The afternoon sea-breeze circulation and a weak upper level trough produced a severe thunderstorm with damaging winds.
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The afternoon sea-breeze circulation and a weak upper level trough produced a severe thunderstorm with damaging winds.
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 Jun 16, 1:26 PM CST, 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 326 PM EDT WED JUN 16 2010 ...HEAT INDICES WILL CONTINUE TO BREAK INTO THE 100-105 RANGE OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA EACH DAY... .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-FRIDAY NIGHT)... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE LOCAL AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TRACKS EAST OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. THIS UPPER TROUGH COMBINED WITH FAIRLY STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS WILL RESULT IN HIGHER PROBABILITIES FOR A FEW STRONGER STORMS WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THIS ACTIVITY WILL TREND DOWN THROUGH THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...THE DEEP LAYER FLOW WILL VEER TO THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH AS THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED UPPER TROUGH TRACKS OVER THE CWA AND THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS BACK OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION. THE MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH THIS PERIOD AND SHOW SOME MID-UPPER DRY AIR SPREADING SOUTHEAST OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY. THE BEST DEEP LAYER MOISTURE SOURCE AND RAIN CHANCES WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE CWA OR OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...A FEW WEAK IMPULSES EMBEDDED WITHIN THE NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT COMBINED WITH A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH AND EAST COAST/GULF COAST SEA BREEZES WILL KEEP THE AFTERNOON SHOWER/STORM PROBABILITIES UP OVER PORTIONS OF THE LOCAL AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING PERIOD. A BLEND OF THE MODEL GUIDANCE THROUGH THIS PERIOD SHOWS THE MID 90 TEMPERATURES CONTINUING EACH DAY. THIS COMBINED WITH HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO AROUND 45-55 PERCENT EACH AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES IN THE 100-105 RANGE EACH AFTERNOON. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY)... UPCOMING WEEKEND PATTERN WILL CONSIST OF THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS CONTINUING TO RETROGRADE SLOWLY WESTWARD TO A CENTRAL POSITION ALONG THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH-CENTRAL GULF COAST. THIS MOVEMENT WILL PUT OUR FORECAST AREA ON THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE CIRCULATION AND IN A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR AFTERNOON/EVENING SHOWERS AND STORMS. THE RIDGE CENTER TO OUR WEST WILL LESSEN THE OVERALL SUPPRESSION... AND THE NORTH OR NORTHWEST MID-LEVEL TRAJECTORIES INTO OUR REGION WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR PASSING IMPULSES TO AID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. TEMPERATURES BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE SEASONABLE WITH LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S DURING THE DAY AND LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S AT NIGHT. LAND BREEZES WILL FORCE A SCATTERING OF OFFSHORE SHOWERS AND STORMS LATE EACH NIGHT AND INTO THE MORNING...WITH THE STORMS REDEVELOPING INLAND BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. HAVE GONE WITH WIDESPREAD CHANCE (40-50%) POPS...WHICH ARE A BIT ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY FOR MID/LATE JUNE. SEASONABLE CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR THE EARLY PORTION OF NEXT WEEK. UPPER RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO EXPAND BACK NORTH AND EASTWARD BUT REMAIN CENTERED TO OUR WEST. SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AXIS IS FORECAST TO LIE ALONG OR JUST NORTH OF OUR COAST. ALL THIS WILL PROVIDE NEAR CLIMO TEMPS AND A SCATTERING OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SEA-BREEZE STORMS. OTHER THAN THE ISOLATED PULSE STRONG STORM...DO NOT ANTICIPATE A WIDESPREAD SVR WEATHER THREAT THROUGH THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. && .MARINE...A WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF WILL MAINTAIN THE BENIGN WIND AND SEA CONDITIONS OUT ACROSS THE MARINE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. A FEW BRIEF PERIODS WITH GUSTY WINDS IN AND AROUND ANY SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD LEAD TO LOCALLY CHOPPIER CONDITIONS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ISOLATED STORMS TO DEVELOP WILL BE THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. && .AVIATION...AS WAS EXPECTED...THE CONVECTION DID GET OFF TO A FAIRLY SLOW START ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...BUT IT HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO RAIN AT ECP AS THE SW COAST SEA BREEZE FRONT GRADUALLY WORKS ITS WAY INLAND. DESPITE THE SLOW START...HOWEVER...THERE IS PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY STILL OFF TO THE NE...SO EXPECT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO GROW IN COVERAGE MORE QUICKLY DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THEREFORE...HAVE TIMED THE 4 HR CONVECTIVE TEMPOS FROM SW TO NE AT THE TAF SITES...WITH ABY STARTING AS LATE AS 23 UTC...WITH ALL THE ACTIVITY OVER BY 03 UTC TONIGHT. FOR THE OVERNIGHT TIME FRAME...EXPECT CONDITIONS SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT...WITH JUST A BRIEF PERIOD OR 2 OF MVFR VIS POSSIBLE AT THE TERMINALS. && .FIRE WEATHER...MORE OF THE SAME IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...AS PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...ALONG WITH INCREASING CLOUD COVER AND HIGH RAIN CHANCES WILL KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SAFELY ABOVE RED FLAG LEVELS ACROSS THE REGION. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 93 74 95 74 95 / 40 30 40 20 40 PANAMA CITY 91 77 93 78 93 / 60 20 40 20 30 DOTHAN 93 74 96 75 96 / 70 40 40 20 30 ALBANY 93 74 95 75 96 / 60 50 40 20 30 VALDOSTA 93 72 95 72 95 / 50 30 50 20 50 CROSS CITY 94 74 93 73 92 / 20 20 50 20 60 APALACHICOLA 91 77 92 78 92 / 20 20 40 20 40 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && GIBBS/GOULD/MROCZKA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 544 AM EDT WED JUN 16 2010 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-171000- 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- 545 AM EDT WED JUN 16 2010 /445 AM CDT WED JUN 16 2010/ ...HEAT WAVE TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE... 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... SPC HAS OUTLINED MOST OF OUR CWA (LOCATIONS NORTH OF I-10) IN A SLIGHT RISK AREA FOR TODAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE SEABREEZE AND MOVE INLAND ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO DEVELOP IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY. THESE TWO AREAS OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL MEET UP ACROSS SOUTHERN GEORGIA PROVIDING MORE WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. ASIDE FROM THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...ANOTHER HOT DAY IS FORECAST FOR THE ENTIRE REGION WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE MID TO UPPER 90S AND HEAT INDICES 105 TO 108 ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA AND 100 TO 104 ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA. STORMS WILL FADE BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND OFFSHORE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN ALONG OUR MARINE ZONE IN THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EACH DAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL...BUT GRADUALLY EDGE CLOSER TO NORMAL BY NEXT WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON. 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. HARRIGAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 236 PM EDT WED JUN 16 2010 FLZ008-161900- CENTRAL WALTON- 136 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... * UNTIL 200 PM CDT AT 132 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...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 302 PM EDT WED JUN 16 2010 FLZ012-112-161945- COASTAL BAY-INLAND BAY- 202 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... * UNTIL 245 PM CDT AT 200 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF LYNN HAVEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. PENNY 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 311 PM EDT WED JUN 16 2010 FLZ013-162000- CALHOUN- 211 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... * UNTIL 300 PM CDT AT 205 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES WEST OF BLOUNTSTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. PEOPLE IN WESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. NICKEL 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 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 314 PM EDT WED JUN 16 2010 FLZ108-162000- SOUTH WALTON- 214 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... * UNTIL 300 PM CDT AT 210 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES EAST OF SANTA ROSA BEACH...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. PENNY 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 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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down with damage to an automobile and power lines were down as well. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
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