A weak trough of low pressure and an unstable atmosphere resulted in an isolated severe storm over Madison County.
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The episode as NWS TAE wrote it up.
A weak trough of low pressure and an unstable atmosphere resulted in an isolated severe storm over Madison County.
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 6, 8:25 AM EST, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 925 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010 .DISCUSSION...CONVECTION GETTING AN EARLY START THIS MORNING OVER THE FLORIDA ZONES AND ADJACENT WATERS IN A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. MODIFIED THE 12Z KTAE SOUNDING FOR T/TD OF 90/74 TO GET A CAPE OF 3000 J/KG...PW 2.10" AND LI OF -9. THE SOUNDING ALSO SHOWS DEEP WESTERLY FLOW WITH SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 KTS IN THE MID LEVELS. THIS INCREASES OUR WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL AND SPC HAS JUST UPDATED THE DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK (SWODY1) TO PLACE A LARGE PORTION OF OUR FLORIDA AND SOUTHERNMOST GEORGIA ZONES IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. IN ADDITION TO STRONG DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. WILL UPDATE ZONES TO INCREASE POPS TO CATEGORICAL ACROSS THE BOARD AND INCLUDE SEVERE WEATHER WORDING FOR ALL ZONES. WE ARE ALSO UPDATING THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND HAZARD GRIDS. && .MARINE...LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL VEER TO THE SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS LATER THIS MORNING...BECOME MORE WESTERLY TONIGHT. SEAS WILL BUILD FROM 2 TO 3 FEET TO 3 TO 4 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA ARE ALREADY DEVELOPING ALONG THE FL PANHANDLE COAST...A GOOD INDICATION THAT THERE WILL BE NUMEROUS SHRA/TSRA THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY ACROSS OUR ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. IN ADDITION TO BRIEF BUT FREQUENT PERIODS OF LIFR-IFR VIS...A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 35 KT. RAIN WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THIS EVENING AS SOME DRIER AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH...BUT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS MAY CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST FL INTO TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && BARRY/FOURNIER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 922 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-071330- 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- 922 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010 /822 AM CDT SUN JUN 6 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... ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY... ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE BEACHES... DATA FROM THE MORNING RADIOSONDE OBSERVATION AT TALLAHASSEE...AN OBSERVATION USED TO MEASURE WIND...TEMPERATURE...AND HUMIDITY ABOVE THE SURFACE...INDICATE THAT THE LOCAL AIRMASS IS ALREADY QUITE MOIST AND UNSTABLE. THERE ARE ALSO STRONGER WINDS ALOFT THAN IN RECENT DAYS...WHICH CAN HELP ORGANIZE THUNDERSTORMS MORE THAN USUAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THEREFORE...WE EXPECT SOME OF THE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TODAY TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE EVEN WORSE CONDITIONS WITH WIND GUSTS REACHING 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE. THE CHANCE FOR THESE SEVERE STORMS IS ABOUT 15 PERCENT WITHIN 25 MILES OF YOUR LOCATION. THAT IS WELL ABOVE THE NORMAL CHANCE OF 5 PERCENT OR LESS. THE THREAT WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET AS THE AIR COOLS AND DRIER AIR FROM THE NORTH FILTERS INTO THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WHICH HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR RECENT WET WEATHER BEGINS TO DISSIPATE LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...MUCH LOWER RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY WITH HOT AND DRY WEATHER FORECAST FOR TUESDAY. AS BOTH SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGES BECOME BETTER ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE MID TO LATE WEEK PERIOD...HOT AND MORE HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER IS REQUESTED IF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OR WARNING IS ISSUED. 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. FOURNIER/GOULD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1202 PM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010 FLZ018-019-028-118-128-061630- COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL TAYLOR-INLAND JEFFERSON-INLAND TAYLOR-MADISON- 1202 PM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON... MADISON AND TAYLOR COUNTIES... * UNTIL 1230 PM EDT AT NOON EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. ALSO...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. ALSO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 9-FOURNIER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1227 PM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010 FLZ019-028-029-061715- INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-MADISON- 1227 PM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LAFAYETTE... MADISON...AND TAYLOR COUNTIES... * UNTIL 115 PM EDT AT 1224 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTH OF PERRY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 50 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THESE WINDS COULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN TREES WITH SHALLOW ROOTS...AS WELL AS KNOCK DOWN LARGE TREE BRANCHES OR EVEN A FEW POWER LINES. 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. 9-FOURNIER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1254 PM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010 FLZ019-GAZ159>161-061715- BROOKS-LANIER-LOWNDES-MADISON- 1254 PM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR BROOKS...LANIER... LOWNDES AND MADISON COUNTIES... * UNTIL 115 PM EDT AT 1248 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH ACROSS EASTERN MADISON COUNTY. HOWEVER...THIS STORM PRODUCED AN AREA OF STRONG WINDS THAT WERE SPREADING RAPIDLY NORTHWARD...AWAY FROM THIS STORM. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS AREA OF WINDS SPREAD OUT FROM THE STORM. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE AWAY FROM THE STORM. UNTIL THEN...SOME TREES WITH SHALLOW ROOTS...AS WELL AS LARGE TREE BRANCHES...COULD GET KNOCKED DOWN. 9-FOURNIER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and power lines down from Madison to just south of Lee on Highway 255. One tree fell on a house in Madison. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
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