A few summertime severe storms developing during the afternoon hours in southeast Alabama with moderate levels of instability and a weak upper level shortwave.
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The episode as NWS TAE wrote it up.
A few summertime severe storms developing during the afternoon hours in southeast Alabama with moderate levels of instability and a weak upper level shortwave.
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 Aug 14, 12:48 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 248 PM EDT Tue Aug 14 2012 .NEAR TERM [Through Tonight]... Passing shortwave trough will continue to trigger scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms through the early evening hours. Continue to see a few strong wind gusts with the thunderstorms along with vivid lightning. However, significant severe weather does not appear likely since much of the area has been stabilized by rain- cooled air. The activity will taper off this evening with the best rain chances overnight over the Gulf waters and immediate coast. && .SHORT TERM [Wednesday Through Thursday Night]... Broad trough will remain in place over the region through Wednesday before the flow becomes more zonal on Thursday. Shortwave wave energy forecast to cross the region on Tuesday does not appear as strong as today's feature. Guidance also indicates some drier mid-level air working into the region. Therefore, not expecteing as much precip coverage for Tuesday afternoon and have drawn only isolated to scattered PoPs for the afternoon hours. While deep moisture is forecast to increase slightly on Thursday, the increasingly weak zonal flow will not provide a lot of large scale forcing for convection, so will mainly rely on seabreeze to get things going. For now, have kept PoPs in the low- end chance category. Lower rain coverage should lead to higher afternoon temperatures for Wednesday and Thursday with highs reaching the lower to mid 90s. && .LONG TERM [Friday through Tuesday]... The large scale longwave pattern commences with ridging over Wrn states, broad trough over Cntrl states Ewd to Appalachians, weak shortwave ridge Ewd to ERN seaboard and trough from low Canadian Maritimes SWD down WRN Atlc. At the surface, main features surface ridge axis extending from the WRN Atlc to across the Cntrl Gulf and a cold front from Ontario S then SW thru vcnty Memphis then across TX Panhandle. This places local region in semi-zonal flow aloft and wsw flow at surface. During the rest of the period, ECMWF/GEFS/UKMET in good agreement with both upper and lower features. Aloft, aided by passing short- waves, upstream trough amplifies and digs SEWD with anchoring closed low over Hudson Bay and axis SWD into ERN Gulf on Fri. Amplified troughiness will exist over local region thru weekend. Trough then lifts NEWD on Mon and especially on Tues with drier NW flow and subsidence overspreading NE Gulf from NW-SE. At surface, as the upper trough digs, GFS lifts ridge axis NWD and Canadian low moves progressively ESE with impulses helping to drag cold front SEWD into N/Cntrl AL/GA by FRI eve and to SRN AL/GA on Sat with PWs, increasing to over 2 inches, before becoming stationary thru early Mon. This places local area in favorable zone for deep tropical moisture, ample locally heavy rain and possible strong to severe storms especially if shortwaves pass during times of max diurnal heating. Front begins to lift NWD on Mon and progressively weakens under influence of lifting upper trough. Will go with daytime POPs of high sct Fri thru Sun then mid sct Mon and low sct on Tues. Generally wdly sct-low sct pops at night. With local area in the warm cloudy sector, min temps will persist at 2 to 4 degrees above climo and max temps around climo thru the period. (Avg inland Min/Max is 70/91 degrees). && .AVIATION [Beginning 18Z Tuesday]... Ongoing convection is expected to continue through at least 22z in vicinity of TLH/VLD with much less coverage at the remaining terminals. Debris cloudiness should clear quickly overnight resulting in a good chance of MVFR/IFR conditions at the TAF sites around sunrise. Convective coverage is expected to be much less tomorrow and start later in the day, thus left mention out of storms tomorrow of the 18z TAF package. && .MARINE... The subtropical ridge is forecast to remain south of the waters through much of the week. This will keep light west to southwest flow and minimal seas in place over the coastal waters outside of convection. && .FIRE WEATHER...Low levels will remain very moist through the end of the week, with no fire wx concerns expected. && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...None. GA...None. AL...None. GM...None. && NEAR TERM...Camp SHORT TERM...Camp LONG TERM...Block AVIATION...Godsey MARINE...Camp FIRE WEATHER...Camp
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 410 AM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-150100- 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- 410 AM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 /310 AM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012/ 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... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WE WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION TODAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS MAY BRIEFLY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE LATER THIS MORNING OR AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TYPICAL SUMMERTIME WEATHER WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM EACH DAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE WEEKEND AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE REGION. .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. BARRY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
303 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012
FLZ015-115-141945-
COASTAL FRANKLIN FL-INLAND FRANKLIN FL-
303 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN FRANKLIN
COUNTY IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
AT 259 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTH OF APALACHICOLA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
APALACHICOLA BY 310 PM EDT.
EASTPOINT BY 315 PM EDT.
ST GEORGE ISLAND BY 330 PM EDT.
WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
ALSO...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS
STORM. 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.
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY
REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 2962 8497 2968 8486 2973 8492 2978 8489
2972 8496 2970 8502 2971 8510 2975 8515
2978 8511 2978 8504 2989 8502 2977 8480
2973 8488 2968 8486 2973 8473 2972 8473
2968 8478 2961 8495
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 305DEG 15KT 2976 8500
38-GODSEYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
401 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012
ALZ066-067-142030-
DALE AL-HENRY AL-
301 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR FAR NORTHWEST DALE AND
FAR NORTHERN HENRY COUNTIES...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
AT 258 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
EUFAULA TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLIO...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
SCOTTSBORO CROSSROADS TO BLUE SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
ALSO...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS
STORM. 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.
LAT...LON 3177 8513 3174 8512 3172 8513 3169 8513
3155 8544 3162 8553 3162 8543 3171 8541
3171 8522 3175 8520 3178 8516
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 286DEG 10KT 3176 8522 3166 8549
08-LAMERSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
402 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012
ALZ066-067-142030-
DALE AL-HENRY AL-
302 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR FAR NORTHEAST DALE AND
FAR NORTHERN HENRY COUNTIES...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
AT 258 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
EUFAULA TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLIO...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
SCOTTSBORO CROSSROADS TO BLUE SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
ALSO...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS
STORM. 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.
LAT...LON 3177 8513 3174 8512 3172 8513 3169 8513
3155 8544 3162 8553 3162 8543 3171 8541
3171 8522 3175 8520 3178 8516
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 286DEG 10KT 3176 8522 3166 8549
08-LAMERSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
333 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012
ALZ066-067-142100-
DALE AL-HENRY AL-
333 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR FAR NORTHEAST
DALE AND FAR NORTHWEST HENRY COUNTIES...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
AT 331 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLIO...OR NEAR CLOPTON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
ALSO...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS
STORM. 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.
LAT...LON 3170 8521 3158 8531 3154 8545 3162 8554
3162 8553 3162 8543 3170 8542 3171 8541
3171 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 298DEG 7KT 3164 8544
08-LAMERSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 447 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 ALZ065-142115- COFFEE AL- 347 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR COFFEE COUNTY... * UNTIL 415 PM CDT AT 344 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEW BROCKTON...OR NEAR RICHBURG...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3146 8611 3156 8579 3133 8579 3132 8608 TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 257DEG 25KT 3140 8596
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
505 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012
ALZ066-142130-
DALE AL-
405 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN DALE
COUNTY...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
AT 403 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF OZARK...OR NEAR ARGUTA...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
ALSO...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS
STORM. 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.
LAT...LON 3157 8542 3149 8542 3137 8556 3155 8571
3162 8561 3162 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 301DEG 13KT 3154 8558
08-LAMERSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Three trees were blown down around New Brockton. Monetary damage was estimated.
Multiple trees were blown down across the western portion of Dale county. Monetary damage was estimated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, August 2012
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: 391684, 391686.