The remnants of Tropical Depression Fay stalled over southern Mississippi on the 25th, and produced severe thunderstorms which spawned a few tornadoes and damaging winds in southeast Alabama.
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The episode as NWS TAE wrote it up.
The remnants of Tropical Depression Fay stalled over southern Mississippi on the 25th, and produced severe thunderstorms which spawned a few tornadoes and damaging winds in southeast Alabama.
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 25, 2:15 AM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 415 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...RECORD FLOODING TO OCCUR ON THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER BETWEEN CONCORD AND HAVANA BY THE US27 BRIDGE THIS MORNING... .SYNOPSIS... LATEST RADAR AND SATELLITE SHOWS BANDS OF FAY RELATED CONVECTION SPREADING NEWD AND ACROSS WRN FL PANHANDLE. THIS ASSOCIATED WITH LOW LEVEL JET IN ASSOCIATION WITH VORTICITY LOBE PIVOTING NEWD AROUND SRN PERIPHERY OF FAY AND HAS SPAWNED TORNADOES IN ALA. SOME OF THIS WEATHER MAY REACH PORTIONS OF SE ALA/AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN PANHANDLE THIS MORNING. THUS A TORNADO WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR THIS AREA. FOR THOSE CLIMATE BUFFS...STORM TOTAL RAIN AT FSU TALLAHASSEE WAS 15.13 INCHES AND AT THE AIRPORT WAS 11.44 INCHES. AT THE AIRPORT...THE MONTHLY AND ANNUAL TOTALS ARE UP TO 16.06 AND 47.31 INCHES RESPECTIVELY WITH AN ANNUAL SURPLUS (YES THAT IS A SURPLUS) OF 1.77 INCHES. AT UPPER LEVELS... MAIN CONUS FEATURES INCLUDE A TROUGH OVER ERN PACIFIC...A RIDGE STRETCHED NORTH OVER THE NRN ROCKIES WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION...A CLOSED LOW OVER HUDSON BAY AND ANOTHER OPENING UP OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. A NOTED SURFACE TO H5 TROUGH EXISTS FROM HUDSON BAY LOW SSW TO H5 580MB LOW OVER SRN MISS WITH FAY STUCK IN THIS TROUGH. DRY AIR ALOFT WRAPPING INTO CENTER OF FAY. CLOSER TO HOME..A RIDGE EXISTS FROM BAHAMAS WWD TO N GA. GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT MONDAY NIGHT THRU WED...THE REMNANTS OF FAY WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND GET DRAWN NORTHEAST AS A STRONG SHORTWAVE MOVES EWD ACROSS THE PLAINS. AT LOWER LEVELS... NEARLY STATIONARY REMNANTS OF FAY CONTINUE TO SPIN DOWN GRADUALLY LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN JACKSON AND NEW ORLEANS. HIGH JUST OFF SE COAST WITH RIDGE NOSING SEWD ACROSS N GA IN WAKE OF FAY. 00Z REGIONAL SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT AIRMASS REMAINS VERY MOIST. I.E. KJAX...KLIX AND KTAE WITH 2.38...2.35 AND 2.15 IN PWAT RESPECTIVELY. .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) TODAY...SREF SUPPORTS LOW CIGS AND DUE TO ABOVE NORMAL WINDS...TO A LESSER EXTENT LOW VSBYS ESPECIALLY W OF APALACH RIVER EARLY. PLUS TORNADO THREAT FOR WRN ZONES EARLY 0SEE ABOVE). OTHERWISE...GIVEN ABOVE UPPER LEVEL FEATURES...FAY NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE A WHOLE LOT DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS MEANS THAT MODERATE SSW LOW LEVEL FLOW AND DEEP LYR SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO PUMP MOISTURE NWD AND ACROSS THE CWA. THIS LOW LEVEL STEERING FLOW FAVORS FL AND TRAINING ECHOS (JUST WHAT WE DONT NEED) BUT WITH REMNANTS OF FAY...ALL COUNTIES WELL ABOVE CLIMO POPS WITH E-W LOW-HI POP GRADIENT. AMPLE MOISTURE REFLECTED IN REGIONAL MODEL SOUNDINGS. I.E. GFS TAE WITH ABOVE 2 INCH PWAT TIL 06Z THURS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL STILL POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY WRN THIRD OF CWA...ALTHOUGH THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY AMOUNTS APPEARS TO BE ENDING. AMPLE SHEAR WITHIN THE ERN HALF OF THE REMNANT CIRCULATION MAY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AT LEAST SOME POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED STRONG TO POSSIBLE SEVERE STORM LATER TODAY. CLOUDS SHOULD LIMIT MAX TEMPS TO MID-UPPER 80S. FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...WITH DRIER AIR MOVING NWWD FROM GULF...DEEPER LYR SOUNDING PROFILE WILL BE INCREASINGLY LESS IMPRESSIVE. RAIN CHANCES WILL LARGELY BE DRIVEN BY SEA BREEZE CONVECTION. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR FAY AS BY MIDWEEK...SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH PLAINS AND THEN MIDWEST MAY BEGIN TO PUSH THE CIRCULATION BACK TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS COULD AGAIN INCREASE THE CHANCES FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. AS CLOUDS BEGIN TO DECREASE SOME EACH DAY...TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE BACK TO NORMAL LEVELS. TUESDAY...MODERATE SW FLOW CONTINUES. SE-NW SCT-LIKELY POP GRADIENT. MAX TEMPS TO UPPER 80S. WEDNESDAY...LIGHT SSW FLOW FAVORS PANHANDLE. HI SCT POPS ACROSS CWA. WITH DECREASING CLOUDS MAX TEMPS INCH UP TO LOW 90S. .LONG TERM...THE REMNANT LOW OF FAY LOCATED ALONG THE OH/KY BORDER WED NIGHT DISSIPATES, WHILE A WEAK LOW PRESSURE TROUGH EXTENDS FROM CNTRL NC TO SRN GA. THIS TROUGH THEN SLIDES SEWD THROUGH SRN GA THU AND INTO NRN FL FRI. DRIER AIR FILTERS INTO ALL BUT THE SERN PORTION OF THE CWA, LIMITING CONVECTIVE COVERAGE TO ISOLATED. A MID LEVEL TROUGH IS FCST TO AMPLIFY OVER THE ERN CONUS NEXT WEEKEND, PUSHING A COLD FRONT INTO THE DEEP SOUTH. THE 25/00Z GFS SHOWS THE FRONT STALLING ALONG THE NWRN EDGE OF THE CWA AS A LOW PRESSURE WAVE OVER SRN AL/GA. THIS SAME TROUGH STEERS THE NEXT TROPICAL SYSTEM, INDICATED BY THE 24/12Z ECMWF, ACROSS CNTRL CUBA, THE FL STRAITS AND SERN COAST OF FL SUN AND MON. THE GFS DOES NOT PICK ON THIS FEATURE. REGARDLESS, THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED THIS WEEK. && .AVIATION...MOIST SLY FLOW WILL PROMOTE WIDESPREAD MVFR TO LOCAL IFR CIGS AT MOST TERMINALS (EXCEPT KPFN) OVERNIGHT. MVFR VSBYS WILL ALSO DEVELOP FOR MUCH OF THE AREA TOWARD DAYBREAK MONDAY. THE LOW CIGS WILL LIFT SLOWLY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SCT SHWRS/TSTMS AND MVFR CIGS/VSBYS WILL DEVELOP FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. && .MARINE...CONDITIONS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY IMPROVE AS FAY GRADUALLY SPINS DOWN. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST DEPENDING ON WHEN AND IF FAY MOVES BACK TO THE NORTHEAST. UNTIL THEN...GUIDANCE INDICATING THE WESTERN WATERS MAY KEEP ENOUGH OF A GRADIENT FOR 15 TO POSSIBLY 15 TO 20 KNOTS AND UP TO 6 FEET OFFSHORE DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. WILL GO WITH SCEC OFFSHORE WATERS TODAY. && .FIRE WEATHER...MOIST LOW LEVEL FLOW AND SATURATED FUELS WILL PRECLUDE RED FLAGS THIS WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 86 73 87 73 / 50 30 50 20 PANAMA CITY 83 76 85 76 / 60 40 50 30 DOTHAN 84 72 84 72 / 70 50 60 30 ALBANY 86 72 87 73 / 60 40 60 30 VALDOSTA 88 73 88 72 / 50 30 40 20 CROSS CITY 88 73 88 73 / 40 20 30 10 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && BLOCK/JAMSKI
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 303 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-260915- 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- 303 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 /203 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008/ ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR COFFEE...DALE AND GENEVA COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... AND FOR COASTAL WALTON...INLAND WALTON...HOLMES...WASHINGTON AND BAY COUNTIES... ...RESIDENTS ALONG THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER IN GADSDEN AND LEON COUNTIES SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND SECURE PROPERTY... 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... ALTHOUGH TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY IS WELL WEST OF THE LOCAL AREA... BANDS OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA. SOME OF THESE BANDS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS AND EVEN TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE WESTERN MOST COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. RIVER FLOODING REMAINS A CONCERN ESPECIALLY ON THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER NEAR HAVANA IMPACTING GADSDEN AND LEON COUNTIES. LOCALIZED LAND FLOODING ALSO REMAINS POSSIBLE IN SPOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... THE RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN UP THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK AS FAY STALLS WEST OF THE AREA. A RETURN TO NORMAL CONDITIONS WILL BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE SECOND HALF OF THE WORK WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND AS FAY LIFTS OUT TO THE NORTHEAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY DUE TO BOTH SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING CONCERNS. 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. BLOCK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 706 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 FLZ007>010-012-251145- BAY-COASTAL WALTON-HOLMES-INLAND WALTON-WASHINGTON- 606 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR BAY...SOUTHERN HOLMES...EASTERN WALTON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES... * UNTIL 645 AM CDT AT 600 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DE FUNIAK SPRINGS TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SANTA ROSA BEACH TO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SANTA ROSA BEACH TO 26 MILES SOUTH OF SANTA ROSA BEACH...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... UPPER GRAND LAGOON BY 640 AM CDT. PRETTY BAYOU BY 645 AM CDT. WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND ARE 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. 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. 8-JAMSKI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 740 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 ALZ068-FLZ008>010-012-251245- BAY-COASTAL WALTON-GENEVA-HOLMES-WASHINGTON- 640 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR BAY...HOLMES...WALTON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 745 AM CDT AT 635 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTH OF GENEVA TO 18 MILES EAST OF SANTA ROSA BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 39 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... GENEVA BY 650 AM CDT. VERNON BY 705 AM CDT. HARTFORD BY 710 AM CDT. BONIFAY BY 715 AM CDT. SLOCOMB BY 725 AM CDT. CHIPLEY BY 730 AM CDT. PEOPLE IN GENEVA...EASTERN WALTON...HOLMES...WASHINGTON AND WESTERN BAY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GENEVA...VERNON...HARTFORD...BONIFAY...SLOCOMB AND CHIPLEY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. WINDS AROUND 50 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. 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. 38-GODSEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 758 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 ALZ065-251300- COFFEE- 658 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 800 AM CDT AT 655 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ESTOTHEL...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF ELBA... MOVING NORTH AT 32 MPH. PEOPLE IN COFFEE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF ELBA...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. WINDS AROUND 50 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. 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. 38-GODSEY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Straight line winds caused minor structural damage at the Daleville Industrial Park.
A tornado touched down near the intersection of County Roads 19 and 15, about three miles northwest of Skipperville. Several trees were uprooted and a barn was heavily damaged.
A tornado briefly touched down just south of Gordon. A mobile home along East County Road 8 was destroyed when an uprooted tree crashed on top of it. There were several trees with their tops snapped off along the tornado's short path.
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