An isolated, pulse severe thunderstorm developed in southwest Georgia in a seasonably moist and unstable air mass.
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An isolated, pulse severe thunderstorm developed in southwest Georgia in a seasonably moist and unstable air mass.
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 3, 8:30 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 930 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011 .DISCUSSION... THE 19 UTC REGIONAL SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT FROM THE NC-SC COAST THROUGH CENTRAL TN AND WESTERN KY. A BROAD 1016 MB HEAT LOW WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST GA AND THE FL PANHANDLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN DEVELOPING ALONG THE FL PANHANDLE SEA BREEZE FRONT AND IN THE BROAD LOW LAYER CONFLUENCE OF THE HEAT LOW...AND CONTINUED TO FORM THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE STORMS TOOK UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON TO DEVELOP...TODAY FINALLY HAD THE FEEL OF A MORE TYPICAL SUMMER DAY WITH AFTERNOON STORMS LINGERING WELL INTO THE EVENING. THE LATEST HIGH RESOLUTION NWP SHOWS THIS ACTIVITY GRADUALLY DIMINISHING BY MIDNIGHT EDT OR SO. WE SAW A FEW STRONG STORMS (WITH NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40-50 MPH) THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND THIS COULD CONTINUE UNTIL THE STORMS DISSIPATE. A SMALL THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX HAS DEVELOPED SOUTH OF THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONTAL SYSTEM IN SOUTHEAST GA...BUT THE LATEST FORECAST CORFIDI VECTOR FROM THE RUC INDICATE THIS COMPLEX WOULD MOVE SOUTH ALONG THE GA COAST AND MISS OUR AREA. THE LATEST LARGE SCALE AND HIGH RES NWP GUIDANCE HAVE GROWN A BIT MORE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT RAIN CHANCES FOR SATURDAY...AS THERE MAY BE SOME POSITIVE FEEDBACK BETWEEN THE SYNOPTIC AND MESOSCALES. THE GUIDANCE SHOWS A WEAK 500 MB DISTURBANCE (PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS OVER SOUTHEAST GA THIS EVENING) MOVING WEST OVER OUR FORECAST AREA SATURDAY...WITH AN INCREASE IN DEEP LAYER MOISTURE AND AND SLIGHTLY LOWER HEIGHTS. AT THE SURFACE THERE WILL STILL BE A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER OUR REGION. THESE FEATURES...COUPLED WITH AFTERNOON SEA BREEZES AND INSTABILITY...SHOULD GIVE MUCH OF OUR AREA SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. IT MAY NOT BE A DROUGHT BUSTER...BUT IT WILL BE THE FIRST CHANCE IN A WHILE FOR MANY RESIDENTS TO GET SOME MUCH-NEEDED RAIN. && .AVIATION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE EARLY NIGHTTIME HOURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LOCAL MVFR CONDITIONS...AND THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF WIND GUSTS OVER 40 KNOTS AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WILL DIMINISH SLOWLY AFTER SUNSET AND SHOULD END BEFORE MIDNIGHT IN MOST AREAS. PATCHES OF FOG ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT ACCOMPANIED BY LOCAL MVFR VISIBILITIES...BUT CONDITIONS DO NOT FAVOR WIDESPREAD FOG DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT. SATURDAY WILL SEE A REPEAT OF VFR CONDITIONS WITH SCATTERED CU 4-6 THOUSAND FEET. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && AVIATION...DUVAL REST OF DISCUSSION...FOURNIER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 903 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-050115- 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- 903 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011 /803 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 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...TONIGHT... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN SOUTH GEORGIA...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...WEST OF TALLAHASSEE...THROUGH ABOUT 2 AM EDT (1 AM CDT). .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED. 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 701 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011 FLZ009>011-032330- HOLMES FL-WASHINGTON FL-JACKSON FL- 601 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR HOLMES...JACKSON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT AT 600 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF MARIANNA...OR NEAR COTTONDALE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. NICKEL 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. LAT...LON 3059 8539 3075 8564 3093 8538 3081 8522 TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 039DEG 9KT 3080 8537 9-FOURNIER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1033 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011
GAZ156-157-040315-
GRADY GA-DECATUR GA-
1033 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR DECATUR AND GRADY
COUNTIES...
* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
AT 1026 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 38 MILES SOUTH OF ALBANY...OR NEAR ELPINO...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH.
PEOPLE IN EASTERN DECATUR AND NORTHWESTERN GRADY 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.
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 3101 8418 3074 8438 3086 8458 3108 8431
3108 8428
TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 039DEG 25KT 3100 8429
18-WOOLThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Irrigation systems were turned over and numerous trees and power lines were blown down. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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