Several strong thunderstorms produced intense lightning in Madison County, with extensive damage to the county jail and EOC. 3 inches reported at the USFS tower south of Madison.
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Several strong thunderstorms produced intense lightning in Madison County, with extensive damage to the county jail and EOC. Very heavy rainfall also caused widespread urban and small stream flooding throughout the county, with 8.3 inches reported at the USFS tower south of Madison.
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 Sep 1, 7:30 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 830 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007 .SYNOPSIS... DURING THE EARLY-MID EVENING...SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY WITH CIGS 4-6K AND 7-9K ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA. RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS INLAND BIG BEND AND THE ADJACENT BORDER COUNTIES OF SCNTRL GA AND ISOLATED CONVECTION ELSEWHERE. TEMPS/DEW POINTS RANGED FROM UPPER 70S/LOW 70S ALA/GA TO MID 80S/MID 70S AT THE COAST. 24 HR TEMP/DEW POINT COMPARISON INDICATES THAT LOCAL AIRMASS A LITTLE WARMER AND WETTER THAN SAME TIME YESTERDAY. .AT UPPER LEVELS... THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN SHOWS RIDGING ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST EXTENDING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY WITH HIGH ANCHORED OVER UTAH. DOWNSTREAM...A WEAKNESS OR INVERTED TROUGH IS SITUATED FROM TEXAS NEWD TO SOUTH GEORGIA WITH ADDITIONAL TROUGHING UP THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD. DEEP MOISTURE REMAINS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST U.S. THEN... UPPER RIDGE EXTENDS FROM E OF THE BAHAMA TO THE ERN GULF OF MEX WITH HIGH OFF FL/GA COAST. UPPER LOW (AND SURFACE REFLECTION) EMBEDDED IN INVERTED TROUGH ROTATING AROUND W SIDE OF HIGH PROVIDING SWLY FLOW AND CONVEYOR BELT OF MOISTURE. THIS HIGH/RIDGE WILL BUILD W INTO GULF OF MEX...KICK INVERTED TROUGH FURTHER W THRU REST OF WEEKEND AND BEGIN TO DOMINATE NE GULF INTO MIDWEEK. SATELLITE AND RUC SHOW SHORTWAVE EXITING EWD ACROSS SCNTRL GA. .AT LOWER LEVELS... A 1012MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER NEAR APALACHICOLA. STALLED FRONTAL TROUGH CONTINUES ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA INTO SE GA. THIS CAUSING NW FLOW WEST OF...AND SW FLOW EAST OF CENTER. ALSO...ALLOWING AMPLE MOISTURE TO ADVECT NWD INTO AND ACROSS CWA AND AIDED BY ABOVE SHORTWAVE KEEP CONVECTION OVER LCL AREA. THIS REFLECTED IN 00Z TLH SOUNDING WITH 2.21 INCH PWAT AND WITH 70 DEWPOINTS OUR CWA AS COMPARED TO THE 60S IN NORTHERN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA...AND EVEN 50 AND 40 DEWPOINTS ARE REPORTED IN THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. TROUGH FORECAST TO DRIFT NORTH AND DISSIPATE WHILE LOW MOVES NEWD TO ATLC COAST BY MONDAY DECREASING LOCAL CONVECTION. && .SHORT TERM...REST OF TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY... REST OF TONIGHT...OVERALL CONVECTION ACROSS CWA BEGINNING TO WANE WITH LOSS OF SUN. HOWEVER...STORMS CONT ACROSS BIG BEND WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION...ALBEIT ALSO WEAKENING WITH LOSS OF SUN...NOTED ACROSS WRN PANHANDLE (OKALOOSA COUNTY AND WEST) AND MOVING NEWD AND SHOULD CROSS MUCH OF REST OF PANHANDLE AND SE ALA LATER THIS EVENING INTO PAST MIDNIGHT. THIS REFLECTED WELL IN WRF MODEL. SO INHERITED ZFP SCT POPS LOOKS GOOD WITH NO MENTION OF ONLY EVENING WORDING. BELIEVE WE WILL AGAIN HAVE PATCHY TO AREAS OF FOG...MAINLY SCNTRL GA AND BIG BEND WHERE RAIN WILL LINGER...AND WILL ADD THIS TO UPDATED ZFP. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT HOURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SE AL...SW AND SCNTRL GA AND THE ERN FL PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND...THEN DECREASE BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE MOST CONCENTRATED SHOWER AND TSTM ACTIVITY WILL BE OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND AREAS... INCLUDING TWEB RTE 112...AND EXTREME NORTHERN PORTIONS OF TWEB RTE 117. EXPECT OCNL MVFR TO BRIEF LIFR VSBYS AND CIGS IN THE MORE INTENSE TSTMS. AFTER MIDNIGHT EXPECT AREAS OF MVFR TO LIFR VSBYS AND CIGS IN AREAS OF FOG...ESPECIALLY THOSE AREAS THAT RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. FOG AND LOW CIGS WILL PERSIST INTO THE MID MORNING IN SOME AREAS OF THE EASTERN FL BIG BEND AND SCNTRL GA. && .MARINE...GIVEN POSITION OF SURFACE LOW...DIVIDED CWF INTO WRN AND ERN WATERS REST OF TONIGHT...WITH W/NW WINDS WEST OF APALACHICOLA RIVER AND SW WINDS E OF RIVER. OTHERWISE...WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THE GENERAL LIGHT WESTERLY FLOW THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. SEAS CONTINUE TO BE FLAT. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GMZ750...NONE. GMZ755...NONE. GMZ770...NONE. GMZ775...NONE. && AVIATION...DUVAL PUBLIC/MARINE...BLOCK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 320 AM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-021000- 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- 320 AM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007 /220 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 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... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED...HOWEVER...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ONCE AGAIN TODAY. ALTHOUGH NO STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE ANTICIPATED...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS...AS MANY OF THE STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE SLOW MOVING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND SURFACE TROUGH VERY SLOW TO MOVE OUT OF THE REGION...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON BOTH SUNDAY AND LABOR DAY. A RETURN TO MORE TYPICAL SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND STORMS IS EXPECTED BY MID WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED 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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning caused extensive damage to the county jail and EOC, with communications down for several hours.
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