A morning thunderstorm on the 14th caused structural damage in Dale County.
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A morning thunderstorm on the 14th caused structural damage in Dale County.
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 Apr 14, 1:05 AM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 305 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2009 ...SMALL RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER AND CONTINUED HEAVY RAINFALL REMAIN ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST BIG BEND AND ESPECIALLY APALACHEE BAY INTO THIS MORNING... ...NEW RIVERINE FLOODING FORECAST ON THE OCHLOCKONEE AND WITHLACOOCHEE RIVERS... .SYNOPSIS... AT 3 AM EDT...LARGE MCS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING IN OUR AREA LAST 12 HRS CONTINUED ITS SLOW EASTWARD TREK ACROSS OUR ERN MOST COUNTIES AND ADJACENT GULF. EARLIER INTENSE CONVECTION OCCURRED ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SW-NE ORIENTED MCS HAS LARGELY EXITED EAST OF I-75 OVER LAND AND IS NOW FOCUSED OVER ERN APALACHEE BAY WHERE SEVERAL STORMS WERE REACHING SEVERE POTENTIAL. ADDITIONAL BANDS OF CONVECTION ACROSS S/CNTRL AL AND ASSOCD WITH THE COLD FRONT...HAVE BEEN WEAKENING WITH TIME AND LOSS OF DIURNAL HEATING. THE TALLAHASSEE AIRPORT...FLORIDA STATE CAMPUS AND APALACHICOLA RAIN GAUGES FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT MONDAY REPORTED 3.38... 3.27 AND 2.83 INCHES RESPECTIVELY. TALLAHASSEE AND APALACHICOLA BOTH SET A RECORD FOR APRIL 13...PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED AS 3.15 INCHES IN 1979 AND 1.62 INCHES IN 1952 RESPECTIVELY. BOTH SITES NOW SPORT A SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR...TALLAHASSEE 19.00 INCHES (18.22 NORMAL) AND APALACHICOLA WITH 17.95 INCHES (15.11 NORMAL). AS A RESULT OF RECENT HEAVY RAIN...NEW RIVER FORECASTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED...WITH RENEWED FLOODING FOR MANY OF OUR MAIN STEM RIVERS (SEE HYDROLOGY SECTION BELOW). AT UPPER LEVELS... LARGE SCALE CONUS PIX HIGHLIGHTED BY TROUGH/LOW OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA THAT WILL DIG SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE WRN CONUS TODAY AND ACROSS CNTRL ROCKIES AND CNTRL HIGH PLAINS ON WED. THIS WILL NUDGE DOWNSTREAM AMPLIFIED RIDGE CURRENTLY ACROSS INTERMOUNTAIN WEST EWD INTO CNTRL CONUS. DOWNSTREAM CNTRL CONUS TROUGH THIS MORNING WILL EDGE SLOWLY EWD INTO THE EASTERN CONUS. ASSOCD DEEP LOW IN ILL WITH ACCOMPANYING TROUGH AXIS EXTENDING SOUTH THROUGH THE ARKLATEX REGION OVERNIGHT WILL TRACK VERY SLOWLY EAST INTO OH VALLEY LATER TODAY AND THEN SOUTHEAST TO THE MID ATLANTIC COAST ON WEDNESDAY. SHORT WAVE ROUNDING BASE OF TROUGH IS TRIGGERING ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION AL...ALONG AND AHEAD OF SURFACE COLD FRONT. ALL THIS MOVEMENT WILL NUDGE DEAMPLIFYING DOWNSTREAM RIDGE EWD...AND ANCHOR IT OVER SE CONUS NEXT FEW DAYS. THE NAM IS SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN THE GFS...UKMET...AND ECMWF WITH THIS MOVEMENT AND SEEMS TO BE THE OUTLIER SO WILL BLEND OTHER MODELS FOR FORECAST. AT LOWER LEVELS... AT SUNRISE THIS MORNING MCS IN CONJUNCTION WITH H85-H7 JET AND RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERNIGHT LOCAL STORMS EXITING ERN CWA AND WILL CONTINUE TO SAG SWD INTO THE PENINSULA THRU REST OF TODAY. AN OCCLUDED LOW WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THIS MORNING WITH COLD FRONT EXTENDING SWWD. AT 3 AM EDT...THIS FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM LOW IN ILL SWD THRU LOW IN CNTRL ALA AND SWD TOWARDS THE ALA/FL BORDER AND INTO GULF. FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS CWA FROM W-E THIS MORNING EXITING SE BIG BEND BY EARLY AFTERNOON. A NEW LOW WILL FORM OVER THE CAROLINAS LATER TODAY AND MOVE OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC SEABOARD THIS EVENING DRAGGING THE TRAILING FRONT SEWD TO ATLC COAST BY EARLY EVENING. ALL THIS WILL SHIFT THE LOCAL FLOW TO A WLY DIRECTION. IN WAKE OF FRONT...UPPER RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE SE CONUS WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING NORTH OF THE LOCAL AREA THRU FRIDAY. SO EXPECT NWLY FLOW TO HERALD A DRIER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER AIRMASS FILTERING INTO THE REGION THRU END OF THE WORK WEEK. .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURS. AFTER THIS MORNING AS FRONT CLEARS LOCAL AREA...NO POPS IN FORECAST. TODAY...NIL TO LIKELY POPS WITH SHARP NW-SE GRADIENT...ENDING BY MIDDAY. GUSTY WEST WINDS ALONG THE FRONT WILL VEER TO NW AND DECREASE. MAX TEMPS FROM AROUND 70 SE ALA TO UPPER 70S SE BIG BEND. MINS TONIGHT FROM MID 40S SE ALA TO AROUND 50 SE BIG BEND. WEDNESDAY...MAX TEMPS IN LOW-MID 70S. MINS IN MID-UPPER 40S. THURSDAY...MAX TEMPS IN MID-UPPER 70S. MINS FROM UPPER 40S NORTH TO LOW 50S SOUTH. .LONG TERM...UPPER RIDGE WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE GULF COAST LATE THIS WEEK WITH SFC HIGH PRESSURE PARKED ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD. THIS WILL LEAD TO A MILD AND DRY EASTERLY FLOW PATTERN THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. RAIN CHANCES TO INCREASE LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AS NEXT SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES EAST OUT OF THE PLAINS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY BEFORE THE COLD FRONT EXITS THE REGION. && .MARINE...MARGINAL ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST REST OF OVERNIGHT IN THE ONSHORE FLOW AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST ALONG AND NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT AND MAINTAIN EXERCISE CAUTION LEVELS. WINDS WILL DROP BELOW HEADLINE CRITERIA LATE TONIGHT. AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS NORTH OF THE WATERS...WINDS WILL VEER TO THE EAST BY THURSDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE TO CAUTION LEVELS. AFTER A DIURNAL LULL ON THURSDAY...WINDS WILL SURGE BACK UP IN A NOCTURNAL EASTERLY SURGE FRIDAY NIGHT. && .AVIATION...RAIN WILL BE ENDING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AT KVLD AND KTLH...HAVING ALREADY ENDED AT OTHER TERMINALS. WILL BE LEFT WITH SOME IFR CIGS THIS MORNING BEFORE THE DRIER AIR POURS IN BEHIND THE FRONT. ALL TERMINALS SHOULD BE VFR BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON WITH WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 20 KNOTS TODAY. && .FIRE WEATHER...DRY AIR WILL MOVE IN QUICKLY BEHIND THE COLD TODAY. INLAND WALTON AND HOLMES COUNTIES WILL GET CLOSE TO RED FLAG CRITERIA WITH SHORT RH DURATIONS AND 20-FT WINDS JUST BELOW 15 MPH. WE ARE MORE CERTAIN THAT REQUIRED DURATIONS WILL BE ACHIEVED ACROSS OUR FL ZONES ON WED AND A WATCH HAS BEEN CONTINUED FOR ALL OF FL ZONES. && .HYDROLOGY...RAINS FROM THE WEATHER SYSTEM MONDAY AND INTO EARLY TUESDAY WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL RISES ON SOME AREA RIVERS AND SLOW THE FALLS ON OTHERS. THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER AT THOMASVILLE AND HAVANA IS RISING AGAIN AND IS FORECAST TO REACH FLOOD AGAIN TODAY OR EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE NEW CREST WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THE CRESTS EARLIER THIS MONTH. MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON THE ST MARKS RIVER NEAR NEWPORT...ON THE AUCILLA RIVER NEAR LAMONT...AND ON THE APALACHICOLA RIVER NEAR BLOUNTSTOWN. NEW FLOODING IS FORECAST ON THE WITHLACHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR VALDOSTA. THE CREST ON THE SUWANNEE PASSED DOWLING PARK MONDAY AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE BASIN THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK...LEADING TO MODERATE FLOODING AT BRANFORD AND WILCOX AND MINOR FLOODING DOWNSTREAM FROM THERE. FOR SITE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON RIVER FORECASTS...CREST INFORMATION...AND RELATED IMPACTS PLEASE REFER TO THE WFO TALLAHASSEE RIVERS AND LAKES AHPS PAGE AT... HTTP://AHPS.SRH.NOAA.GOV/INDEX.PHP?WFO=TAE && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 79 49 76 48 / 30 00 00 00 PANAMA CITY 74 52 73 53 / 20 00 00 00 DOTHAN 73 47 73 47 / 20 00 00 00 ALBANY 75 48 73 46 / 20 00 00 00 VALDOSTA 79 49 75 48 / 40 00 00 00 CROSS CITY 78 51 76 49 / 60 00 00 00 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...FIRE WEATHER WATCH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ALL ZONES. GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ALL LEGS THROUGH 12Z TODAY. && BLOCK/CAMP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 404 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2009 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-150815- 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- 404 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2009 /304 AM CDT TUE APR 14 2009/ 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...TONIGHT... ...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL ACROSS THE EASTERN MOST ZONES EARLY TODAY... AS THE COLD FRONT EXITS FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THIS MORNING... SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL LINGER ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA..ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHEAST BIG BEND. THEN...CLEARING WILL OCCUR FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH A COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS FILTERS IN. RAINS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS HAVE LED MANY SITES INCLUDING THE TALLAHASSEE AIRPORT AND APALACHICOLA TO FINALLY SPORT A RAINFALL SURPLUS FOR THIS YEAR. (SEE AFDTAE FOR MORE DETAILS). RAINS FROM THE LEAST 12-24 HRS HAVE ALSO EXASPERATED CURRENT FLOODING CONCERNS. (SEE FLOOD PRODUCTS AND AFDTAE HYDROLOGY SECTION FOR MORE DETAILS). DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. IF YOU SEE FLOOD WATERS...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS REMAINS...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... AMPLE SUNSHINE IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK. THE NEXT BEST CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE LATE SATURDAY AND DURING SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION REMAINS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST BIG BEND EARLY. OTHERWISE...SPOTTERS ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds tore off siding, damaged a carport and peeled the roof off a mobile home on Phillips Road south of Ariton.
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