Rip currents developed and resulted in one critical injury and several other rescues.
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The episode as NWS TAE wrote it up.
Rip currents developed and resulted in one critical injury and several other rescues.
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 2, 2:56 PM EST, 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 356 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 2010 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)...WEAK LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO SPIN WEST-SOUTHWEST OVER APALACHEE BAY THIS AFTERNOON. THE CIRCULATION REMAINS WELL DEFINED IN AREA SFC OBSERVATIONS BUT NO SUBSTANTIAL PRESSURE FALLS HAVE BEEN NOTED. THE LOW REMAINS UNDERNEATH A VERY DRY MID/UPPER LEVEL AIRMASS WHICH IS NO SUPPORTING ANY CONVECTION NEAR THE CENTER. DAYTIME HEATING OVER THE EASTERN BIG BEND HAS CONTRIBUTED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. GUIDANCE IS IN BETTER AGREEMENT THIS AFTERNOON IN TAKING THE WEAK SFC LOW SLOWLY WESTWARD OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...GENERALLY MAINTAINING ITS CURRENT STRUCTURE. AT THE SAME TIME...A DRIER AIR MASS WILL PUSH INTO THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD. THIS SHOULD SET UP A GOOD NORTH/SOUTH POP GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE HIGHEST POPS ALONG THE COAST AND MUCH LOWER POPS INLAND. POPS WILL RANGE FROM 50 PERCENT ALONG THE COAST TO LESS THAN 20 PERCENT WELL INLAND FOR SATURDAY. GUIDANCE INDICATES A BIT MORE RETURN MOISTURE MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR SUNDAY AND HAVE INCREASED POPS SLIGHTLY WITH THAT IN MIND. REFLECTING THE POP DISTRIBUTION...HIGHEST TEMPS WILL BE WELL INLAND (LOW 90S) WITH MID 80S ALONG THE COAST. .LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... EURO REMAINS THE PREFERRED MODEL FOR THE EXTENDED WITH A BIT DRIER FORECAST THAN WOULD OTHERWISE BE EXPECTED. POPS WILL REMAIN AROUND CLIMO OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE WITH AN INCREASING NORTH TO SOUTH GRADIENT OVER THE CWA. SHOULD THE BOUNDARY STALL FURTHER NORTH...A MUCH WETTER PATTERN WOULD TAKE SHAPE. FOR NOW...WILL STICK WITH LOWER POPS TO ACCOUNT FOR MODEL VARIABILITY AND EURO PREFERENCE. WITH AMPLE MOISTURE THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE...CLOUD COVER WILL BE WIDESPREAD. THIS WILL SOMEWHAT LIMIT AFTERNOON HIGHS. EXPECT HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S WITH LOWS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION...WEAK LOW/MID LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA NOW SPINNING INVOF THE FL BEND REGION WILL REMAIN PRIMARY FEATURE OF INTEREST THROUGH THE PERIOD. SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO DRIFT SLOWLY WSWWD AND LIKELY MAINTAIN INCREASED LOW CLOUDS/CHANCE TSTMS OVER THE FL PANHANDLE. ELSEWHERE...SYNOPTIC SURFACE FRONT WILL LIKELY REMAINED STALLED NORTH OF THE CWA ALONG THE SRN APPALACHIANS WITH SECONDARY/ WEAK FRONT LINGERING OVER SWRN GA/NRN FL. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND SUBTLE FEATURES FOR LIFT/CONVERGENCE IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS OVER NWRN FL/PANHANDLE WITH VFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING OVER SERN AL/CENTRAL GA. WITH DRY MID LEVEL AIR AND EXPECTED LOCATION OF WEAK NON-TROPICAL LOW OFFSHORE...CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE FOR THE WEEKEND OUTSIDE OF ISOLATED DIURNAL TSTM DEVELOPMENT. && .MARINE...THE COMBINATION OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE GULF COAST AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SOUTH ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD WILL LEAD TO SOMEWHAT ELEVATED WINDS AND SEAS OVER THE COASTAL AREAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WILL ADVERTISE EXERCISE CAUTION CONDITIONS IN EASTERLY FLOW TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH WINDS JUST BELOW HEADLINE CRITERIA. WHILE SPEEDS WILL DECREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK...THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AXIS WILL REMAIN TO THE NORTH KEEPING THE FLOW OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST. && .FIRE WEATHER...ABUNDANT MOISTURE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A SURFACE FRONT WILL MAINTAIN GREATER CHANCE OF CLOUDS AND TSTMS NEARER THE COAST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. OVERALL...FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN MINIMAL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 70 87 72 89 72 / 40 40 20 50 30 PANAMA CITY 73 86 75 85 76 / 40 40 40 60 40 DOTHAN 69 91 70 91 72 / 20 20 10 30 20 ALBANY 68 90 70 91 70 / 20 20 10 20 20 VALDOSTA 68 89 69 89 69 / 30 20 20 30 20 CROSS CITY 70 86 70 89 71 / 50 50 30 50 30 APALACHICOLA 75 85 75 86 77 / 50 50 40 50 40 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && CAMP/EVANS/AUSTIN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 540 AM EDT FRI JUL 2 2010 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-031100- 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- 540 AM EDT FRI JUL 2 2010 /440 AM CDT FRI JUL 2 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... SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE INTO THE NEAR SHORE WATERS TODAY...BUT THEY WILL BE DIMINISHING AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. THE RIP CURRENT RISK IS MODERATE ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS LOWER THAN AVERAGE DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN THE LOCATION OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY DURING THIS TIME FRAME. THE CURRENT FORECAST CALLS FOR DRIER AIR TO MOVE INTO THE REGION AND KEEPS THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AROUND 30 TO 40 PERCENT OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND 20 TO 30 PERCENT OVER SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. .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. DVD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
One man was transported to the hospital in critical condition after being rescued near Ocean Towers on Panama City Beach. Several other rescues also occurred on this day.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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