An early evening thunderstorm on the 5th produced wind damage just south of Moultrie.
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An early evening thunderstorm on the 5th produced wind damage just south of Moultrie.
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 5, 2:32 PM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 332 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)...GRADUAL CHANGES IN THE WEATHER EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS THE UPPER PATTERN EVOLVES. LINGERING UPPER TROUGH IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH UPPER RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. AT THE SURFACE...A WEAK TROUGH...CURRENTLY OVER CENTRAL GA/AL WILL SAG SOUTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH A DRIER AIR MASS FILTERING IN. BEST POPS FOR THURSDAY WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA SOUTH OF THE SFC BOUNDARY. BY FRIDAY...WEAK TROUGH WILL KEEP BARELY HANGING ON WHILE LOW LEVEL SUBTROPICAL RIDGE EASES NORTH AND SETTLES OVER THE CWA. THIS WILL SWING THE LOW LEVEL FLOW AROUND TO THE EAST OR SOUTHEAST. BEST POPS FRIDAY WILL ONCE AGAIN BE ACROSS FLORIDA...SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY. OVERALL...POPS WILL BE ON GENTLE DECLINE WITH SLIGHTLY LESS CONVECTIVE SOUTHEAST FLOW. HIGH TEMPS MAY RISE INTO THE MID/UPPER 90S OVER THE NORTHERN HALF WITH DRIER AIR WORKING IN ALOFT. .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...GUIDANCE CONTS TO GENERALLY AGREE ON EXTENDED SYNOPTIC PATTERN. THIS IS INITIALLY HIGHLIGHTED BY A TROUGH OVER WRN CONUS AND A BUILDING RIDGE OVER ERN 2/3RD OF CONUS. UPPER HIGH IS ANCHORED ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH...WITH THE SURFACE RIDGE LIFTING NORTH AND REMAINING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. BY EARLY SAT...THE TROUGH BEGINS TO EJECT NEWD TOWARDS CANADIAN PRAIRIES IN RESPONSE TO UPPER LOW OVER ALEUTIANS DROPPING SEWD. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DEEP ERN RIDGE TO MIGRATE WWD WITH AN EQUALLY STRONG SUBTROPICAL RIDGE BUILDING WESTWARD FROM THE ATLANTIC INTO THE EASTERN U.S. SEVERAL UPPER HIGHS FORECAST TO INTERFACE ACROSS TENN VALLEY RESULTING IN GIANT 598 HIGH/UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER SE SAT-MON. STACKED SFC AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE REGION WITH AMPLE SUBSIDENCE WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE A VERY HOT AND HUMID PERIOD BUT WITH A MOIST AND TROPICAL SURFACE AIRMASS TRAPPED UNDER THE RIDGE. SO UPPER RIDGE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETELY SHUT OFF DIURNAL TSRA ACTIVITY. THEN...MODELS SHOW CANADIAN TROUGH SHIFTING EWD WHILE ELY WAVES MOVE AROUND SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE RIDGE. THIS FORCES RIDGE TO COMPRESS AND SHIFT BACK EWD...DECREASING SUBSIDENCE AND FAVORING INCREASING PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL RESULT IN INCREASING RAIN CHANCES SECOND HALF OF EXTENDED. WILL GO WITH VERY LOW POPS THRU SAT NIGHT..THEN MAINLY AFTN/EVE LOW SCT POPS REST OF THE PERIOD. WITH A MOIST LOW LEVEL...MINIMUM TEMPS WILL REMAIN IN THE LOW TO MID 70S...OR ABOVE CLIMO (AROUND 70) THRU THE PERIOD. MAX TEMPS WILL REMAIN IN THE LOW-MID 90S OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMO (AROUND 91) THRU THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION...SCT SHRA AND TSRA WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AT ALL TAF SITES. VISIBLE SATELLITE SHOWS A WELL DEVELOPED CU FIELD OVER MUCH OF THE REGION. EXPECT TSRA TO DEVELOP AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. STRONGER STORMS WILL BE MORE LIKELY FURTHER NORTH AROUND DHN AND ABY. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. ANY STORM THAT FORMS MAY BRIEFLY PRODUCE MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS. OTHERWISE, VFR CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. BY 0800 THURS, FOG DEVELOPMENT MAY RESULT IN MVFR CONDITIONS FOR A FEW HOURS AT VLD, DHN, AND ABY. FOG SHOULD LIFT AND DIMINISH BY 1400Z, GIVING WAY TO VFR CONDITIONS AT ALL LOCATIONS OUTSIDE OF SCT TSRA THAT MAY DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. && .MARINE...FLOW WILL GRADUALLY SWING AROUND TO THE SOUTHEAST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. HOWEVER...GRADIENT WILL REMAIN VERY WEAK WITH WINDS AND SEAS STAYING MINIMAL. && .FIRE WEATHER...MOIST LOW LEVEL FLOW BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR SOUTH AND A WEAK FRONT JUST NORTH OF THE REGION WILL PREVENT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM BEING REACHED THROUGH THURSDAY. STACKED LOW AND UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE REGION FOR THE END OF THE WEEK WILL RESULT IN ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAIN CHANCES. HOWEVER... DESPITE THE HIGHER TEMPERATURES...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED DURING THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 71 93 70 95 73 / 30 40 20 30 20 PANAMA CITY 75 90 76 91 77 / 30 40 20 20 10 DOTHAN 70 94 71 95 73 / 30 20 20 20 20 ALBANY 71 94 70 95 71 / 30 30 20 20 20 VALDOSTA 71 93 70 95 71 / 30 50 20 30 20 CROSS CITY 71 91 71 93 72 / 30 50 20 40 20 APALACHICOLA 76 89 76 90 77 / 20 30 20 20 10 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && CAMP/MROCZKA/AUSTIN/BLOCK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 550 AM EDT WED AUG 5 2009 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-061000- 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- 550 AM EDT WED AUG 5 2009 /450 AM CDT WED AUG 5 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... ANOTHER DAY OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE ONGOING THIS MORNING NEAR THE FLORIDA GULF COAST. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD INLAND LATER TODAY WITH THE SEA BREEZE AND BECOME MOST CONCENTRATED ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. LATER TONIGHT...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A COMPLEX OF STRONG STORMS TO MOVE SOUTHWARD OUT OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INTO THE AREA. DUE TO THIS POSSIBILITY...RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN ELEVATED ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA THROUGH THE NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... CONTINUED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY WITH A GENERAL DECREASE IN COVERAGE OF THESE STORMS INTO THE WEEKEND AS A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE SOUTH. AS THIS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE SOUTHEAST...THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME VERY HOT AND HUMID DAYS EXISTS...ESPECIALLY BY THE FIRST OF THE WEEK WHEN HIGH TEMPERATURES MAY REACH INTO THE UPPER 90S. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR TODAY. 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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
417 PM EDT WED AUG 05 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0355 PM HAIL DE FUNIAK SPRING AIRPOR 30.73N 86.15W
08/05/2009 E0.25 INCH WALTON FL PUBLIC
ESTIMATED WINDS 40-50 MPH. TEMPORARY LOSS OF POWER.
&&
DONAL.HARRIGANSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 419 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009 FLZ010-011-052100- JACKSON-WASHINGTON- 319 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON AND NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT AT 315 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF MARIANNA...MOVING EAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN JACKSON AND NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF MARIANNA...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. 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. 14-MROCZKA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 444 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009 GAZ142-143-155-156-052145- DECATUR-EARLY-MILLER-SEMINOLE- 444 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR DECATUR ...EARLY...MILLER AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 545 PM EDT AT 441 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 7 MILES WEST OF COLQUITT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 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. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY 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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
511 PM EDT WED AUG 05 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG E WEBB RD/ROSS CLARK CI 31.24N 85.37W
08/05/2009 HOUSTON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
FIVE VEHICLES DAMAGED...SOME MINOR BUILDING DAMAGE AT
HOUSTON COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT FACILITY.
&&
WATSONSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 538 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009 GAZ120>122-052230- CLAY-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH- 538 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR CLAY...QUITMAN AND WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES... * UNTIL 630 PM EDT AT 536 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF GEORGETOWN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED 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 NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. 18-WOOL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 604 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009 ALZ065-066-052300- COFFEE-DALE- 504 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR COFFEE AND DALE COUNTIES... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT AT 502 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ARITON TO 7 MILES NORTH OF NEW BROCKTON TO BULLOCK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF OZARK TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELBA TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELBA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... ELBA BY 535 PM CDT. NEW BROCKTON BY 540 PM CDT. OZARK BY 550 PM CDT. ENTERPRISE BY 600 PM CDT. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 50 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. 18-WOOL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Some trees and power lines were down just south of Moultrie.
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