A nearby lightning strike injured a teenage girl at Panama City Beach.
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A nearby lightning strike injured a teenage girl at Panama City Beach.
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NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 3, 12:30 AM CST, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 230 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2007 .SYNOPSIS...DEFINITELY QUIETER TONIGHT THAN IT HAS BEEN THE PAST FEW OVERNIGHT PERIODS...BUT THERE IS STILL A DECENT SIZED MASS OF CONVECTION MOVING INTO NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SW AND SC GA...WHERE THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE SPARSE EARLIER IN THE DAY. THEREFORE...THE THERMO SHOULD STILL BE FAVORABLE ENOUGH FOR MUCH OF THE CONVECTION TO SURVIVE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS IT TRACKS SOUTHWARD. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE CWA...IT IS GENERALLY CONVECTION FREE UNDER PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...THE FLOW CONTINUES LIGHT OUT OF THE SW...WITH NO STORMS TO CREATE ANY LOCALLY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. && .SHORT TERM...THE GFS AND NAM GENERALLY CONTINUE TO STICK TO THEIR GUNS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...ALBEIT WITH VERY DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS...AND THE ECMWF CONTINUES LIE SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN. HOWEVER...THE ECMWFS PAST FEW CYCLES HAVE BEEN TRENDING MORE TOWARDS THE GFSS DRYING TREND...SO AM GAINING CONFIDENCE IN THE GFS SOLUTION...ALTHOUGH THE GFS MAY BE BECOMING A MOVING TARGET ITSELF. ONE CHANGE IN THE 00 UTC GFS RUN FROM THE PAST SEVERAL CYCLES...IS A FURTHER SOUTH AND WEAKER DEVELOPMENT OF THE SFC LOW OFF THE EAST COAST OF FL. IT IS NOW DEVELOPING IT MORE TOWARDS THE CAPE CANAVERAL AREA...AND INSTEAD OF STRENGTHENING IT AND HEADING IT OFF TO THE NE...IT NOW ESSENTIALLY DISSIPATES IT IN PLACE ON THURSDAY. IF THIS IS CORRECT...IT MAY SLOW THE SOUTHWARD PROGRESS OF THE WEAK BOUNDARY TO OUR NORTH AND THE PUSH OF THE DRIER AIR BEHIND IT...WHICH COULD RESULT IN HIGHER POPS ON THE 4TH OF JULY. THIS IS REFLECTED IN AN UPWARD ADJUSTMENT TO THE 00 UTC MAV...BUT IT IS NOT YET LARGE ENOUGH TO CAUSE GREAT CONCERN FOR PEOPLES 4TH OF JULY PLANS...AS WE WOULD STILL EXPECT ANY OF THE REMAINING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS TO BE DISSIPATING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING HOURS...AND LIKELY SOONER ACROSS OUR AL AND GA COUNTIES. FOR TODAY...EXPECT LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE AREA ONCE AGAIN WITH PERHAPS MORE WIDESPREAD STORMS THAN WE HAD ON MONDAY...IF WE CAN ACHIEVE AN EARLIER START TO THE CONVECTION. BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY...SINCE WE DO NOT HAVE AN IMPRESSIVE MCS TRAVERSING OUR CWA OVERNIGHT AND MOVING OFFSHORE IN THE MORNING. AS FOR THE STORMS THEMSELVES...WITH PWS CONTINUING TO EXCEED 2 INCHES AND LOW-MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES BECOMING MORE UNIMPRESSIVE WITH TIME...EXPECT ONLY SOME HEAVY RAINERS TO DEVELOP TODAY...WITH WIND GUSTS CAPPED WELL BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. && .LONG TERM...ALTHOUGH THE GENERAL SYNOPTIC PATTERN WITH A FAIRLY WELL CARVED UPPER LEVEL TROF IS STILL INDICATED BY THE GFS OVER THE SE U.S....THE MOISTURE FIELDS BY FRIDAY AND THROUGH THE NEXT WEEKEND ARE VASTLY DIFFERENT THAN MONDAYS 00 UTC RUN....RESULTING IN MUCH HIGHER POPS IN THE MEX GUIDANCE. THEREFORE...UNTIL ANY VIABLE TREND IS ESTABLISHED...AM INCLINED TO TAKE LAST NIGHTS APPROACH OF SEA BREEZE CLIMATOLOGY AND PERSISTENCE...WITH MAINLY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. && .AVIATION...CIGS MAY BRIEFLY DROP TO IFR LEVELS AROUND DAYBREAK... ESPECIALLY AT THE KTLH AND KVLD TERMINALS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE MODELS ARE INDICATING A DRYING TREND AS THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHES SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. && .MARINE...ONCE THE BOUNDARY TO THE NORTH MOVES THROUGH THE MARINE AREA...WINDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL RETURN TO DOMINANCE BY THE DIURNAL SEA BREEZE CIRCULATION...WITH LITTLE SYNOPTIC SCALE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO SPEAK OF. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 87 71 89 70 93 / 70 40 30 10 30 PANAMA CITY 87 72 88 73 91 / 70 50 30 10 30 DOTHAN 87 69 88 70 93 / 60 30 30 10 30 ALBANY 87 68 90 69 94 / 60 30 20 10 30 VALDOSTA 86 69 89 70 93 / 60 40 30 10 30 CROSS CITY 88 71 90 71 92 / 70 50 40 10 30 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && AVIATION/FIRE WX...GIBBS PUBLIC/MARINE...GOULD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 545 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2007 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-041000- 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- APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 545 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2007 /445 AM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... AS A WEAK COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY HEADS SLOWLY SOUTHWARD TOWARDS THE REGION TODAY...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH NO STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THE BOUNDARY WILL HEAD SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY... WITH DECREASING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY EVENING. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND UPCOMING WEEKEND...EXPECT A RETURN TO MORE TYPICAL CLIMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SEA BREEZE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP. 17-GOULD
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:00 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck from a sudden thunderstorm near a teenage girl. The girl was shocked and overcome by the bolt. She was rushed to a local hospital and was reported in good condition.
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