The typical scattered afternoon convection in summertime resulted in a few severe storms with trees and power lines blown down.
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The episode as NWS TAE wrote it up.
The typical scattered afternoon convection in summertime resulted in a few severe storms with trees and power lines blown down.
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 19, 11:46 AM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 146 PM EDT Tue Aug 19 2014 .Near Term [Through Today]... A fairly high coverage of showers and thunderstorms is expected through sunset with a diminishing trend after sunset. Given ample instability, the presence of an upper level shortwave, and some enhanced low level winds (for August standards), expect the threat of a few severe storms to continue through the remainder of the afternoon. Overnight lows will be in the low to mid 70s. .Short Term [Tonight Through Thursday Night]... As a ridge of high pressure over the Gulf coast moves inland, we will quickly start to see drier, hotter weather. With the sea-breeze still coming into play, we will still likely see scattered coverage of afternoon thunderstorms, staying mostly in north Florida, but the chances are lower than they normally are for this time of year. Highs will be in the mid to upper 90s across the area Wednesday, mostly upper 90s on Thursday. Although the airmass in place will be relatively dry, we'll still be humid enough to make the heat feel even more uncomfortable- heat index values will rise to the 100-105 degree range Wednesday, 104-108 Thursday. Lows will only be in the mid 70s. .Long Term [Friday Through Tuesday]... Conditions are expected to stay hot and relatively dry through early next week as a strong ridging of high pressure builds inland and stays in place until it begins to weaken late this weekend. A long stretch of hot days is on tap with highs expected to reach the upper 90s Thursday through Sunday, decreasing only slightly to the mid 90s Monday and Tuesday when rain chances increase again after the ridge begins to weaken. && .Aviation... [Through 18Z Wednesday] A fairly high coverage of afternoon showers and thunderstorms is expected with a decreasing trend after sunset. A few of the storms could be strong to severe. VFR conditions are expected to prevail outside of the storms, except for the possibility of some MVFR conditions around sunrise. && .Marine... With high pressure over the northern Gulf, winds will generally be from the west-southwest at 10 knots or less, with surges along the coastline to about 15 knots in the evenings. Waves are expected to remain around 2 feet or less through the period. && .Fire Weather... Red flag conditions are not expected for the next several days. && .Hydrology... Rainfall totals through the week are expected to be less than an inch with localized higher amounts possible. With all area rivers below action stage, no flooding is expected. && .Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs... Tallahassee 75 96 75 98 76 / 30 30 20 30 20 Panama City 78 92 78 94 78 / 20 20 10 20 20 Dothan 74 96 75 98 75 / 30 20 20 20 20 Albany 73 97 75 99 75 / 30 20 20 20 10 Valdosta 73 96 74 98 74 / 30 20 20 30 20 Cross City 75 94 75 96 74 / 10 30 20 30 20 Apalachicola 77 92 76 93 78 / 10 20 10 20 10 && .TAE Watches/Warnings/Advisories... FL...None. GA...None. AL...None. GM...None. && NEAR TERM...DVD SHORT TERM...MOORE LONG TERM...MOORE AVIATION...DVD MARINE...MOORE FIRE WEATHER...DVD HYDROLOGY...WESTON
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
150 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0132 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 W VALDOSTA 30.85N 83.32W
08/19/2014 LOWNDES GA 911 CALL CENTER
TREE DOWN AT BAYTREE RD AND NORMAN DRIVE
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WESTONThe Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 29 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:07 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power lines were blown down on County Road 57.
A tree was blown down across September Road.
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