Scattered thunderstorms developed across southern Georgia during a typical summer afternoon. One storm became severe and produced an isolated microburst, which significantly damaged a house near Tifton.
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The episode as NWS TAE wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed across southern Georgia during a typical summer afternoon. One storm became severe and produced an isolated microburst, which significantly damaged a house near Tifton. Storms were also slow moving and produced a few areas of minor flooding.
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, 3:33 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 433 PM EDT Mon Jun 24 2013 .NEAR TERM [through Tonight]... During the mid to late aftn, strong storms continued to move northwest around 10 mph along weak surface trough and upper deformation zone with decent cape but weak shear several cells. Some storms dropping heavy rain, winds of 40 to 50 mph and pea size hail. Earlier similar storms moved across the Tallahassee area dumping at least 1.66 inches in a brief time at airport. Marianna reported 1.12 inches with passing storm. The temperature at the Airport dropped from 84 to 73 degrees with passing storms. Updated max temperatures forecasts to reflect rain cooled air. During the rest of the afternoon into the eve, storms will continue to move to the northwest and will be monitored especially for its impact of localized flooding. Expect scattered storms to continue past sundown. Min temps will be in the low 70s with fig likely especially in areas of residual moisture from today's storms. && .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. && BLOCK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 357 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013 FLZ010-242100- WASHINGTON FL- 257 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT AT 253 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VERNON...OR NEAR GREENHEAD... MOVING WEST NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. PEA SIZE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LAT...LON 3046 8582 3063 8574 3055 8555 3045 8559 TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 108DEG 7KT 3049 8565 22-BARRY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
412 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013
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0405 PM HAIL GREENHEAD 30.50N 85.66W
06/24/2013 E0.25 INCH WASHINGTON FL BROADCAST MEDIA
WMBB-TV RELAYED A VIEWER REPORT OF 10 MINUTES OF PEA SIZE
HAIL FROM THE GREENHEAD AREA
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DVDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
426 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013
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0315 PM HAIL COMPASS LAKE 30.59N 85.39W
06/24/2013 E0.25 INCH JACKSON FL BROADCAST MEDIA
WJHG RELAYED A VIEWER REPORT OF PEA SIZE HAIL NEAR
COMPASS LAKE BETWEEN 2 AND 215 PM CDT
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DVDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 434 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013 ALZ068-069-FLZ009-011-242130- GENEVA AL-HOUSTON AL-HOLMES FL-JACKSON FL- 334 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR GENEVA...HOLMES... HOUSTON AND JACKSON COUNTIES... * UNTIL 430 PM CDT AT 330 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN JACKSON COUNTY IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE MOVING INTO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LAT...LON 3107 8572 3130 8539 3105 8523 3089 8546 TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 139DEG 9KT 3098 8538
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Some localized flooding was reported by the Worth County E-911 facebook page near Highway 300 and Camp Osborne Road.
Tift county Emergency Management reported one house with significant damage at 1886 U.S. 82 East. The EM survey indicated straight line wind damage, likely due to a microburst. Pea sized hail was also reported in the area. Monetary damage was estimated.
Localized minor flooding occurred at the 500 Block of East 18th Street in Tifton.
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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: 448672, 448683, 448682.