A few rounds of showers and thunderstorms affected the area on September 23-25. Storms were slow moving on the 23rd, which led to an area of flash flooding in Jackson county.
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The episode as NWS TAE wrote it up.
A few rounds of showers and thunderstorms affected the area on September 23-25. Storms were slow moving on the 23rd, which led to an area of flash flooding in Jackson county. During the overnight hours of September 24th, a line of thunderstorms crossed the area, producing sporadic reports of trees down in both Holmes and Wakulla counties.
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 Sep 23, 1:47 PM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 347 PM EDT Mon Sep 23 2013 .NEAR TERM [Through Tonight]... Locally, a surface front is beginning to lay out in more of a west to east orientation, and has lifted a bit to the north in response to surface southerly flow. Along and south of this front scattered light to moderate showers are ongoing in an abnormally moist airmass. With the upper level divergent region on the backside of a departing jet moving east away from our area, full column support for the generation of showers will continue to diminish over land through the night. Over the water is a different story. A large area of convection near what is a developing surface low will move north out of the east central Gulf tonight. 850 mb winds on the east side of the wave are rather potent, in the 30 to 40 knot range. This will provide significant low level convergence/forcing for shower development. Considering the very tropical airmass that is in place, widespread heavy rain is anticipated with this wave. The good news locally is that the area of low pressure is forecast to begin to move east later tonight as it gets pulled around the periphery of a low level ridge forecast to nose in to the eastern Gulf. Keep in mind, this transition will take place close to our southeast Big Bend counties and should the low jot a bit north, we would have some flash flooding concerns for this area. && .SHORT TERM [Tonight Through Wednesday Night]... Aforementioned surface trough over the Gulf will stall over the coastal waters on Tuesday. The strongest forcing along the trough is forecast to be over northeast Florida and the Gulf Stream waters, where a surface low is forecast to develop. Over the TAE forecast area, the presence of the trough and plenty of deep layer moisture will keep the weather unsettled. However, with rather diffuse forcing, expect rainfall to be scattered with relatively light QPF. Possible exception may be the far eastern Big Bend, where heavier rain associated with the Gulf trough may generate some heavier rainfall. PoPs on Thursday will rain from the 30s along the northern border to 70 percent in the eastern Big Bend. Upper trough axis will slide across the region Tuesday night into Wednesday, keeping scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms in the forecast. As the trough slides east of the area Wednesday night, rain chances will begin to taper off from west to east. Temperatures are likely to remain below normal on Tuesday, with the expected cloud cover and rain. With some additional sunshine expected on Wednesday, expect highs to reach back to the mid to upper 80s. && .LONG TERM [Thursday through Monday]... As the upper trough exits the east coast on Thursday, high pressure is forecast to nose down the eastern seaboard through the weekend. This will usher in a substantially dryer and somewhat cooler airmass. In fact, expect to see lows in the upper 50s to lower 60s area-wide over the weekend, with highs in the lower 80s. Guidance diverges quite a bit late in the period, with the preferred ECMWF deepening a trough over the eastern states early next week. This solution would have a front and increased rain chances approaching the forecast area by next Monday. && .AVIATION [Beginning 19Z Monday]... IFR ceilings may lift to MVFR temporarily this afternoon before dropping back down to IFR and even LIFR at some terminals closer to dawn. Shower activity should remain limited tonight, and not really begin to fill back in until later tomorrow afternoon. However, IFR and eventually MVFR ceilings will last well into the afternoon tomorrow. && .MARINE... A surface trough will lift north across the waters overnight, before stalling over the waters through Tuesday. Ahead of the trough, winds will approach 15 knots this evening. By Tuesday morning, winds will become light as the trough stalls. Seas will remain elevated with some 4 foot southerly swells moving into the waters on Tuesday. While winds will increase modestly by the middle of the week, seas should slowly subside with conditions remaining below headline conditions. && .FIRE WEATHER... Hazardous fire weather conditions are not anticipated in the foreseeable future. && .HYDROLOGY... Additional rainfall is expected over the next 24 to 48 hours. The heaviest rain will likely fall over the eastern Big Bend tonight through Tuesday, with 3 to 4 inches of additional rain expected. This may lead to minor flooding of low-lying areas and minor rises on area rivers. However, substantial flooding is not anticipated at this time. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Tallahassee 71 83 70 87 70 / 40 60 50 50 20 Panama City 74 84 73 87 75 / 30 60 50 50 20 Dothan 69 83 69 86 68 / 40 50 50 40 30 Albany 70 83 69 86 68 / 60 50 50 50 30 Valdosta 71 83 69 85 68 / 50 60 50 60 30 Cross City 72 84 72 85 71 / 70 70 50 60 30 Apalachicola 76 83 75 85 75 / 50 60 50 60 20 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...None. GA...None. AL...None. GM...None. && NEAR TERM...Harrigan SHORT TERM...Camp LONG TERM...Camp AVIATION...Harrigan MARINE...Camp FIRE WEATHER...Harrigan HYDROLOGY...Camp
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
825 PM EDT MON SEP 23 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0825 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 S CYPRESS 30.67N 85.08W
09/23/2013 JACKSON FL LAW ENFORCEMENT
THE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS CHURCH STREET AT ROCKY CREEK
ROAD IS FLOODED AND EXPRESS STREET ABOUT 20 FEET FROM
CHURCH STREET IS ALSO FLOODED.
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DVDThe Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:24 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Jackson county Sheriff's office reported that Church Street at Rocky Creek road was flooded and Express Street about 20 feet from Church Street also had rapidly flowing water moving across it. Radar estimated that 4 to 6 inches of rain fell in 2 to 3 hours.
Trees were blown down on Bonifay-Gritney Road.
A spotter reported several large oak trees down across the northern and central portions of Wakulla county.
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