JACKSON- 1045 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON COUNTY... * UNTIL 1115 AM CST AT 1039 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY...5 MILES SOUTH OF MARIANNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN IN SAFE STRUCTURES AS STORMS APPROACH. 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 85-GIBBS
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 30 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A funnel cloud was observed near St Marks for a few minutes before it lifted back into the parent thundercloud.
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