Afternoon thunderstorms developed with a lightning strike hitting Leon County High School in Tallahassee.
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Afternoon thunderstorms developed with a lightning strike hitting Leon County High School in Tallahassee.
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 25, 2:19 PM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 319 PM EDT WED AUG 25 2010 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)...SURFACE TROUGH CURRENTLY BISECTS THE FORECAST AREA FROM NEAR PANAMA CITY TO BAINBRIDGE TO ALBANY. DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE MID 60S BEHIND THE TROUGH WITH MID 70S TO THE EAST. A FEW STORMS ARE FIRING ALONG THIS BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS SHOULD SERVE AS THE FOCUS FOR SCATTERED ACTIVITY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THROUGH FRIDAY...UPPER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO FEATURE A LARGE SCALE TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE COUNTRY. THIS WILL KEEP THE SFC TROUGH IN PLACE THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE HIGHEST POPS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY WITH LOW CHANCES TO THE NORTH. CANNOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE BIG BEND COAST THURSDAY MORNING...SIMILAR TO THIS MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S...WITH HIGHEST TEMPS NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY WHERE POPS WILL BE LOWER. UNDERCUT MAV MOS BY SEVERAL DEGREES AS IT SEEMED TOO WARM WITH UPPER 90S AND 100 DEGREE MAXES. .LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...THE EXTENDED PERIOD BEGINS WITH TROFS ALONG BOTH THE EASTERN AND WESTERN U.S. COASTLINES. ACROSS THE NATIONS MID SECTIONS...DEEP LAYER RIDGING HAS A FIRM GRASP. AT THE SURFACE...THE PESKY QUASI STATIONARY FRONT THAT WILL HAVE BEEN HUNG UP ACROSS THE REGION FOR SEVERAL DAYS WILL PUSH SOUTH AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE U.S. THROUGH THE WEEKEND...UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS FORECAST TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE NATION IN RESPONSE TO A DEEPENING TROF ALONG THE WESTERN U.S. HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL GRADUALLY SLIDE NORTHEAST PLACING THE LOCAL AREA UNDER AN EASTERLY FLOW REGIME. BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK...UPPER RIDGE FLATTENS A BIT AND SPREADS WESTWARD AS THE TROF FROM THE WESTERN U.S. ROTATES UP AND OVER THE RIDGE. THE SURFACE RIDGE IS FORECAST TO HOLD ITS PLACE THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK...POSITIONED ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. THIS KEEPS THE LOCAL REGION UNDER EASTERLY FLOW. WHAT THIS MEANS FOR US IS A WARMING TREND THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD AS THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS EAST. HIGHS WILL CLIMB TO NEAR CLIMO OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER EACH AFTERNOON. THE AFTERNOONS EACH WILL HOLD A THREAT FOR SUMMER TIME SEA BREEZE ACTIVITY. WILL KEEP POPS NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMATOLOGY FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD. && .AVIATION...LOG STRATUS TOOK QUITE A WHILE TO BURN OFF ACROSS SOUTHERN GEORGIA THIS MORNING...BUT WE HAVE FINALLY BROKEN OUT AND ANTICIPATE GENERAL VFR CONDITIONS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR ALL TERMINALS. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED STORM IS STILL POSSIBLE FROM KTLH TO KVLD THROUGH 00Z. THE OVERALL PATTERN DOES NOT CHANGE MUCH AND WOULD ANTICIPATE ANOTHER ROUND OF STRATUS/FOG FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN GA/NORTHEAST FLORIDA AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. KVLD WILL LIKELY SEE THE WORST RESTRICTIONS WITH A PERIOD OF LIFR A GOOD POSSIBILITY AFTER 09Z AND HOLDING THROUGH THE FIRST FEW DAYLIGHT HOURS. GUIDANCE HAS BACKED OFF ON THE LOW CIG PROBS FOR KABY. HAVE GONE WITH MVFR VIS FOR THE TIME BEING...HOWEVER AN IFR CIG RESTRICTION MAY NEED TO BE ADDED FOR THURSDAY MORNING WITH FUTURE TAF PACKAGES. && .MARINE...SURFACE TROUGH WILL LINGER RIGHT ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST THROUGH FRIDAY WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUING OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. FLOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WEAKENING THROUGH FRIDAY WITH SEAS DIMINISHING AS WELL. FLOW SHIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST BY SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH EXERCISE CAUTION CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. && .FIRE WEATHER...STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH FRIDAY...SEPARATING VERY HUMID AIR AND SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS OVER THE EASTERN BIG BEND...FROM SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR AND LESS ACTIVE SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN ZONES. ALTHOUGH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE LOWER BEHIND THE BOUNDARY... CRITICAL LEVELS ARE STILL NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. LATER INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...AND ESPECIALLY EARLY NEXT WEEK...A PATTERN CHANGE IS FORECAST TO BRING EVEN DRIER AIR TO THE REGION. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 75 92 73 91 72 / 20 40 20 40 20 PANAMA CITY 78 89 76 89 74 / 20 30 20 40 20 DOTHAN 72 94 73 93 72 / 10 20 20 30 20 ALBANY 73 95 74 93 72 / 10 20 20 30 10 VALDOSTA 74 92 73 92 72 / 20 40 20 40 20 CROSS CITY 74 88 72 90 72 / 30 60 40 50 30 APALACHICOLA 78 87 76 86 76 / 20 40 20 40 20 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && CAMP/MROCZKA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 538 AM EDT WED AUG 25 2010 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-261000- 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- 538 AM EDT WED AUG 25 2010 /438 AM CDT WED AUG 25 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... THE PRESENCE OF A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE REGION WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER DAY OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AS MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY YIELDING GOOD COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS EACH DAY. THIS BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHWEST OF THE REGION BY SUNDAY...RESULTING IN A DOWNWARD TREND IN RAIN CHANCES INTO NEXT WEEK. .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. 38-GODSEY
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 8 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:12 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning strike caused a fire on the roof of Leon High School. Approximately 300 people were inside attending a banquet, but nobody was injured. Damages are estimated at approximately $15,000.
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