A morning thunderstorm on the 16th produced wind damage near Marianna and at Cypress in Jackson County.
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A morning thunderstorm on the 16th produced wind damage near Marianna and at Cypress in Jackson 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 Mar 16, 7:30 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 930 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2009 .UPDATE...MORNING WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS POSITIVELY-TILTED MID-LEVEL TROUGH FROM LAKE MI SOUTHWEST TO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AND EMBEDDED SHORT WAVES RIDING NORTHEAST OVER RIDGE PARKED OVER FL STRAITS/CUBA AIDING CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ALONG A QUASI-STATIONARY SURFACE FRONT FROM COASTAL SC TO CENTRAL GA...SOUTHERN AL AND SOUTHEAST LA. 12Z TAE SOUNDING REVEALED MOISTURE BELOW 800 MB WITH PRONOUNCED DRYING TO 700 MB. INSTABILITY INCREASED WITH LI -3.9 WITH UNMODIFIED CAPE OF 1053 J/KG...AND THIS SHOULD MAINTAIN TSTM POTENTIAL TODAY. THUS FAR...STRONGEST STORMS HAVE BEEN ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR DOTHAN AL TO JUST EAST OF DESTIN FL. THE ENTIRE AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS IS SLOWLY PUSHING TO THE EAST...AND WILL AFFECT ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE CWA AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. WILL AMEND THE MORNING ZONE FORECAST TO REMOVE MORNING FOG AND LOW CLOUDS. && .MARINE...SOUTH WINDS 5-10 KT AND 2 FT SEAS PREVAIL THIS MORNING. BOTH THE WSWRF AND RUC DEPICT WINDS VEERING AND INCREASING AS THE FRONT APPROACHES THE WATERS FROM THE WEST TODAY. WILL MAKE MINOR TWEAKS TO WINDS...SEAS AND PRECIP COVERAGE TO MATCH CURRENT TRENDS. && .AVIATION...LOW CLOUDS THIS MORNING WILL SLOWLY LIFT TO MVFR LEVELS DURING THE AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS AROUND KDHN THIS MORNING WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST DURING THE DAY...REACHING THE REMAINING TERMINALS THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT BUT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE WITH PLENTY OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG ONCE AGAIN. && .HYDROLOGY...WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 INCH AMOUNTS OF RAIN WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS IN A LINE FROM CHATTAHOOCHEE/MUSCOGEE COUNTIES IN WESTERN GA SOUTHWEST THROUGH PIKE COUNTY IN AL AND OKALOOSA...SANTA ROSA AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IN WESTERN FL PANHANDLE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL IN THE MIDDLE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER BASIN WHICH DRAINS INTO LAKE SEMINOLE AND ALONG THE CONECUH RIVER BASIN WHICH DRAINS SOUTHWEST INTO PENSACOLA BAY. ONE TO TWO INCHES FELL OVER THE UPPER PEA AND CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER BASINS IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH FELL OVER THE FLINT RIVER BASIN IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM WALTON COUNTY TO THE APALACHICOLA RIVER. SHARP RISES...BUT WELL BELOW ACTION STAGE...OCCURRED ON THE PEA AND CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST AL. THIS RAIN HAS NOT GENERATED SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO RELEASES AT THE GEORGE AND COLUMBIA LOCK AND DAMS ON THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER. THE LOWER FLINT RIVER INCLUDING MUCKALEE AND KINCHAFOONEE CREEKS SHOWED MINOR RISES. THE LOWER APALACHICOLA RIVER IN THE FL PANHANDLE...OCHLOCKONEE RIVER IN SOUTHWEST GA...AND THE ALTAMAHA RIVER IN SOUTHEAST GA CONTINUE AT ABOVE NORMAL FLOWS DUE TO ROUTED WATER FROM A RAIN EVENT TWO WEEKS AGO. ALL OTHER FLOWS ACROSS SOUTHERN GA AND NORTHERN FL TO THE ATLANTIC ARE NEAR OR AT BASE FLOW RECESSION. THE FRONT WILL PROCEED SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH ANOTHER SHOT OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER BASIN REMAINS SENSITIVE TO RISES AND COULD POTENTIALLY GO BACK ABOVE ACTION STAGE...DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN OCCURS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE: HTTP://AHPS.SRH.NOAA.GOV/INDEX.PHP?WFO=TAE && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 77 55 80 52 75/ 70 60 0 0 0 PANAMA CITY 74 58 77 55 77/ 80 50 0 0 0 DOTHAN 69 53 75 51 76/ 80 40 0 0 0 ALBANY 71 53 77 49 77/ 80 50 0 0 0 VALDOSTA 77 55 76 52 75/ 70 60 0 0 0 CROSS CITY 82 59 75 55 76/ 30 60 0 0 0 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && SHORT TERM/MARINE UPDATE...JAMSKI AVIATION...CAMP HYDROLOGY...LANIER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 510 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2009 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-170915- 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- 510 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2009 /410 AM CDT MON MAR 16 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TODAY BRINGING WITH IT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT THROUGH DAYBREAK TUESDAY. WHILE A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... THE AIRMASS WILL DRY OUT IN THE WAKE OF THE EXITING COLD FRONT TUESDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY MORNING WITH LITTLE OR NO RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH IT. SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH A REENFORCEMENT OF DRIER AIR CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. .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. BARRY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 559 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2009 FLZ007>009-161100- COASTAL WALTON-HOLMES-INLAND WALTON- 459 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR HOLMES AND WALTON COUNTIES... * UNTIL 600 AM CDT AT 600 AM EDT/500 AM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH SOUTH OF ANDALUSIA IN COVINGTON COUNTY ALABAMA TO NEAR MILTON IN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN THE EXTREME WESTERN PANHANDLE. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL REACH WESTERN WALTON COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 30 TO 40 MINUTES. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... DE FUNIAK SPRINGS BY 600 AM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 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. 24-BLOCK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 728 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2009 ALZ068-FLZ007-009-161215- GENEVA-HOLMES-INLAND WALTON- 628 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR GENEVA...HOLMES AND WALTON COUNTIES... * UNTIL 715 AM CDT AT 624 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SAMSON TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOWELLS TO DORCAS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES WEST OF GENEVA TO 14 MILES NORTH OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. ALSO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 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. 25-CAMP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1009 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2009 FLZ011-GAZ155-161500- JACKSON-SEMINOLE- 909 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES... * UNTIL 1000 AM CDT/1100 AM EDT/ AT 906 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COTTONWOOD TO MARIANNA TO 6 MILES WEST OF MARIANNA TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHIPLEY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. ALSO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 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. 25-CAMP
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:35 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down and a fence was damaged.
A roof was blown off a mobile home.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, March 2009
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: 163125, 163126.