Thunderstorm winds downed trees and utility poles in Ben Hill County.
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Thunderstorm winds downed trees and utility poles in Ben Hill County.
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 Aug 12, 1:22 PM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 222 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2007 .SHORT TERM...ANOTHER HOT AND STEAMY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA...ALTHOUGH NOT QUITE AS BAD AS YESTERDAY. TEMPS GENERALLY 5 DEGREES OR SO COOLER THAN SAME TIME YESTERDAY. CONVECTION INITIATED EARLIER TODAY STARTING OUT OVER THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. OUTFLOWS NOW EXPANDING OUTWARD WHICH SHOULD HELP SPREAD THE ACTIVITY ACROSS MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MAY SEE SOME ISOLATED PULSE SEVERE BUT MOSTLY LOOKING AT HEAVY RAIN WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING. WITH LACK OF SIGNIFICANT FORCING...SHOULD SEE AN EARLY END THIS EVENING WITH THE SUNSET. SFC TROUGH WHICH HAS BEEN HELPING KICK OFF STORM ACTIVITY LAST TWO DAYS WILL FURTHER WEAKEN ON MONDAY WITH RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING FROM UPPER HIGH DROPPING SOUTH ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA. AS THE RIDGE AXIS DROPS SOUTH...EXPECT DRIER AND SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE AIR MASS TO SETTLE ACROSS THE AREA. THIS IS REFLECTED IN SLIGHTLY LOWER DEWPOINTS AND WARMER TEMPERATURES FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON. GUIDANCE POPS ARE VIRTUALLY NIL FOR MONDAY...BUT POPS HAVE BEEN TOO LOWER FOR LAST TWO DAYS SO HAVE BUMPED POPS ABOVE 20 PERCENT FOR ALL BUT FAR NORTHERN ZONES. WITH LOWER DEWPOINTS...HEAT INDEX READING STAY BELOW 110 SO NO HEAT ADVISORY NEEDED AT THE MOMENT. HOT AND DRY PATTERN CONTINUES FOR TUESDAY WITH TEMPS PUSHING 100 DEGREES ONCE AGAIN. DEWPOINTS STAY A BIT LOWER LIKE MONDAY...SO HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE MARGINAL FOR HEAT ADVISORY. GUIDANCE IS DRY FOR TUESDAY...BUT GIVEN TIME OF YEAR AND PERSISTENCE...HAVE GONE WITH 20 PERCENT FOR MOST LOCATIONS. .LONG TERM...HOT AND MOSTLY RELATIVE DRY PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK AND AREA REMAINS ON THE EASTERN FLANK OF STRONG UPPER RIDGE. PATTERN MAY BEGIN TO RETURN CLOSER TO CLIMO BY NEXT WEEKEND WITH COOLER TEMPS AND MORE AFTERNOON CONVECTION. && .AVIATION...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. TERMINALS FROM KPFN TO KDHN AND KABY WILL CONTINUED TO BE THREATENED INTO THE EARLY EVENING WITH ACTIVITY LIKELY WORKING EAST TOWARD KTLH AND KVLD BY LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. ANY STORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REDUCE VIS/CIGS INTO THE IFR RANGE FOR A PERIOD IN ADDITION TO GUSTY WINDS OVER 30KTS AND INTENSE LIGHTNING. STORMS DIMINISH DURING MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS. AREAS OF MVFR CIGS/BR DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. TERMINALS WHICH RECEIVE RAIN THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WILL BECOME LIKELY CANDIDATES FOR A PERIOD OF IFR VIS LATE TONIGHT/EARLY MONDAY. AFTER ANY EARLY MORNING VIS/CIG RESTRICTIONS THE REMAINDER OF MON/MON EVENING LOOKS TO HAVE GENERAL VFR CONDITIONS WITH ONLY ISOLATED AFTERNOON STORMS. && .MARINE...WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK WITH WINDS AND SEAS REMAINING MINIMAL. && .FIRE WEATHER...SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO KEEP RH VALUES ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. NO HEADLINES NEEDED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 75 99 73 100 76 / 30 20 10 20 10 PANAMA CITY 80 96 81 97 81 / 20 20 10 20 10 DOTHAN 76 99 75 101 75 / 30 20 10 10 10 ALBANY 75 100 75 102 75 / 30 10 10 10 10 VALDOSTA 73 99 73 100 74 / 30 20 10 20 10 CROSS CITY 74 97 73 98 76 / 30 30 10 20 10 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && CAMP/MROCZKA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 519 AM EDT SUN AUG 12 2007 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-130930- 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- 519 AM EDT SUN AUG 12 2007 /419 AM CDT SUN AUG 12 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... A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH WILL DROP DOWN INTO THE TRI-STATE AREA TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS AND THEREFORE HEAT INDICES WILL ALSO BE LOWER. INSTEAD OF HEAT INDICES IN THE 110 TO 115 RANGE...WE SHOULD SEE READINGS FROM 105 TO 109. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THE SURFACE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO PUSH SOUTH OF THE AREA AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEEPENS EAST OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. AS A RESULT...A DEEP LAYER OF NORTHERLY WINDS WILL TRANSPORT A MUCH DRIER AIRMASS INTO THE LOCAL REGION. THIS WILL DECREASE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP AND INCREASE DAYTIME TEMPERATURES BACK TO AROUND THE CENTURY MARK FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK. HOWEVER... HEAT INDICES SHOULD REMAIN IN THE 105 TO 109 RANGE DUE TO THE DRIER AIR IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MAY BRING A RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING RAIN CHANCES TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. 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. BARRY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 251 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2007 FLZ016-017-121945- GADSDEN-LEON- 251 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2007 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR GADSDEN AND LEON COUNTIES IN NORTH FLORIDA... * UNTIL 345 PM EDT AT 242 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTH OF WHIGHAM...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAIRO...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE 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 FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. RELAY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 85-GIBBS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 252 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2007 FLZ026-121930- LIBERTY- 252 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR LIBERTY COUNTY... * UNTIL 330 PM EDT AT 242 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES EAST OF BLOUNTSTOWN TO 22 MILES SOUTH OF BLOUNTSTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. ALSO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 18-WOOL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 347 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2007 GAZ142-122030- EARLY- 347 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2007 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST COUNTY... * UNTIL 430 PM EDT AT 342 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BLAKELY THAT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE 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 FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. RELAY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 85-GIBBS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 352 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2007 FLZ016-026-122030- GADSDEN-LIBERTY- 352 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2007 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR GADSDEN AND LIBERTY COUNTIES IN NORTH FLORIDA... * UNTIL 430 PM EDT AT 348 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUINCY...OR 19 MILES EAST OF BLOUNTSTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE 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 FREQUENT 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. RELAY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 85-GIBBS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 424 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2007 ALZ067-069-122115- HENRY-HOUSTON- 324 PM CDT SUN AUG 12 2007 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR HENRY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 415 PM CDT AT 318 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA...OR 10 MILES WEST OF BLAKELY...MOVING WEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE 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 FREQUENT 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. RELAY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 85-GIBBS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 500 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2007 GAZ130-122200- BEN HILL- 500 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2007 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR BEN HILL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... * UNTIL 600 PM EDT AT 454 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FITZGERALD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE 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 FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. RELAY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 85-GIBBS
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:18 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and utility poles were down in the west central portion of the county.
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