A young girl was struck and killed by lightning at Torreya State Park.
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A young girl was struck and killed by lightning at Torreya State Park.
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 Jun 15, 1:24 PM EST, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 224 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) CONSIDERABLE MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS HAS DELAYED CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. SUN HAS FINALLY PEAKED THROUGH ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR SOME CONVECTIVE INITIATION. SHOULD SEE GRADUAL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE ACTIVITY DIMINISHES SLOWLY AFTER DARK. WILL SEE A BIT OF A TRANSITION DAY ON MONDAY AS UPPER TROUGH AXIS BISECTS THE CWA. NORTHWESTERN HALF OF CWA WILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRIER AIR BEHIND THE TROUGH AXIS WHILE SOUTHEAST HALF WILL REMAIN IN THE MOIST SECTOR. WILL GO WITH A NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST GRADIENT IN POPS FROM LOW CHANCE TO LIKELY. TEMPS WILL ALSO BE QUITE A BIT WARMER OVER THE NORTHWEST ZONES MONDAY WITH MUCH MORE SUN. BY TUESDAY...UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL HAVE PUSHED SOUTH OF THE CWA ALONG WITH THE DEEPEST MOISTURE. THIS SHOULD LIMIT COVERAGE FOR TUESDAY...BUT STILL EXPECT SCATTERED ACTIVITY AS SFC TROUGH APPROACHES THE COAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) THE ALMOST WINTER LIKE PINWHEELING UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NEW ENGLAND AND SE CANADA AND THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST...WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. IN A FAIRLY STEEP TROF FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH STRONG NW FLOW ALOFT. ALTHOUGH THIS WOULD NORMALLY RESULT IN A GENERALLY DRY PATTERN MANY TIMES OF THE YEAR...IN THE SUMMERTIME THIS SCENARIO CAN OFTEN RESULT IN MCS DEVELOPMENT WHICH WILL PROPAGATE SOUTHEASTWARD BETWEEN THE RIDGE AND TROF. THEIR TIMING AND INITIATION CAN BE VERY TRICKY AND VARY SIGNIFICANTLY FROM RUN TO RUN...BUT IT NOW APPEARS THAT OUR FIRST POTENTIAL MCS WILL THREATEN THE CWA ON WED...WITH A SECOND MORE POTENT ONE ON FRI INTO SAT. THIS SECOND MCS MAY ACTUALLY LEAD TO A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ON SUN WITH DRIER AIR MOVING IN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. OUTSIDE OF THE POTENTIAL MCSS...THE SEA BREEZE SHOULD BE THE PRIMARY INSTIGATOR FOR CONVECTION DURING THE PERIOD...WITH POPS RETURNING TO MORE TYPICAL 30-40 PERCENT DAYTIME LEVELS. && .AVIATION...MID LEVEL CLOUD DECK HAS BEEN VERY STUBBORN INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON BUT IS SHOWING SOME SIGNS OF THINNING OUT. WITH THE BREAK OF SUN WIDELY SCT SHOWERS/STORMS ARE BEGINNING TO BREAK OUT ACROSS THE AREA AND THIS CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE INTO THE LATER AFTERNOON HOURS. HAVE INCLUDED TEMPOS FOR THESE STORMS AT ALL TERMINALS AS THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE AND RAINFALL MAY BE RATHER HEAVY WITH ANY INDIVIDUAL CELLS. SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH IN COVERAGE FROM KPFN TO KTLH AND KVLD DURING THE EARLY TO MIDDLE EVENING HOURS. EVEN WITH THE DECREASING COVERAGE...A FEW SHOWERS MAY LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE OUT. MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR ANY SUBSTANTIAL CONVECTION WOULD BE KPFN AS NOCTURNAL CONVECTION RE-IGNITES JUST OFFSHORE AFTER MIDNIGHT. EXPECTING SOME VIS/CIG RESTRICTIONS LATE FOR ALL TERMINALS EXCLUDING KPFN. WILL HOLD THINGS AT LOW END MVFR FOR NOW. DRYING BEGINS TO WORK IN FROM THE NORTH ON MONDAY...ESPECIALLY FOR KDHN AND KABY. BETTER SHOWER/STORM CHANCES WILL STILL EXIST FURTHER SOUTH INTO FLORIDA AND AROUND KVLD. SHOULD SEE CU FIELD EXPAND AFTER SUNRISE WITH SCT CONDITIONS BY AFTERNOON. && .MARINE...VERY WEAK GRADIENT TO REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MONDAY WILL KEEP WINDS AND SEAS MINIMAL. AS SFC TROUGH APPROACHES THE WATERS ON TUESDAY...WESTERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP A BIT WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN SEAS. GRADIENT WILL WEAKEN ONCE AGAIN LATER IN THE WEEK. && .FIRE WEATHER...PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...SO NO FIRE WX CONCERNS ATTM. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 69 89 71 94 71 / 50 40 20 30 20 PANAMA CITY 73 88 77 90 76 / 40 40 20 30 20 DOTHAN 69 92 72 95 69 / 40 30 10 20 20 ALBANY 68 92 71 96 69 / 40 30 20 20 20 VALDOSTA 67 89 69 94 69 / 50 40 20 20 20 CROSS CITY 70 87 70 92 70 / 50 60 20 30 20 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && CAMP/MROCZKA/FOURNIER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 521 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 FLZ012-152215- BAY- 421 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR BAY COUNTY... * UNTIL 515 PM CDT AT 418 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF LYNN HAVEN...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS 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 550 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 GAZ145-152215- MITCHELL- 550 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR MITCHELL COUNTY... * UNTIL 615 PM EDT AT 549 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CAMILLA. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF CAMILLA... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. ALSO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 18-WOOL
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:16 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A young girl was struck and killed by lightning while sitting at a campsite picnic table at Torreya State Park.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Liberty | 2008-06-15 | 6 | Female | Camping | Direct |
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