A short-lived severe thunderstorm developed during the afternoon hours in association with an unstable air mass.
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The episode as NWS TAE wrote it up.
A short-lived severe thunderstorm developed during the afternoon hours in association with an unstable air mass.
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 9, 1:54 PM CST, 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 354 PM EDT FRI JUL 9 2010 ...HEAT INDICES WILL REMAIN AROUND THE THREE DIGIT MARK EACH DAY DESPITE THE INCREASING CLOUD COVERAGE AND RAIN CHANCES... .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-SUNDAY)... INCREASING MOISTURE AND RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES AND STALLS NEAR OR JUST NORTH OF THE LOCAL AREA. THE LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING SOUTHWEST OVER THE CENTRAL MS VALLEY AND A WEAK TROUGH AHEAD OF IT JUST NORTH OF OUR CWA ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA AND SRN ALABAMA. RECENTLY ANIMATED WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWED THE UPPER RIDGE WEAKENING OVER THE GULF COAST AS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY TRANSLATES EAST TOWARD THE MID-ATLANTIC /CAROLINA COAST. THE MODELS REMAIN IN DECENT AGREEMENT OVER THE WEEKEND AND INDICATE THE REGION UNDER PRIMARILY WEST AND NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH SEVERAL WEAK IMPULSES PASSING NORTH OF THE CWA. THIS UPPER PATTERN COMBINED WITH THE SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND INCREASING DEEP LAYER MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA EACH DAY. SURFACE DEWPOINTS ARE FORECAST TO RISE INTO THE LOWER 70S COME TOMORROW...WHICH WILL LEAD TO BETTER INSTABILITY AND HIGHER PROBABILITIES FOR STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS (MAIN THREATS BEING WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL). ALTHOUGH THE INCREASING SHOWER/STORM COVERAGE WILL SLIGHTLY REDUCE DAYTIME TEMPERATURES OVER THE CWA...A BLEND OF THE LATEST GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO OUTPUT HEAD INDICES REACHING THE 100-105 RANGE EACH DAY THROUGH THIS FORECAST PERIOD. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT-FRI)... THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY DISCUSSED ABOVE WILL DISSIPATE BY THE START OF THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. TYPICAL SUMMER PATTERN IS THEN ANTICIPATED TO SET UP FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BUILD BACK OVER THE NORTHERN GULF COAST...AND THE SUBTROPICAL SURFACE RIDGE HOLDS IN PLACE ACROSS THE FL PENINSULA AND EASTERN GULF. THE FORECAST EACH DAY WILL BE CLOSE TO CLIMATOLOGY WITH A SCATTERING OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS/STORMS AND HIGH TEMPS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S. 00Z OPER GFS IS A BIT STRONGER WITH THE UPPER RIDGE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MID-WEEK PERIOD THAN THE ECMWF. WILL RUN A BLEND OF THE TWO SOLUTIONS IN TERMS OF UPPER RIDGE INFLUENCES...HOWEVER IF THE GFS SOLUTION WERE TO VERIFY...THEN AFTERNOON STORM COVERAGE MAY BE A BIT MORE SUPPRESSED TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY. OVERALL...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMPACTS ANTICIPATED DURING THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. && .MARINE... LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WHICH WILL KEEP THE SEAS AT THREE FEET OR LESS. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTH OVER THE WEEKEND BRINGING INCREASING MOISTURE AND RAIN CHANCES BACK ACROSS THE WATERS. SEAS MAY BECOME CHOPPIER IN AND AROUND THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT DEVELOP AS THIS FRONT APPROACHES. && .AVIATION... SCT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA ...ALONG A WEAK TROF OF LOW PRESSURE OUT AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT...WHICH SHOULD IMPACT THE TERMINALS OVER THE WEEKEND. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON...THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE DHN AND ABY TERMINALS...AND POSSIBLY ECP... TLH...AND VLD BEFORE THE EVENING IS THROUGH. OVERNIGHT TONIGHT... EXPECT PREVAILING VFR CONDITIONS...AND ON SATURDAY...EXPECT THE BULK OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS TO OCCUR AFTER 18 UTC. && .FIRE WEATHER... ALTHOUGH A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS WELL INLAND AREAS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND ARE APPROACHING 35 PERCENT RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON ...THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS SHOULD BE QUITE A BIT MORE HUMID ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA. CLOUDS AND RAIN CHANCES WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE OVER THE WEEKEND AS A COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH. THIS BOUNDARY MAY STALL IN OUR VICINITY LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...WHICH SHOULD KEEP THE CHANCES FOR RED FLAG CONDITIONS FAIRLY LOW THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 75 93 75 93 75 / 10 60 40 60 20 PANAMA CITY 77 89 77 90 77 / 30 50 30 50 20 DOTHAN 75 95 75 95 76 / 50 70 40 50 20 ALBANY 75 94 76 95 76 / 40 70 40 50 20 VALDOSTA 74 93 75 93 74 / 10 60 40 60 20 CROSS CITY 72 93 75 91 74 / 0 30 20 50 20 APALACHICOLA 77 89 77 89 76 / 10 40 30 60 20 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && GIBBS/GOULD/MROCZKA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 524 AM EDT FRI JUL 9 2010 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-101000- 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- 524 AM EDT FRI JUL 9 2010 /424 AM CDT FRI JUL 9 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED LATE-DAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA ALONG AND AHEAD OF A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH. HOWEVER...ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. MOST OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE RAIN-FREE. WHILE IT WILL BE HOT...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT THE HEAT INDICES WILL ONLY PEAK AROUND 100 DEGREES DESPITE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... A COLD FRONT WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES OVER THE WEEKEND AND SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS IN THE FORM OF WET MICROBURSTS. WITH INCREASING MOISTURE LEVELS...HEAT INDICES WILL ALSO RISE. MAXIMUM AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL BE AROUND 102 TO THE NORTH AND 105 OR A BIT HIGHER ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND ADJACENT SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THIS INCLUDES THE AREAS ALONG THE PANHANDLE COAST WHERE OIL SPILL CLEAN UP ACTIVITIES CONTINUE. LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WHILE RAIN CHANCES RETURN TO NORMAL OR SLIGHTLY BELOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED 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. 18-WOOL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 417 PM EDT FRI JUL 9 2010 ALZ068-092100- GENEVA- 317 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR GENEVA COUNTY... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT AT 314 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF GENEVA...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. ALSO...NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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. 12-WATSON
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:43 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A couple of trees were blown down in Geneva. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
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