Early evening thunderstorms on the 6th downed several trees and power lines across portions of Worth and Lee counties in southwest Georgia.
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Early evening thunderstorms on the 6th downed several trees and power lines across portions of Worth and Lee counties in southwest Georgia.
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 6, 1:05 PM EST, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 205 PM EDT WED AUG 06 2008 .SYNOPSIS...THE EXPECTED HOT AND DRY DAY IS WELL UNDERWAY TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES CONTINUING TO SOAR THROUGH THE LOWER TO MID 90S EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HIGHS STILL EXPECTED TO APPROACH 100 DEGREES OVER PORTIONS OF THE INTERIOR. ADDITIONALLY...THE OFFSHORE LOW LEVEL WINDS HAVE SLOWED DOWN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SEA BREEZE...SO THESE HOT TEMPERATURES MAY MAKE IT SLIGHTLY CLOSER TO THE COAST THAN EARLIER EXPECTED. DESPITE THE HOT TEMPS...HEAT INDICES ARE STAYING BELOW HEADLINE OR ADVISORY LEVELS AS SFC TDS ARE MIXING OUT INTO THE MID TO UPPER 60S AWAY FROM THE COAST. STILL EXPECT SOME CONVECTION TO DEVELOP ALONG THE SEA BREEZE LATER THIS AFTERNOON... BUT DO NOT ANTICIPATE AREAL COVERAGE TO BE ANY GREATER THAN 20-30 PERCENT BEFORE THE DAY IS THROUGH. && .SHORT TERM...AS HAS BEEN THE CASE ALL SUMMER LONG...IT IS SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO HOLD ON TO ANY FORM OF UPPER LEVEL RIDGING FOR MORE THAN A COUPLE OF DAYS...BEFORE THE MEAN TROF ONCE AGAIN REGAINS ITS STRONGHOLD ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. LIKE IT WERE EARLY JANUARY INSTEAD OF EARLY AUGUST. AFTER A BRIEF TEASER IN THE 06 UTC GFS RUN WHICH WOULD HAVE HELD THE TROF AXIS OFF TO OUR NORTH FOR ONE MORE DAY KEEPING US HOT AND DRY AGAIN ON THURSDAY...THE 12 UTC RUNS HAVE REVERTED BACK TO BRINGING A PIECE OF ENERGY FROM THE TROF SE TOWARDS THE CWA. ALSO...THE MEAN 1000-700MB MEAN LAYER VECTOR WIND (MLVW) WILL BE RETURNING TOWARDS TYPE 4 (LIGHT TO MODERATE OUT OF THE W-SW) ON THURSDAY...AND PWATS ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB ABOVE 2 THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THIS SCENARIO WOULD SEEM TO MORE THAN VALIDATE THE 40-50 PERCENT POPS ACROSS THE BOARD WHICH ARE CURRENTLY IN THE GRIDS. ON FRIDAY...THE MLVW WILL BE STRONG OUT OF THE WEST (15-20 KTS) AND THE TROF WILL BE DIGGING SHARPLY TOWARDS THE CWA. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN AT LEAST LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE BOARD...AND WITH FAIRLY DECENT DYNAMICS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...WE COULD SEE SOME STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS IF OUR INSOLATIONAL HEATING IS SUFFICIENT. && .LONG TERM...THE GFS AND 05/12Z EURO PUSH THE FRONT SWD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT FRI NIGHT INTO SAT MORNING. NUMEROUS STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS WILL END WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. AS HARD AS IT IS TO BELIEVE IN AUGUST...BOTH SAT AND SUN LOOK TO BE A DRY DAYS WITH THE FRONT S OF THE AREA. THIS WILL BE THE 2ND DRY WEEKEND IN A ROW. MOISTURE BEGINS TO RETURN FROM THE SW SUN NIGHT INTO MON AS THE FRONT LIFTS NEWD INTO THE AREA. THE GFS MAINTAINS A SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH NWLY FLOW BRINGING IMPULSES SEWD ACROSS THE REGION. THE EURO BRINGS ANOTHER COLD FRONT DOWN INTO THE AREA TUE NIGHT INTO WED. WILL PLAY TO TUE-WED PERIOD CLOSER TO THE GFS. MEX POPS LOOK REASONABLE...BUT MAY NEED TO BE BUMPED UP ABOUT 10 PERCENT. && .MARINE...AS THE TROF DIGS SE...WE WILL EXPERIENCE A PERIOD OF STRONGER WINDS FROM THU NIGHT THROUGH SAT...WITH CONDITIONS POSSIBLY APPROACHING SCEC LEVELS AT TIMES. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON TODAY WILL BE AROUND THE KPFN TERMINAL AND POSSIBLY KTLH. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A PERIOD WITH MVFR VSBYS OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND TOWARD SUNRISE THURSDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON THURSDAY. && .FIRE WEATHER...WITH TEMPERATURES ON THE RISE INTO THE 95 TO 100 DEGREE RANGE OVER THE INTERIOR TODAY AND THURSDAY...WILL BE WATCHING DEWPOINTS CLOSELY OUT AHEAD OF THE SEA BREEZE EACH DAY...BUT AT THIS TIME ONLY EXPECT THEM TO BOTTOM OUT IN THE UPPER 60S WHICH WOULD KEEP MINIMUM RHS IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 73 95 73 91 72 / 10 50 30 60 40 PANAMA CITY 77 93 77 90 75 / 10 50 30 60 30 DOTHAN 73 95 71 91 69 / 10 40 30 60 30 ALBANY 73 97 72 91 69 / 10 40 30 60 30 VALDOSTA 73 97 72 92 71 / 10 40 30 60 30 CROSS CITY 72 94 72 91 72 / 10 50 30 60 40 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && AVIATION/FIRE WX...GIBBS PUBLIC/MARINE...GOULD LONG TERM...WOOL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 519 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2008 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-070900- 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 WED AUG 6 2008 /419 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... HOT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO CLIMB INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S INLAND...WITH A FEW PLACES FLIRTING WITH THE CENTURY MARK. LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES CLIMBING TO AROUND 105 DEGREES INLAND AND AROUND 100 DEGREES AT THE COAST. PERSONS WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD REMEMBER TO DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND AVOID STRENUOUS EXERCISE DURING THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY. THERE REMAINS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY. RESIDUAL SWELL FROM FORMER TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD CONTINUES TO IMPACT THIS COASTLINE. THE SWELL IS ANTICIPATED TO SUBSIDE THROUGH THE DAY...HOWEVER UNTIL THIS TREND BECOMES APPARENT...THE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIGS INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. THE APPROACH OF A COLD FRONT FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT WILL FURTHER INCREASE THESE CHANCES FOR STORMS. THERE ARE SOME INDICATION THAT A FEW OF THE STORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT MAY BE ON THE STRONG TO SEVERE SIDE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS POTENTIAL THREAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED. AS THIS COLD FRONT APPROACHES...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME ELEVATED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. THESE WINDS AND SEAS MAY AT TIMES APPROACH CAUTIONARY LEVELS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. MARINERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. 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. 14-MROCZKA
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
525 PM EDT WED AUG 06 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM HAIL 3 E LYNN HAVEN 30.24N 85.60W
08/06/2008 E0.88 INCH BAY FL TRAINED SPOTTER
0500 PM TSTM WND DMG BAYOU GEORGE 30.26N 85.54W
08/06/2008 BAY FL EMERGENCY MNGR
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BARRYThe Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:59 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were down near Middle Road and State Road 32.
A few trees were down near Philema Road and State Road 32.
A few trees were down near the intersection of State Roads 32 and 33.
A few trees and power lines were down near the intersection of State Road 32 and Highway 300.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, August 2008
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 127663, 127664, 127657, 127661.