A squall line associated with an upper level trough and surface cold front moved through the area. Although most storms were not severe, an isolated area did receive tree and power line damage.
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The episode as NWS TAE wrote it up.
A squall line associated with an upper level trough and surface cold front moved through the area. Although most storms were not severe, an isolated area did receive tree and power line damage.
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 Jan 5, 9:25 AM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1025 AM EST WED JAN 5 2011 .UPDATE...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO THE REGION ON SCHEDULE THIS MORNING. A COASTAL FRONT IS QUITE EVIDENT IN SFC OBSERVATIONS...WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 40S TO THE NORTH AND APPROACHING 60 TO THE SOUTH. CURRENTLY THIS BOUNDARY STRETCHES FROM NEAR APALACHICOLA TO PANAMA CITY TO PENSACOLA. STRONG MID- LEVEL FLOW AND SOME LIMITED INSTABILITY HAVE CREATED THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG STORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY FOR TODAY. BOWING STRUCTURE IS CURRENTLY MOVING EAST ALONG THE COAST OF THE WESTERN PANHANDLE. THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD REMAIN LIMITED FOR LAND AREAS SINCE THE COASTAL FRONT REMAINS PINNED ALONG THE COAST OR JUST OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...IF THE BOUNDARY MANAGES TO PUSH INLAND...AREAS TO THE SOUTH HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. ELSEWHERE...WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH A SOME EMBEDDED ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS. WENT AHEAD AND MAXED OUT THE POPS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA IN THE GRIDS SINCE THE RAIN SHEILD IS NOW WELL ESTABLISHED. THE RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING FROM THE NORTHWEST AS THE SFC LOW PASSES THE REGION AND USHERS IN A DRIER AIRMASS. && .AVIATION...MVFR CONDITIONS WITH PERIODS DROPPING INTO THE LIFR CATEGORY CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY AS LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SPREAD EAST OVER THE TERMINALS. THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO CROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING KEEPING SHOWER/STORM CHANCES IN THE FORECAST. EXPECT A CONTINUATION OF MVFR/IFR CIGS THROUGH 12Z...AND THEN A SLOW IMPROVEMENT INTO THURSDAY MORNING AS A DRIER AIRMASS ARRIVES. LOW CIGS MAY HANG AROUND THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF THE DAY FOR AREAS SOUTHEAST OF TLH AND VLD THURSDAY. && .MARINE...WITH THE MARINE FRONT CLOSE TO THE COAST AND THE APPROACHING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST...HAVE ADDED MENTION OF STRONG STORMS TO THE MARINE FORECAST. HAVE ALSO UPDATED THE WINDS TO REFLECT CURRENT CONDITIONS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 60 46 57 33 60 / 90 80 0 0 0 PANAMA CITY 62 47 56 38 58 / 90 70 0 0 0 DOTHAN 54 40 56 35 57 / 100 60 0 0 0 ALBANY 53 41 56 32 57 / 90 60 0 0 0 VALDOSTA 57 46 58 34 59 / 90 80 10 0 0 CROSS CITY 64 49 61 35 61 / 70 80 10 0 0 APALACHICOLA 61 49 59 40 59 / 80 80 0 0 0 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && CAMP/GIBBS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1130 AM EST WED JAN 5 2011 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-060915- 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- 401 AM EST WED JAN 5 2011 /301 AM CST WED JAN 5 2011/ 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLIDE EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY LIFTING A WARM FRONT FROM THE GULF WATERS TO ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA. A TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL CROSS TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. A FEW STORMS MAY BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LEVELS...MAINLY NEAR THE COAST FROM PANAMA CITY TO ST. MARKS THIS AFTERNOON. IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT...DRIER AND COOLER AIR WILL BEGIN TO FILTER IN BY SUNRISE. AREAS OF FOG WILL LIKELY DEVELOP. WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE MARINE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY TUESDAY. A COOLER AND DRIER AIR MASS WILL PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND. THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN IS SUNDAY. .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. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1059 AM EST WED JAN 5 2011 FLZ008-010-012-108-112-051700- CENTRAL WALTON-COASTAL BAY-INLAND BAY-SOUTH WALTON-WASHINGTON- 959 AM CST WED JAN 5 2011 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR BAY...WALTON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... * UNTIL 1100 AM CST AT 954 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 9 MILES EAST OF SANTA ROSA BEACH...OR NEAR PORT WASHINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 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. 85-GIBBS
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:38 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were blown down in the Kings Point area of Panama City. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
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