Afternoon thunderstorms developed with lightning striking a home in Dothan.
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Afternoon thunderstorms developed with lightning striking a home in Dothan.
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 7, 6:51 AM CST, 6 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 851 AM EDT SAT AUG 7 2010 .DISCUSSION...MODIFIED 12Z KTAE SOUNDING SHOWS A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. THE PW OF 2.39 INCHES IS ROUGHLY 2 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL. WE ARE EXPECTING CAPE UP AROUND 4000 J/KG AS WELL. LATEST RUC SHOWS DELTA THETA-E VALUES AROUND 25 K WHICH IS SUFFICIENT FOR WET MICROBURSTS. OVERALL...THE CURRENT LIKELY POP FORECAST LOOKS REASONABLE. WE HAVE SEEN ECHOES ON THE RADAR ALL NIGHT AND HAVE A FAVORABLE WLY FLOW IN THE 1000-700 MB LAYER. THE REST OF TODAY'S FORECAST ALSO LOOKS ON TRACK AND WE DO NOT PLAN A ZONE UPDATE. && .MARINE...A WEAK FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE N AND STALL IN THE VICINITY OF THE MARINE AREA BY MON. THIS WILL KEEP THE RAIN CHANCES UP THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE UPCOMING WEEK. BRIEF PERIODS WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND THE HEAVIER STORMS THAT DEVELOP. THE PRIMARY FLOW REMAIN OUT OF THE W AND SW THROUGH SUN...THEN VEER TOWARD THE NE AS THE FRONT MOVES OVER THE AREA MON NIGHT INTO TUE. && .AVIATION...THROUGH 12Z SUN. VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF RESTRICTIONS THIS MORNING DUE TO LINGERING MID LEVEL CLOUD COVER. AS HEATING OF THE DAY COMMENCES...EXPECT SCT-NMRS SHOWERS AND STORMS TO DEVELOP EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON... AFFECTING ECP AND TLH BEFORE MOVING INLAND LATER IN THE DAY. A NEARBY TROUGH ACROSS MIDDLE GEORGIA WILL ALSO HELP TO FOCUS LATE DAY STORMS AT ABY/DHN. AS A RESULT...WILL SHOW IFR CONDITIONS IN STORMS AT TLH/ECP WITH MVFR CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. EXPECT TO SEE STORMS LINGER WELL PAST 00Z INLAND...AND WILL ACCOUNT FOR THIS WITH PROB30 GROUPS. UNCERTAINTIES REGARDING CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS MAKE SUNDAY MORNING RESTRICTIONS DIFFICULT TO PREDICT. FOR NOW WILL ONLY SHOW MVFR AT FAVORED SITES. && .FIRE WEATHER...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AND WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WELL ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER...CRITICAL VALUES OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL NOT BE REACHED. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 334 AM EDT SAT AUG 7 2010 SHORT TERM (TODAY-MONDAY)... PLENTY OF DEEP LAYER MOISTURE COMBINED WITH DIURNAL HEATING AND A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY NORTH OF THE AREA WILL KEEP THE RAIN CHANCES UP OVER THE WEEKEND. THE MODEL SOUNDINGS FOR TODAY SHOW MAINLY LIGHT WESTERLY FLOW THROUGH THE DEEP LAYER AND ABOVE AVERAGE PWAT VALUES AROUND 2.3 INCHES. THIS COMBINED WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY AND A FEW WEAK IMPULSES ALOFT IN THE WNW FLOW WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR STRONG STORMS TO DEVELOP WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING WIND GUSTS. DESPITE THE ENHANCED CLOUD COVERAGE AND RAIN...HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 103 TO 108 COME THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE MID 90S. SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THE MODELS REMAIN IN DECENT AGREEMENT AND SHOW THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY CURRENTLY NORTH OF THE AREA CONTINUING SOUTH AND STALLING OVER OR JUST SOUTH OF MUCH OF THE LOCAL FORECAST AREA BY MONDAY. AS PLENTY OF DRIER AIR FILLS IN BEHIND THIS BOUNDARY FROM THE NORTH...EXPECT A NORTH TO SOUTH POP GRADIENT BOTH DAYS...ESPECIALLY MONDAY WITH THE BEST RAIN CHANCES REMAINING OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA AND OUT ACROSS THE ADJACENT MARINE AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE DRIER AIR...THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD BACK ACROSS THE REGION. LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... EXTENDED BEGINS WITH UPPER TROUGHS ON BOTH COASTS WITH A DEEP LAYER WARM HIGH CENTERED OVER THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WITH RIDGING EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. THE OTHER KEY FEATURE IS A TUTT OFF THE FLORIDA EAST COAST MOVING SLOWLY WESTWARD. BY THURSDAY MORNING...THE TUTT IS CENTERED OVER THE BIG BEND WITH THE UPPER HIGH BEING SQUEEZED WESTWARD INTO THE SOUTHWEST U.S. AS WELL AS RIDGING DEVELOPING EAST OF THE TUTT. NEW GFS GUIDANCE HAS SLOWED THE WESTWARD PROGRESSION OF THE TUTT BY A DAY OR SO FROM EARLIER GUIDANCE. THE EURO STILL HAS THE TUTT PASSING ON WEDNESDAY. EXPECT SOME DRIER AIR ALOFT AS TUTT APPROACHES...THEREFORE HIGHER TEMPS AND LOWER POPS ARE IN STORE FOR US THROUGH MID WEEK. HEAT INDICES COULD AGAIN APPROACH 110 ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER... FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON...THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO POSSIBLE WEATHER ASSOCIATED THE PASSAGE OF THE UPPER LOW. GFS IS SUGGESTING ONLY A SLIGHT INCREASE IN POPS. POPS WILL START OUT BELOW CLIMO DUE TO THE APPROACHING TUTT...THEN RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL BY THE END OF THE WEEK. TEMPS WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 94 77 96 76 97 / 70 40 60 30 30 PANAMA CITY 92 79 92 79 94 / 60 40 60 30 40 DOTHAN 95 76 98 76 98 / 70 40 50 30 20 ALBANY 95 76 98 76 96 / 70 40 40 20 10 VALDOSTA 93 74 96 74 96 / 70 40 50 30 20 CROSS CITY 93 76 94 74 96 / 60 40 60 30 40 APALACHICOLA 92 80 91 79 94 / 40 40 60 30 40 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && AVIATION...GODSEY FIRE WEATHER...WATSON PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS...GIBBS/WATSON REST OF DISCUSSION...WOOL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 322 AM EDT SAT AUG 7 2010 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-081000- COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF- INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON- COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON- COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL 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- 322 AM EDT SAT AUG 7 2010 /222 AM CDT SAT AUG 7 2010/ 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... PLENTY OF MOISTURE COMBINED WITH AN APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM THE NORTH WILL KEEP THE RAIN CHANCES UP THROUGH THE DAY TODAY AND WELL INTO THE NIGHT TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR STRONG STORMS TO DEVELOP WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. DESPITE THE ENHANCED CLOUD COVERAGE AND RAIN...HEAT INDICES WILL REACH THE 103 TO 108 RANGE COME THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE MID 90S. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... AFTER ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND STORMS...THE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ABOVE WILL MOVE OVER AND POSSIBLY SOUTH OF THE LOCAL AREA BY MONDAY WITH DRIER AIR FILLING IN FROM THE NORTH THROUGH THE MID-WEEK PERIOD. THIS CLEARING TREND WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURE TO CLIMB BACK INTO UPPER 90S THROUGH THE MID-WEEK WITH HEAD INDICES APPROACHING ADVISORY LEVELS ONCE AGAIN. .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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1245 PM EDT SAT AUG 7 2010 FLZ011-071730- JACKSON- 1145 AM CDT SAT AUG 7 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... * UNTIL 1230 PM CDT AT 1142 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF COTTONWOOD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WINDS 40 TO 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 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. 38-GODSEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 119 PM EDT SAT AUG 7 2010 GAZ159-160-071800- BROOKS-LOWNDES- 119 PM EDT SAT AUG 7 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS AND SOUTHERN LOWNDES COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... * UNTIL 200 PM EDT AT 115 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR QUITMAN...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALDOSTA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WINDS 40 TO 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 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. 38-GODSEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 215 PM EDT SAT AUG 7 2010 FLZ017-018-GAZ158-159-071900- BROOKS-INLAND JEFFERSON-LEON-THOMAS- 215 PM EDT SAT AUG 7 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN BROOKS AND THOMAS COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AS WELL AS NORTHERN JEFFERSON AND LEON COUNTIES IN NORTH FLORIDA... * UNTIL 300 PM EDT AT 212 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THOMASVILLE TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF BOSTON...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. 38-GODSEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 255 PM EDT SAT AUG 7 2010 FLZ017-072000- LEON- 255 PM EDT SAT AUG 7 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LEON COUNTY IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... * UNTIL 400 PM EDT AT 251 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTH OF TALLAHASSEE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN LEON COUNTY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. WINDS UP TO 40 TO 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. 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. 17-GOULD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 313 PM EDT SAT AUG 7 2010 FLZ008>010-072000- CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON- 213 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR HOLMES...WALTON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... * UNTIL 300 PM CDT AT 212 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF VERNON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 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. 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. 38-GODSEY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A house was struck by lightning, which resulted in a hole in the roof and the loss of 4 to 5 shingles. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
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