A man drowned in the strong surf at Pamana City Beach.
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A man drowned in the strong surf at Pamana City Beach.
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 23, 8:54 AM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 954 AM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 .DISCUSSION...THE LONG WAVE PATTERN OVER N AMERICA THIS MORNING CONSISTS OF TROUGH OVER THE PAC NW, A RIDGE OVER THE PLAINS AND A LOW SPINNING OVER THE GREAT LAKES. THE TROUGH EXTENDING SWD FROM THIS LOW IS DEEPENING ACROSS THE SERN CONUS. THE EYE WALL OF HURRICANE DOLLY IS SLOWLY APPROACHING THE GULF COAST NEAR THE TEX-MEX BORDER. WE HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH STRUCTURE EVIDENT IN THE EYE WALL ON SUPER RES RADAR FROM KBRO SHOWING INDIVIDUAL VORTICIES ROTATING AROUND THE WALL. DOLLY IS JUST BARELY BELOW CAT 2. CLOSER TO HOME, A VORT CENTER IS EVIDENT OVER CENTRAL GA WITH A WEAK VORT LOBE EXTENDING WWD FROM IT INTO FAR SERN AL. THE 12Z KTAE SOUNDING SHOWED A NEARLY SATURATED LAYER FROM 750-500 MB WITH THE TOP PORTION COLD ENOUGH FOR ICE NUCLEI TO FORM. THERE IS APPARENTLY ENOUGH LIFT GENERATED IN THIS LAYER BY THE DPVA TO ALLOW FOR SHOWERS TO DEVELOP WITHIN THIS DECK. THERE IS A DRIER LAYER EVIDENT IN THE SOUNDING BELOW THE CLOUD LAYER AND THIS WILL EVAPORATE SOME OF THE DROP SO MOST OF THE RAIN IS PRETTY LIGHT. WE WILL UPDATE THE 12-18Z POP AND WX TO SHOW MAIN SHOWERS WITH SOME ISOLATED TS. FOR THE AFTERNOON PERIOD, WE BLENDED SEA BREEZE CLIMO FOR A TYPE 5 REGIME (W > 10 KT) WITH THE LATEST MAV POPS AND GOT A POP GRID SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS INHERITED FOR THE 18-00Z PERIOD. AS FOR TEMPS, WE EXPECT THE MID LEVEL CLOUD DECK TO THIN OUT EVENTUALLY, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE VORT LOBE SLIPS OFF TO THE SE, SO WILL NOT ADJUST TEMPS AT THIS TIME. && .MARINE...SSWLY SWELL FROM DOLLY IS STILL AFFECTING THE WATERS, THIS THIS SHOULD TREND DOWN TONIGHT. ONCE THE SWELL SUBSIDES...EXPECT A RETURN TO TRANQUIL BOATING CONDITIONS INTO THE WEEKEND WITH LIGHT WINDS AND LOW SEAS OUTSIDE ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. && .AVIATION...WIDESPREAD MID LEVEL CLOUD DECK THIS MORNING BETWEEN 10-15KFT. JUST ENOUGH LIFT AROUND TO SQUEEZE SOME LIGHTER SHOWERS AND SPRINKLES OUT OF THIS DECK HOWEVER CONDITIONS SHOULD GENERALLY REMAIN VFR AS ANY RAIN WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND CIGS WILL REMAIN HIGH. WITH A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE...AS THE MID-LEVEL DECK BEGINS TO THIN INTO THE AFTERNOON...SCT-NMRS SHWRS/STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. DEPENDING ON JUST HOW FAST THE MID-LEVEL CLOUDS THIN...THE MOST CONCENTRATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM KDHN TO KABY ALTHOUGH ALL TERMINALS WILL LIKELY HAVE ACTIVITY IN THE AREA. STORM COVERAGE WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET ALTHOUGH AT LEAST WIDELY SCT SHOWERS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE WELL INTO THE NIGHT WITH NO LACK OF MID LEVEL CLOUDS ONCE AGAIN. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 318 AM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. IT APPEARS THAT THIS CYCLE THE MODELS HAVE COME AROUND TO INDICATE MORE ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON THAN THEY HAVE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. INDEED...LOOKING BACK AT MODEL OUTPUT FROM THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...IT WOULD APPEAR THAT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN INDICATED ACROSS OUR NORTHERN ZONES...BUT THE PAST TWO DAYS HAVE FEATURED QUITE A BIT OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...AND THERE REALLY ISNT ANYTHING TO GO AGAINST THAT OCCURRING AGAIN TODAY. VAPOR IMAGERY THIS MORNING CONTINUES TO SHOW A WEAK IMPULSE MOVING INTO THE MID SOUTH THAT WILL LIKELY ENHANCE CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IN TURN WITH AN ACTIVE SEA BREEZE AND LEFT OVER BOUNDARIES FROM CONVECTION PERSISTING EARLY THIS MORNING WILL LIKELY LEAD TO A RATHER ACTIVE DAY ACROSS OUR REGION. PRECIP SHOULD BEGIN CLOSER TO THE COAST AS THE SEA BREEZES MOVE INLAND. MEAN LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL BE ABOUT 280/10...WHICH IS ON THE BORDERLINE BETWEEN A TYPE 4/TYPE 5 DAY. EITHER ONE OF THESE REGIMES FAVOR ACTIVE SEA BREEZES. MODIFIED SOUNDINGS INDICATE AROUND 2200 J/KG SBCAPE WITH PWATS NEARING 2 INCHES. WHILE THE CAPE IS A LITTLE BELOW THE MEAN FOR THESE REGIMES...IT REMAINS WITHIN ONE STANDARD DEVIATION OF THE MEAN. PWAT IS ABOUT ONE STANDARD DEVIATION ABOVE THE MEAN. WITH THE GUIDANCE VALUES INDICATING HIGHER POPS...NEAR 80 PERCENT AT ALBANY...SEE NO REASON TO SIGNIFICANTLY DEVIATE FROM THE MOS FORECAST. IN FACT...A BLEND BETWEEN THE SEA BREEZE CLIMATOLOGY AND THE MOS WAS USED FOR THE POP GRIDS. SHOULD SEE THE ACTIVITY IN OUR NORTHERN ZONES BEGIN LATE IN THE DAY...TYPICALLY AFTER 2 PM AND SPREAD SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. THIS START TIME AND MOVEMENT IS SIMILAR TO THE 22/18Z WORKSTATION WRF OUTPUT. SINCE ANALYSIS TIME...MUCH OF THE CONVECTION HAS DISSIPATED AND MUCH OF THE MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUD COVER IS THINNING. THIS BODES WELL FOR ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY ACROSS THE REGION. IN FACT...SPC HAS PLACED OUR AL/GA COUNTIES IN A SLIGHT RISK TODAY FOR SEVERE WEATHER. WHILE THE OVERALL FLOW /0-6KM SHEAR LESS THAN 20 KNOTS/ IS NOT FAVORABLE FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER...THE NEARBY PRESENCE OF THE SURFACE TROF...AN UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE MOVING INTO THE REGION...AND FAVORABLE THERMODYNAMICS...A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE DOMINANT THREAT. EXPECT SEVERE POTENTIAL TO BE MUCH THE SAME TODAY AS IT HAS BEEN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WITH A FEW STORMS PRODUCING MARGINAL SEVERE WINDS. THURSDAY...MODEL SOLUTIONS DIVERGE HERE WITH THE NAM INDICATING CONSIDERABLE MID LEVEL DRYING ACROSS OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES AS THE UPPER TROF DEEPENS AND THE SURFACE BOUNDARY SAGS SOUTHWARD. THE GFS CONTINUES TO KEEP PLENTY OF MOISTURE IN THE PICTURE. THE 22/12Z EURO REPRESENTS A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE TWO MODELS. PREFERRED A SOLUTION CLOSER TO THE GFS HERE...BUT OUT OF DEFERENCE TO THE EURO...WILL SHOW LOWER POPS ACROSS OUR NORTHERN CWA...GENERALLY AROUND 30-40 PERCENT WITH HIGHER VALUES NEAR THE COAST IN THE SEA BREEZE ZONE. FRIDAY...THE NAM CONTINUES TO KEEP PRONOUNCED MID LEVEL DRYING OVER THE REGION AS A MID LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS EASTWARD. WHILE THE GFS BUILDS THE RIDGE EASTWARD...IT IS SLOWER TO SCOUR OUT THE MOISTURE. IN FACT...THE GFS TRIES TO STALL THE SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS OUR CWA...WHICH WOULD FAVOR HIGHER POPS IN THE SOUTHEAST. GIVEN THAT THE NAM SOLUTION WAS DISCOUNTED IN THE PREVIOUS PERIOD...ITS SOLUTION IS DISCOUNTED HERE AS WELL. WILL STAY CLOSER TO THE GFS HERE ONCE AGAIN...BUT INDICATE LOWER POPS IN THE WEST AS SUPPRESSION FROM THE EASTWARD MOVING RIDGE WILL LIMIT AFTERNOON DEVELOPMENT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE LIMITED TO THE LOW 90S AT BEST TODAY DUE TO LINGERING CONVECTIVE CLOUDS FROM THIS MORNING...AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE AFTERNOON. WILL SEE A WARMING TREND INTO FRIDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE MID AND UPPER 90S ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE REGION FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 00Z GFS AND 12Z ECMWF ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE LONG WAVE PATTERN IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD. BOTH MODELS FCST THE MEAN EASTERN TROUGH TO REMAIN IN PLACE ALONG THE APPALACHIANS WITH A RIDGE OVER THE PLAINS STATES. THIS SETUP SHOULD KEEP ENOUGH MOISTURE AND LIFT IN PLACE FOR NORMAL TO ABOVE NORMAL POPS AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES. SHORTWAVES MOVING THROUGH THE BASE OF THE TROUGH MAY ENHANCE RAIN CHANCES FOR CERTAIN DAYS...BUT THE TIMING OF THESE FEATURES IS DIFFICULT TO PIN DOWN. HAVE STUCK WITH MOSTLY CHANCE AFTERNOON POPS THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED RANGE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 91 71 93 72 94 / 60 20 50 30 50 PANAMA CITY 89 76 90 75 91 / 50 20 50 30 40 DOTHAN 90 72 91 74 95 / 70 40 40 20 30 ALBANY 90 73 93 73 95 / 80 40 40 20 40 VALDOSTA 90 71 92 72 94 / 70 40 50 30 50 CROSS CITY 90 72 92 73 91 / 50 20 50 30 50 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && AVIATION...MROCZKA PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...GODSEY/CAMP REST OF DISCUSSION...WOOL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 552 AM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS TODAY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-241000- 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- 552 AM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 /452 AM CDT WED JUL 23 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... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION LATER TODAY AND LIKELY ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE STORMS. WHILE WIND SHEAR REMAINS WEAK...ENOUGH INSTABILITY WILL BE PRESENT TO PROVIDE ANOTHER DAY OF STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS ACROSS THE REGION...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. ALL STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HURRICANE DOLLY IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. SWELL FROM DOLLY WILL LESSEN OVER OUR WATERS TODAY...BUT ENOUGH WAVE ENERGY REMAINS TO CREATE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STALL JUST OVER OR JUST NORTH OF THE REGION LATE THURSDAY. THIS BOUNDARY WILL SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION ON THURSDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND. AS THE BOUNDARY DISSIPATES ON SATURDAY...TYPICAL AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY...A FEW STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS. THEREFORE...EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON. SPOTTERS SHOULD CONSIDER THEMSELVES ACTIVATED AT THE ISSUANCE OF A WATCH OR WARNING IN YOUR AREA. 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. 38-GODSEY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A rip current claimed the life of a man swimming at Panama City Beach.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, Bay | 2008-07-23 | 56 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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