A moist and unstable air mass combined with a weak upper level trough to produce severe weather across south-central Georgia.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS TAE wrote it up.
A moist and unstable air mass combined with a weak upper level trough to produce severe weather across south-central Georgia.
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 23, 1:45 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 245 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)...DEFINITELY SEEING AN INCREASE IN RAINFALL COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES AND FEEDS DEEP LAYER MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. THE BEST COVERAGE IS CURRENTLY OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA...ALTHOUGH THE ACTIVITY SHOULD SPREAD EAST INTO THE EVENING. THE TROUGH AXIS IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE MOVING EAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH DIMINISHING AMPLITUDE. THE BEST AXIS OF DEEP LAYER MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH SOUTH ON FRIDAY...SITUATED OVER THE FLORIDA ZONES. EVEN THEN...MODEL SOUNDINGS ARE A BIT LESS MOIST AND LESS UNSTABLE THAN TODAY. THEREFORE...HAVE GONE WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER POPS FOR FRIDAY...AND THUS SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES. EVEN WITH THE LOWER POPS...VALUES REMAIN ABOVE THE MOS GUIDANCE. BY SATURDAY...THE TROUGH WILL BE LIFTING OUT TO THE NORTHEAST LEAVING THE FORECAST AREA IN A WEAKNESS BETWEEN UPPER RIDGES TO THE EAST AND WEST. GUIDANCE INDICATES SLIGHTLY DEEPER MOISTURE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION WHICH SHOULD FAVOR A BIT MORE SEABREEZE CONVECTION...ALTHOUGH COVERAGE MAY STILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED IN THE ABSENCE OF SIGNIFICANT LARGE-SCALE FORCING. .LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY)...BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT EARLY IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD KEEPING UPPER TROUGHING ALONG WITH ABUNDANT DEEP LAYER MOISTURE IN PLACE OFFERING A CONTINUATION OF AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN. THAT TAKES US THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND THEN THEIR SOLUTIONS BEGIN TO DIVERGE. BOTH MODELS DO SHOW A RIDGE BUILDING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS OVER THE WEEKEND WHICH BECOMES ELONGATED WEST TO EAST NOSING INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH THE EURO RIDGING MORE PRONOUNCED. THE GFS SHOWS THE RIDGE WEAKER WITH ITS AXIS SHIFTED FURTHER NORTH OF THE LOCAL AREA AS A TROPICAL SYSTEM CROSSES THE YUCATAN AND ENTERS THE SOUTHWEST GOMEX. ALTHOUGH THE GFS KEEPS THIS SYSTEM ON A NORTHWEST TRACK TAKING AIM FOR EITHER THE NORTHERN MEXICAN OR TEXAS COAST...DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE IS PULLED NORTH ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AND THE GULF COASTAL STATES. THIS SCENARIO WOULD KEEP UNSETTLED WEATHER WITH HIGH POPS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. THE EURO SOLUTION SHOWS NO SUCH FEATURE AND WITH THE UPPER RIDGING WE WOULD SEE DIMINISHING CHANCES FOR POPS ALONG WITH WARMER DAYTIME TEMPS. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR THE GFS TO SPIN UP A TROPICAL SYSTEM TOWARD THE END OF ITS MODEL CYCLE SO WILL NOT GIVE THIS MUCH WEIGHT. HOWEVER...IT DOES BEAR WATCHING AS AN AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER IS CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE EASTERN CARRIBEAN. WILL SHOW NEAR SEASONAL POPS (40-50%) THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND TRIM BACK TO LOWER TO MID RANGE CHANCE POPS (30-40%) EACH DAY NEXT WEEK. WILL KEEP TEMPS AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL LEVELS. && .AVIATION...WITH DEEP INFLUX OF MOISTURE AHEAD OF SLOW MOVING UPPER TROUGH TO OUR WEST...TSRA/SHRA REMAIN SCATTERED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING INTO THE EVENING. TEMPO GROUPS APPEAR WARRANTED AT ALL SITES THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. MORE COMPLICATED OVERNIGHT AS SHOWER/TSRA- MAY PERSIST OR DEVELOP AGAIN EARLY FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR KECP/KTLH... WITH SCATTERED DEVELOPMENT AGAIN ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON. && .MARINE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE WATERS THROUGH THE WEEKEND KEEPING WINDS AND SEAS MINIMAL. && .FIRE WEATHER...DESPITE LONG-TERM DROUGHT ACROSS THE REGION...INCREASING MOISTURE AND SCATTERED RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WILL COMBINE WITH MORE NORMAL AFTERNOON HIGHS TO KEEP RH FROM DROPPING TOO SEVERELY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN CONDITIONS REMAINING BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS FOR RED FLAGS INTO THE WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 72 93 72 94 72 / 30 40 20 40 30 PANAMA CITY 76 89 76 90 76 / 30 40 20 30 20 DOTHAN 72 94 73 95 73 / 20 30 20 30 30 ALBANY 72 94 73 95 73 / 30 30 20 40 30 VALDOSTA 72 94 72 95 71 / 30 40 20 40 30 CROSS CITY 72 91 71 93 71 / 30 50 20 50 30 APALACHICOLA 76 89 75 90 75 / 30 40 30 40 20 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && CAMP/EVANS/BARRY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 401 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2011 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-240815- 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 EDT THU JUN 23 2011 /301 AM CDT THU JUN 23 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT... AN UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS TROUGH WILL PROVIDE A FEED OF AMPLE DEEP LAYER MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. AS A RESULT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. A FEW STORMS MAY BE BE STRONG BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED INTO MONDAY BEFORE THE UPPER TROUGH DEPARTS EAST INTO THE ATLANTIC WITH DRIER AIR FILTERING BACK IN. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED INTO 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. BLOCK
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1152 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1147 AM WATER SPOUT GRAYTON BEACH 30.34N 86.16W
06/23/2011 WALTON FL LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFFS DEPT REPORTED SEEING THREE WATERSPOUTS NEAR THE
WALTON/BAY COUNTY LINE, AROUND GRAYTON BEACH.
&&
JEFFRY.EVANSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
336 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011
FLZ017-GAZ157-232000-
GRADY GA-LEON FL-
336 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GRADY AND NORTHERN LEON COUNTIES...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
AT 331 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTH OF TALLAHASSEE...OR NEAR KILLEARN
LAKES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO
PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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.
LAT...LON 3046 8429 3054 8437 3057 8438 3060 8433
3064 8430 3067 8431 3069 8429 3083 8408
3068 8409 3067 8401 3058 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 230DEG 18KT 3061 8422
38-GODSEY/HERSEYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
406 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011
GAZ125-127-232030-
WORTH GA-DOUGHERTY GA-
406 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR DOUGHERTY AND
WORTH COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
AT 359 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALBANY...OR NEAR PECAN CITY...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO
PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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.
LAT...LON 3163 8380 3162 8372 3159 8367 3157 8367
3142 8400 3144 8400 3144 8414 3153 8421
3163 8406 3162 8405 3169 8397 3180 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 253DEG 32KT 3152 8396
38-GODSEY/HERSEYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
410 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011
GAZ158-159-232045-
THOMAS GA-BROOKS GA-
410 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR BROOKS AND THOMAS
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
AT 405 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF TALLAHASSEE...OR NEAR METCALF...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO
PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY!
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU
CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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.
LAT...LON 3067 8391 3067 8398 3080 8407 3104 8370
3104 8358 3107 8357 3087 8343
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 249DEG 29KT 3077 8390
38-GODSEY/HERSEYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
451 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011
GAZ148-159-160-232115-
LOWNDES GA-BROOKS GA-BERRIEN GA-
451 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR BERRIEN...BROOKS
AND LOWNDES COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
AT 448 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF VALDOSTA...OR NEAR I-75 AT EXIT 22...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
PEOPLE IN EASTERN BROOKS...NORTHWESTERN LOWNDES AND SOUTHERN BERRIEN
COUNTIES...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD
SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.
PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO
PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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.
LAT...LON 3106 8320 3103 8320 3102 8318 3093 8318
3082 8342 3100 8351 3103 8341 3103 8330
3104 8328 3108 8329 3113 8316 3107 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 246DEG 22KT 3095 8329
38-GODSEYThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were blown down across the northern part of Lowndes county. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
Several trees were blown down north of Ray City. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
Several trees were blown down in Ray City. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
Several trees were blown down. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 2011
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 313119, 313120, 313122, 313121.