Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 19, 2010

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
250 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 2010

SYNOPSIS...
AT 245 PM EDT...STORMS WERE ALREADY DEVELOPING IN LIGHT WSW FLOW
ALONG THE SEA BREEZE FRONT FROM WAKULLA THRU DIXIE COUNTIES.
ADDITIONALLY MCS NOTED ACROSS CNTRL ALA/GA WITH WDLY SCT STORMS
DEVELOPING WELL AHEAD OF IT IN FROM CALHOUN EWD THRU TIFT COUNTIES
IN GA. FL STORMS SHOULD PENETRATE INLAND ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA
SHORTLY AS THE SEA BREEZE MOVES INLAND...NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
CLASHES MAY OCCUR FURTHER AIDING DEVELOPMENT OVER OUR SOUTHERN TIER
GA AND AL ZONES NEXT FEW HOURS. WITH LOSS OF DIURNAL HEATING
CONVECTION THEN MOVES BACK SEWD WITH EVE/NIGHTTIME FOCUS ACROSS SE
BIG BEND. ALL THIS WELL REFLECTED IN LOCAL WRF 4KM MODEL.

AT UPPER LEVELS...
THE LARGE SCALE CONUS PATTERN IS HIGHLIGHTED BY A PERSISTENT
LARGE-SCALE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE WEST COAST WITH SIGNIFICANT CLOSED
LOW DIGGING INLAND ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL PACIFIC COAST. IMPULSES
CONTINUE TO RIDE THRU BASE OF THE TROUGH BEFORE NOSING AROUND THE
WESTERN AND NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE DOWNSTREAM UPPER RIDGE FROM
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION EWD THRU PLAINS. EAST OF THE ROCKIES...FLAT
TROUGH MOVING THRU NE STATES. THE CNTRL AND SRN TIER OF CONUS
REMAINS DOMINATED BY STRONG SBTRPCL RIDGING WITH AXIS OF MID/UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE FROM LOUISIANA...WESTWARD OVER TEXAS. THERE IS A MID
LEVEL WEAKNESS IN THE RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST TO ACROSS THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA WITH STRONG RIDGING THEN OVER WRN ATLC. DURING THE NEXT 12
HRS...THE UPSTREAM RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD EAST INTO THE SOUTHEAST
U.S. AND NE GULF. THIS ALREADY REFLECTED IN 12Z AREA SOUNDINGS WHICH
HAVE WARMED 1-4C PAST 24 HRS MID-UPR LEVELS.

AT LOWER LEVELS...
ACROSS NE GULF REGION...WITH THE SURFACE RIDGE OVER CNTRL FL/GULF
TODAY...A WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN PERSISTS OVER LOCAL AREA SANDWICHED
BETWEEN UPPER RIDGES TO THE WEST AND EAST. AS A RESULT...LIGHT NLY
FLOW WILL PERSIST. VARIOUS IMPULSES WILL RIDE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA
WHICH WILL ENHANCE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE
SEA BREEZES AND MOVE INLAND. ON MONDAY...THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS
BUILDS BACK NORTH TO OVER N FL YIELDING A MORE TYPICAL EASTERLY FLOW
REGIME. AREA MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW CONTINUED HIGH PWATS THRU SHORT
TERM. I.E. GFS TAE WITH PWATS HOVERING BETWEEN 1.75 AND SLIGHT ABOVE
2 INCHES INTO TUES.

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY)...
REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...12Z TAE RAOB CONTINUES TO SHOW VERY LIGHT
NNW LOW LEVEL 1000-700MB FLOW WITH 1.74 INCH PWAT...3800+ CAPE..-6
LI...WAA AT LOWER AND CAA AT UPPER LEVELS. SO STORMS GOT AN EARLY
START. UPDATES ZFP TO ADD 10 PCT POPS EACH AREA AND INCREASED
CLOUDS GROUP.

TONIGHT...WITH SAT AFTN TEMPS CLIMBING TO THE MID 90S FOR MOST AREAS
AND DEWPTS IN THE MID 70S...PWS AROUND 2 INCHES (I.E. 1.95 INCHES AT
TAE 00Z SUN) AND VERY LIGHT STEERING FLOW...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NEWD NEXT FEW HOURS WILL SHIFT BACK TO THE
SOUTH LATE TONIGHT. ANY STRONGER STORMS WILL STILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL. ALSO KEEPING AN EYE ON STRONG TO SEVERE MCS RELATED
STORMS ACROSS CNTRL ALA IN CASE THEY DROP INTO OUR NRN TIER COUNTIES
AFTER SUNSET. LOCAL CONFIDENCE TOOLS SHOW UP TO 40 PCT CHANCE OF
THUNDER AND A 10-15 PCT CHANCE OF SEVERE WX 00Z-06Z HIGHEST ACROSS
ERN BIG BEND AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS. EXPECT 30-40 PERCENT CHANCE
OF CONVECTION OVER LAND...MAINLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND ACROSS SE THIRD
OF CWA. EXPECT LOWS TONIGHT IN THE LOW 70S. PATCHY TO AREAS OF FOG
ARE LIKELY LATE TONIGHT ESPECIALLY WHERE ANY NIGHTTIME RAIN LEAVES
RESIDUAL MOISTURE IN PLACE...I.E. SE THIRD OF AREA.

SUNDAY...
WITH A TYPE 2 (LIGHT NORTHEAST FLOW REGIME)...POPS WILL BE FAVORED
SLIGHTLY HIGHER OVER OUR EASTERN MOST ZONES AS ADDITIONAL ATLANTIC
MOISTURE ADVECTS INLAND ALONG WITH A POSSIBLE LATE AFTERNOON VISIT
BY THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE. WITH SHIFT TO MORE ONSHORE FLOW. 30-60
PCT NW-SE POP GRADIENT. SEVERE WX PROB DECREASE...LOCAL SEVERE WX
TOOL SHOWS AOB 6 PCT CHANCE...MAINLY SE BIG BEND.

MONDAY...
THE MEAN 1000-700MB FLOW INCREASES (TO NEAR 10KTS) AND SWINGS AROUND
TO THE SOUTHEAST. THE RESULTING INCREASE IN DEEP LAYER MOISTURE AS
WELL AS THE GFS SHOWING A DECENT VORT MAX PASSING OVERHEAD WILL HELP
GENERATE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
ENTIRE CWA. 40-60 PCT N-S POP GRADIENT.  LOCAL SEVERE WX TOOL SHOWS
AOB 8 PCT CHANCE.

TUESDAY...
SE FLOW REGIME BUT INCREASES (>10KTS) CONTINUES. STRONG TROPICAL
WAVE IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN IS FORECAST INTO CUBA AND BAHAMAS BY
00Z WEDNESDAY. ASSOCIATED SUBSIDENCE AHEAD OF WAVE TO LOWER RAIN
CHANCE TO 30 PERCENT OVER OUR AREA.

&&

.LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)...AT THE START OF THE
PERIOD THE TRI-STATE AREA WILL BE DOMINATED BY A BROAD UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE IN A RELATIVELY LOW AMPLITUDE PATTERN. AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES
THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL BECOME SOMEWHAT MORE AMPLIFIED AS IT
MAINTAINS A MEAN TROUGH ALONG THE WEST COAST AND ANOTHER OFF THE
EAST COAST OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. THE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL REMAIN
GENERALLY SOUTHEAST WITH THE SURFACE HIGH CENTERED WELL TO THE EAST
OVER THE ATLANTIC. THE GFS REMAINS DRIER THAN THE EURO AND WILL
BLEND THE TWO...BUT LEAN TOWARD THE GFS...AND GO WITH POPS A LITTLE
BELOW CLIMO THROUGH THE PERIOD. AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL BE DRIVEN
BY THE SEABREEZE DEVELOPING WITHIN THE PREDOMINANT SOUTHEAST FLOW.
WILL INDICATE TEMPS A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL. THE 900 LB GORILLA IN THE
FORECAST IS A STRONG TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY LOCATED NEAR PUERTO
RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. THIS DISTURBANCE IS FORECAST TO MOVE
INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO BY THE END OF THE WEEK...AND WILL NEED TO BE
CLOSELY MONITORED. THE EURO HAS CONSISTENTLY KEPT THIS SYSTEM
SIGNIFICANTLY FURTHER SOUTH THAN THE GFS...BUT BOTH SHOW A CLOSED
CIRCULATION DEVELOPING.

&&

.AVIATION...
SCATTERED AFTERNOON CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA. THE
BIG QUESTION WILL BE WHETHER OR NOT THE LARGE COMPLEX OF
THUNDERSTORMS DIVING SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH NORTHERN ALABAMA AND
GEORGIA WILL HOLD TOGETHER ALL THE WAY INTO OUR REGION. GIVEN STRONG
INSTABILITY AHEAD OF IT...BELIEVE THAT SOME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
WILL MAKE IT INTO AT LEAST THE KDHN AND KABY TERMINALS WITH THIS
SYSTEM WITH ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL BETWEEN 23 UTC AND 01 UTC.
SOME SCATTERED AREAS OF MVFR BR ARE ALSO POSSIBLE EARLY TOMORROW
MORNING.

&&

.MARINE...LIGHT WINDS AND LOW SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
WEEKEND. WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY NEXT WEEK AS THE
WINDS SHIFT AROUND TO A MORE EASTERLY DIRECTION.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TALLAHASSEE   74 94 73 91 72/ 30 50 30 60 20
PANAMA CITY   77 93 76 88 76/ 20 40 30 50 30
DOTHAN        75 97 74 95 72/ 20 30 20 50 30
ALBANY        74 96 74 95 72/ 20 30 20 40 20
VALDOSTA      72 93 71 93 70/ 40 50 20 50 20
CROSS CITY    73 91 71 90 70/ 40 50 30 60 20
APALACHICOLA  76 90 75 85 73/ 30 40 30 60 30

.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
FL...NONE.
GM...NONE.

&&

BLOCK/VAN DYKE/T BARRY

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
556 AM EDT SAT JUN 19 2010

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-
GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-192200-
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-
556 AM EDT SAT JUN 19 2010 /456 AM CDT SAT JUN 19 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...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN
DEVELOP TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG CONTAINING GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL
HAIL. THE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVERS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY
CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

A TYPICAL SUMMER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD
WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS EACH DAY. ALTHOUGH ISOLATED
STRONG TO PULSE SEVERE STORMS CONTAINING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED THROUGH THE LATER PART OF NEXT WEEK.

.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.

BARRY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
420 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 2010

ALZ066-192100-
DALE-
320 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR DALE COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

AT 314 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OZARK...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEWTON BY 340 PM CDT.
  PINCKARD BY 345 PM CDT.

WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

ALSO...FREQUENT 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.

38-GODSEY