Winds from an afternoon thunderstorm on the 11th downed a few trees near Ozark.
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Winds from an afternoon thunderstorm on the 11th downed a few trees near Ozark.
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 Jul 11, 1:05 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 305 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 .SYNOPSIS...CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS STARTED EARLY TODAY...GENERALLY AROUND 10 AM...ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST AND HAVE BEEN PROGRESSING INLAND AND EASTWARD THROUGHOUT THE EARLY AFTERNOON PERIOD AS THE SEA BREEZE FRONT MOVES TOWARD I-10. WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE THE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE WEAK PRESSURE TROF ACROSS SOUTHERN MIDDLE GEORGIA THAT HAS BEEN EXPECTED. RADAR IMAGERY FROM KTLH SHOWS CONSIDERABLE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY). ONGOING AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTHWARD THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS. WHILE OVERALL SHEAR IS WEAK AND LAPSE RATES ARE POOR TODAY...STORM COLLISIONS AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRONG OR MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MAINLY GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH. MODELS INDICATE THAT DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN TO SURGE SOUTHWARD...MAINLY INTO SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...ON SATURDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROF MOVES OFF THE EAST COAST. THIS WILL SEND THE SURFACE TROF INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF OUR REGION. THIS BOUNDARY WILL SERVE AS THE TRIGGER FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY. THE MODELS DIFFER AT THIS TIME ON HOW MUCH DRIER AIR WILL BE FILTERING IN. AT THIS TIME...WILL FAVOR HIGHER POPS OVER OUR FLORIDA ZONES...PEAKING AROUND 80 PERCENT ALONG THE I-10 CORRIDOR. WILL FEATURE LOWER POPS TO THE NORTHEAST...DOWN TO AS LOW AS 30 PERCENT WHERE DRIER AIR WILL BE MORE PRONOUNCED. BY SUNDAY...AS DRIER AIR BECOMES FURTHER ESTABLISHED ACROSS OUR EASTERN CWA...EXPECT OVERALL COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST BY THE AFTERNOON. WILL FAVOR A WEST-EAST POP GRADIENT WITH POPS NEAR 50 PERCENT AT OUR WESTERN CWA BORDER DOWN TO 30 PERCENT IN THE EAST. .LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT-FRIDAY). A MID/UPPER TROF SWINGS ACROSS THE ERN CONUS EARLY IN THE PERIOD, THEN IS REPLACED BY A BROAD BUT FLAT RIDGE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK. EARLIER RUNS OF THE GFS AND EURO MODELS WHICH HINTED AT SIGNIFICANT DRYING EARLY NEXT WEEK BEHIND A FRONTAL PASSAGE HAVE CHANGED THEIR TUNE. NOW, THE FRONT IS PROGGED TO STALL JUST NORTH OF THE CWA THEN DISSIPATE AS THE BERMUDA RIDGE AXIS BUILDS ACROSS THE NRN GULF. THE UPSHOT IS A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN OF SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON/EVENING SHWRS/TSTMS AND NORMAL TEMPS FOR MID JULY. && .MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TONIGHT...BUT ONLY SLIGHTLY...GENERALLY LESS THAN 15 KNOTS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL RETURN TO NORMAL SUMMERTIME LEVELS BY THE FIRST OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION...VERY ACTIVE CONVECTION STREAMING ACROSS ENTIRE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH DURING EVENING. SOME MVFR VISBY CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT INLAND TERMINALS. ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY OF CONVECTION IN STORE FOR SATURDAY. && .FIRE WEATHER...ENOUGH MOISTURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE TRI STATE AREA TO KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 75 91 72 93 73 / 40 80 30 40 20 PANAMA CITY 77 89 77 89 77 / 30 70 40 50 30 DOTHAN 73 92 73 92 72 / 30 60 20 50 30 ALBANY 74 93 73 95 73 / 40 40 20 30 20 VALDOSTA 73 91 71 94 72 / 50 50 20 30 20 CROSS CITY 74 89 72 91 73 / 40 70 30 30 20 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && LONG TERM...JAMSKI AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...GOREE REST OF DISCUSSION...GODSEY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 536 AM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-120945- 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- 536 AM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 /436 AM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008/ 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 DRIFT INTO SOUTHERN GEORGIA LATER TODAY KICKING OFF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON BUT CONTINUING INTO THE NIGHTTIME. THE FOCUS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. LATE NIGHT FOG WILL LIKELY DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL SETTLE OVER THE FORECAST AREA AND AIDED BY AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL GENERATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE WILL LIKELY BE STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. DRIER AIR WILL FILTER IN FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ON SUNDAY YIELDING A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN PRECIPITATION. NORMAL SUMMER TIME LEVELS ARE LIKELY DURING MOST OF THE WORKWEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 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 233 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 GAZ127>129-111915- TIFT-TURNER-WORTH- 233 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR TIFT...TURNER AND WORTH COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... * UNTIL 315 PM EDT AT 225 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ASHBURN TO PUTNEY... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... ASHBURN BY 240 PM EDT. SYLVESTER BY 300 PM EDT. POULAN BY 315 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS WHICH CAN DOWN TREE LIMBS AND KNOCK OVER UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS. ALSO...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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. 14-MROCZKA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 235 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 FLZ017-111930- LEON- 235 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR LEON COUNTY... * UNTIL 330 PM EDT AT 232 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES EAST OF QUINCY TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF QUINCY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF TALLAHASSEE TO 12 MILES WEST OF TALLAHASSEE...MOVING EAST AT 11 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 18-WOOL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 312 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 GAZ124-126-112000- LEE-TERRELL- 312 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN LEE AND TERRELL COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 400 PM EDT AT 307 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DAWSON...MOVING EAST AT 19 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... LEESBURG BY 350 PM EDT. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 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 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. 38-GODSEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 315 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ALZ067-GAZ121-122-142-112000- CLAY-EARLY-HENRY-RANDOLPH- 315 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR CLAY...EARLY... EASTERN HENRY AND SOUTHWEST RANDOLPH COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 400 PM EDT/300 PM CDT/ AT 312 PM EDT/212 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF CUTHBERT TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF FORT GAINES...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... BLAKELY BY 355 PM EDT. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ALSO...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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. 14-MROCZKA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 338 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 GAZ122-123-125-112045- CALHOUN-DOUGHERTY-RANDOLPH- 338 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR CALHOUN...DOUGHERTY AND SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA... * UNTIL 445 PM EDT AT 335 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF MORGAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 7 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FURTHER NORTHEAST OF MORGAN...ABOUT NEAR THE CITY OF DAWSON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST AND AFFECT DOUGHERTY AND CALHOUN COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN CALHOUN...SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH AND DOUGHERTY COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 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 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. 38-GODSEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 357 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ALZ066-067-069-112100- DALE-HENRY-HOUSTON- 257 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR DALE...HENRY AND NORTHERN HOUSTON COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT AT 348 PM EDT/248 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLAKELY TO LEVEL PLAINS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLAKELY TO DALEVILLE...MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... KINSEY BY 320 PM CDT. WEBB BY 345 PM CDT. DOWNTOWN DOTHAN BY 350 PM CDT. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT...THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING. 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. 14-MROCZKA
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were down on State Highway 27 toward County Road 16.
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