Scattered afternoon thunderstorms during typical summer afternoons on June 24th and 25th. Lightning struck one home in Jackson county and hail was reported in Bay county.
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The episode as NWS TAE wrote it up.
Scattered afternoon thunderstorms during typical summer afternoons on June 24th and 25th. Lightning struck one home in Jackson county and hail was reported in Bay county.
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 24, 12:35 PM CST, 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 235 PM EDT Mon Jun 24 2013 .NEAR TERM [through Tonight]... Most convection this afternoon was over our Florida zones and lifting northward. Thus, will taper PoPs from likely northernmost Georgia zones to slight along the Florida coast from this evening through midnight. Then, a slight PoP over the coastal waters overnight. Lows will be in the lower 70s. && .SHORT TERM [Tuesday through Wednesday Night]... The low-level ridge axis should build west just to our south over the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday and Wednesday, which will cause 1000-700mb winds to gradually veer to the southwest. This flow pattern will gradually transition us from a regime 6 to regime 4 in our local sea-breeze climatology. Additionally, some slightly drier air is forecast to advect into our area - with mid-level RH decreasing especially on Wednesday. This should allow for coverage of afternoon convection to become less widespread and focused closer to the coast (our Florida zones in particular). We went with generally 40-50% PoPs on Tuesday and 30-40% on Wednesday. Less convective coverage combined with a slight increase in 925-850mb temperatures should lead to slightly warmer highs in the 92 to 95 degree range each day. && .LONG TERM [Thursday through Monday]... 500mb heights are forecast to gradually fall through the extended period as a trough amplifies in the eastern CONUS, with an upper level low forecast to develop over the western Great Lakes. This should equate to a slight cooling trend through the period. Meanwhile, low-level flow looks to continue out of the west or southwest with lower surface pressure persisting to the northwest with a slow-moving front, and the low-level ridge situated to our south and east. Scattered sea-breeze storms will continue with an afternoon peak in convection, and we will likely linger around a regime 4 or 5 in our local climatology. && .AVIATION [through 18 UTC Tuesday]... VFR conditions will prevail outside convection through late this evening. Overnight, expect a brief period of prevailing MVFR/IFR CIGS/vsbys especially at TLH and VLD. Prevailing winds will be from the southeast to south under 10 kts. && .MARINE... A ridge of surface high pressure should build further west into the NE Gulf of Mexico for the remainder of the week which should keep winds light and waves relatively low. The surface pressure gradient is forecast to increase this weekend - and winds and seas may begin to increase around that time. && .FIRE WEATHER... No fire weather concerns. && .HYDROLOGY... Periods of scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected each afternoon for the next five to seven days. These would be unlikely to produce significant rises on area rivers, but a few storms could produce locally heavy rainfall and minor flooding of low lying and poor drainage areas. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Tallahassee 72 92 72 94 73 / 30 50 20 40 20 Panama City 75 87 76 90 76 / 20 40 20 30 20 Dothan 72 94 72 95 74 / 40 40 30 30 20 Albany 72 93 72 94 73 / 50 40 30 30 30 Valdosta 71 92 70 94 72 / 40 60 30 40 30 Cross City 71 92 70 93 72 / 30 40 20 40 20 Apalachicola 74 87 76 88 76 / 20 30 20 30 20 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...None. GA...None. AL...None. GM...None. && NEAR TERM...Barry SHORT TERM...Lamers LONG TERM...Lamers AVIATION...Barry MARINE...Lamers FIRE WEATHER...Barry HYDROLOGY...Lamers
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:28 UTC.
1 lightning, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning caused a house fire at 2878 Magnolia Blossom Lane in the Indian Springs subdivision east of Marianna. The Jackson County Floridian newspaper article stated that damages to the house and its contents totaled around $600,000. The time of the strike was estimated by lightning data.
WMBB-TV relayed a viewer report of dime to nickel size hail from the Youngstown area. Hail fell for around 20 minutes.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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