Severe thunderstorms developed along a stalled cold front across southern Georgia during the afternoon of the 2nd. The storms produced numerous reports of wind damage.
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The episode as NWS TAE wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms developed along a stalled cold front across southern Georgia during the afternoon of the 2nd. The storms produced numerous reports of wind damage.
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 Jul 2, 2:22 PM EST, 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 322 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2009 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-SATURDAY NIGHT)... THE PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND WITH A RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY AND A BROAD TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN HALF. ONE TO TWO WEAK IMPULSES EMBEDDED WITHIN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE REGION WILL APPROACH OUR AREA BY THE END OF THE PERIOD...OR SATURDAY NIGHT. THE NAM/GFS DO INDICATE SOME DEEPER LAYER MOISTURE BEGINNING TO WORK ITS WAY INTO OUR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA COUNTIES DURING THIS LAST PERIOD OF THE SHORT TERM AS WELL. AT THE SURFACE...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STALL OVER THE AREA AS THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AXIS REMAINS DISPLACED FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GULF. ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF MID TO UPPER LEVEL DRY AIR IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE EACH DAY WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE CWA. THE MODELS DO INDICATE THIS BOUNDARY DRIFTING FURTHER SOUTH TOWARD NORTH FLORIDA BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY CONCENTRATE ANY SHOWER ACTIVITY IN THE AFTERNOON CLOSER TO THE COAST WHEN COMPARED TO TODAY. THE LOW-LEVEL FLOW ACROSS THE CWA WILL REMAIN LIGHT TO MODERATE OUT OF THE WEST. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE AVERAGE THROUGH THIS PERIOD WITH HEAT INDICES CLIMBING JUST ABOVE 100 EACH AFTERNOON. && .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... UPPER TROUGH ALONG ERN SEABOARD WILL MOVE INTO THE ATLANTIC SATURDAY NIGHT...FOLLOWED ON ITS HEELS BY ANOTHER TROUGH FROM THE MIDWEST SUNDAY TO THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST BY TUESDAY MORNING. UPSTREAM RIDGE OVER THE PLAINS THEN EJECTS TROUGH OFFSHORE AND EXPANDS TOWARD THE OH VALLEY/GREAT LAKES ON THURSDAY. SURFACE LOW OVER LOWER OH VALLEY MOVES EWD SUNDAY WITH TRAILING FRONT STALLING EAST-WEST ACROSS CNTRL PORTIONS OF MS/AL/GA/SC EARLY NEXT WEEK. MEANWHILE...THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AXIS WILL REMAIN TO THE SOUTH OF THE CWA WITH A PREVAILING SWLY LOW LEVEL FLOW. THIS WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH MOISTURE IN TANDEM WITH SEA BREEZES AND INSTABILITY TO PRODUCE SCATTERED MAINLY AFTN/EVE CONVECTION EACH DAY. ACTIVITY MAY BE ACCENTUATED BY THE APPROACHING FRONT FROM THE NORTH EARLY NEXT WEEK. IN EITHER CASE...POPS WILL BE AT NORMAL VALUES FOR EARLY JULY. TEMPS SUNDAY WILL BE ABOUT 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...BUT MODERATE BACK TO OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. && .MARINE...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STALL JUST NORTH OF THE MARINE AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE GRADIENT WILL SLIGHTLY INCREASE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH...HOWEVER... CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW CAUTIONARY LEVELS THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OVER PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD TREND DOWN THROUGH THE MID EVENING HOURS WITH A RETURN OF VFR CONDITIONS. MVFR VSBYS/CIGS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE VLD TERMINAL. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE BEST COVERAGE WILL REMAIN AROUND THE TLH AND PFN TERMINALS. && .FIRE WEATHER...A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER OR JUST NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. DRIER AIR WILL BE ATTEMPTING TO FILTER INTO PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND GEORGIA THE NEXT FEW DAYS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS MAY APPROACH CRITICAL VALUES AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST ON FRIDAY WITH A BETTER POTENTIAL FOR RED FLAG CONDITIONS BY SATURDAY. THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO SEE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY WILL BE ACROSS THE INLAND FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND UP INTO SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF ANOTHER WEAK FRONT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY SHOULD INCREASE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND END ANY CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 95 74 98 68 99 / 30 20 30 20 30 PANAMA CITY 91 79 93 77 94 / 30 20 20 20 20 DOTHAN 98 73 97 68 99 / 20 20 10 10 20 ALBANY 96 73 97 67 98 / 20 20 10 10 20 VALDOSTA 94 73 97 68 97 / 20 20 20 20 20 CROSS CITY 92 75 95 72 96 / 30 20 30 20 30 APALACHICOLA 90 78 93 77 92 / 30 20 20 20 20 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && GIBBS/MROCZKA/JAMSKI
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 559 AM EDT THU JUL 2 2009 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-031000- 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- 559 AM EDT THU JUL 2 2009 /459 AM CDT THU JUL 2 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... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A WEAK FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTH WHILE THE REMNANTS OF A DIFFUSE FRONTAL BOUNDARY LINGERS OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO. MOISTURE AND LIFT FROM BOTH THESE BOUNDARIES WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THE HIGHEST CHANCES OF RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND OVER THE NEARSHORE APALACHEE BAY WHERE THE GULF FRONT WILL BE ENHANCED BY THE SEA BREEZE AND WESTERLY STEERING FLOW. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE. AWAY FROM ANY STORMS...EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES TO REACH THE MID TO UPPER 90S WITH HEAT INDICES ABOVE 100 DEGREES. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... MOISTURE AND RAIN CHANCES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO NORMAL LEVELS OVER THE PERIOD. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL BY THE 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. BLOCK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 233 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2009 FLZ008>011-022000- COASTAL WALTON-HOLMES-JACKSON-WASHINGTON- 133 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR HOLMES...JACKSON... WALTON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES... * UNTIL 300 PM CDT AT 129 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED OVER SOUTHEASTERN HOLMES AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THESE STORMS ARE 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. 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. 22-BARRY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 328 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2009 ALZ068-FLZ007>013-022130- BAY-CALHOUN-COASTAL WALTON-GENEVA-HOLMES-INLAND WALTON-JACKSON-WASHINGTON- 228 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2009 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR BAY...CALHOUN... GENEVA...HOLMES...JACKSON...WALTON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES... * UNTIL 430 PM CDT AT 226 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS WALTON...HOLMES...WASHINGHTON AND JACKSON COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 50 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO 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. 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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees, including a large oak, were toppled.
Several very large pine trees were felled by a downburst.
Straight line winds felled several trees and power lines between U.S. Highway 27 and State Highway 262 in southeastern Decatur County.
Straight line winds downed many trees and power lines. Some structural damage occurred from fallen trees.
Straight line winds toppled numerous trees and power lines from Nashville east to State Highway 135. Two homes were set ablaze due to downed power lines. Trees fell on several homes and vehicles in Nashville.
Numerous trees and power lines down across portions of southern Grady County. A few homes sustained minor damage from fallen trees.
A few homes were damaged by fallen trees in Ray City.
Numerous trees were down on several roads. A few homes sustained minor damage from fallen utility poles.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, July 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: 190744, 190746, 190758, 190777, 190753, 190770, 190754, 190773.