Lightning from late night thunderstorms sparked two house fires in Dixie County, destroying both homes.
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Lightning from late night thunderstorms sparked two house fires in Dixie County, destroying both homes.
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 Sep 26, 2:18 AM EST, 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 318 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2010 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY)...TAKING A LOOK AT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY THIS MORNING...IT IS EASY TO SEE WHAT THE PRIMARY PLAYER IN THE WEATHER WILL BE OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS. AN INTENSIFYING UPPER LOW IS CURRENTLY OVER EASTERN IOWA AND CONTINUING TO DIG SOUTH. THIS FEATURE IS PROGGED TO CONTINUE DIGGING SOUTH UNTIL IT REACHES NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI MONDAY MORNING. THE UPPER LOW IS THEN FORECAST TO GRADUALLY LIFT NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH TUESDAY. AT THE SURFACE...A WEAK TROUGH RUNS FROM THE VIRGINIA TIDEWATER SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTH GEORGIA AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. THIS TROUGH WILL SHARPEN TODAY AS UPPER DIVERGENCE INCREASES AHEAD OF THE DIGGING UPPER TROUGH. WEAK CYCLOGENESIS IS STILL EXPECTED TO OCCUR TODAY ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...WITH THE LOW LIFTING NORTHEAST INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASED LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AHEAD OF THE SFC TROUGH...INCREASED UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW...AND INCREASED MOISTURE TRANSPORT DUE INCREASING LOW/MID LEVEL SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL SET THE STAGE FOR WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. HAVE GONE WITH 70 TO 80 PERCENT POPS ACROSS THE AREA FOR TODAY WITH MAX TEMPERATURES HOLDING IN THE MID 80S UNDER CLOUDY SKIES. DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...REACHING 30 TO 40 KNOTS OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE PANHANDLE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THIS MAY ALLOW FOR A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. OVERALL...SIGNIFICANT CLOUD COVER IS EXPECTED TO KEEP INSTABILITY IN CHECK AND REDUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR A WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. AS THE UPPER LOW AND SURFACE REFLECTION BEGIN TO LIFT NORTHEAST ON MONDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA FROM WEST TO EAST. THIS FRONT WILL HELP TO FOCUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN...WITH THE CONTINUED AID OF THE DYNAMICS PROVIDED BY THE UPPER LOW. ACTIVITY WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY WITH POPS RANGING FROM 60 PERCENT IN THE EAST TO 50 PERCENT IN THE WEST. THE SEVERE THREAT MAY PROVE TO BE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ON MONDAY AS DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS FORECAST TO APPROACH 50 KNOTS AROSS THE EASTERN CWA DURING THE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...THE DEEPEST MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO LIFT NORTH OF THE REGION...POSSIBLY ALLOWING FOR MORE INSOLATION DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINATION WOULD BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER THAN ON SUNDAY. IN SUPPORT OF THIS POTENTIAL THREAT...SPC HAS A SLIGHT RISK DRAWN FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN BIG BEND. THE FRONT IS PROGGED TO PUSH THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT MONDAY WITH A MUCH DRIER AIR MASS POURING INTO THE REGION. TUESDAY IS LOOKING TO BE AN EXCELLENT DAY FOR THE REGION WITH CLEAR SKIES...LOW DEWPOINTS...AND HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S. .LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY)...THE WEATHER IN THE LONG TERM PERIOD WILL DEPEND HEAVILY ON A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHWEST CARIBBEAN. MODELS CONTINUE TO DIFFER WITH THE DETAILS OF THIS EVOLUTION...BUT THERE IS SOME BASIC AGREEMENT FROM THE GFS/ECMWF/GGEM THAT THE LOW WILL EVENTUALLY CROSS THE CENTRAL OR SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA. THIS WOULD KEEP ANY SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS SOUTH AND EAST OF OUR AREA WITH MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS AND ONLY A SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS (20-30 PERCENT) OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...THERE STILL REMAINS RATHER SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY ON THE EXACT TRACK...STRENGTH...AND TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. && .AVIATION...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND BECOME WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT THE DAY AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT ALL TERMINALS. && .MARINE...SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TODAY AND TONIGHT AHEAD OF DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA. WINDS MAY REACH EXERCISE CAUTION LEVELS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH MONDAY NIGHT BEHIND A COLD FRONT WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. && .FIRE WEATHER...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 86 71 87 64 86 / 70 60 60 30 10 PANAMA CITY 83 72 85 62 84 / 70 60 50 20 10 DOTHAN 85 68 84 59 83 / 80 60 50 20 10 ALBANY 84 68 84 62 84 / 80 60 60 30 10 VALDOSTA 85 71 85 64 85 / 70 60 60 40 20 CROSS CITY 86 72 86 69 86 / 70 50 60 40 30 APALACHICOLA 84 74 84 66 84 / 70 50 60 30 10 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && CAMP/VAN DYKE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1021 PM EDT SAT SEP 25 2010 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-261100- 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- 1021 PM EDT SAT SEP 25 2010 /921 PM CDT SAT SEP 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...TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END ACROSS THE INTERIOR TONIGHT...BUT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL GENERATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER CELLS. HOWEVER... WIDESPREAD ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY BRINGING IN A MUCH DRIER AIRMASS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. 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. GOULD/CAMP
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Dixie County Times newspaper reported that lightning struck a home off Camp Street in Cross City, which resulted in a fire that destroyed the home, motorcycle, RV, and car. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
The Dixie County Times newspaper reported that lightning struck a single wide mobile home, which resulted in a fire that destroyed the home, van, boat, motor home, and two sheds. Two cats were also killed in the fire. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
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