Weak upper level troughing in the area contributed to significant instability during the afternoon hours with enhanced coverage of strong to severe storms across the area. Damaging wind was the main impact with these storms.
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Weak upper level troughing in the area contributed to significant instability during the afternoon hours with enhanced coverage of strong to severe storms across the area. Damaging wind was the main impact with these storms.
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 6, 1:27 PM CST, 5 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 327 PM EDT Fri Jun 6 2014 .Near Term [Through Tonight]... Convection currently firing up over northern Alabama is moving to the southeast. We expect some of this activity to make it into our northern CWA this evening and spread across the remainder of the Tri-state region overnight. PoPs associated with the Convection Allowing Models (CAMs) are a bit more robust than that of the NWP models. We split the difference showing likely north to slight for most of the Florida coast and SE Big Bend. Some of the storms may be strong to severe and SPC has all our AL and GA zones highlighted for slight risk. The greatest threat continues to be large hail and damaging straight line winds. Low temps will be in the lower 70s. .Short Term [Saturday Through Sunday Night]... Model solutions agree in keeping our forecast area near the Ern periphery of a 500 mb ridge (centered over Coastal TX) through this weekend. A series of short wave troughs will pass along Nrn periphery of ridge and our region during this time. At surface, frontal boundary will drop south into S/Cntrl GA. Lead MCS over NW GA this Fri aftn will drop SEWD and brush our Nrn counties early Sat while upstream MCS across Wrn AR will approach late Sat aftn/early eve. Both kicking outflow boundaries closer to our area so good upper and lower dynamics in place for active convection on Sat and Sat eve with a break in between both systems. Will go with 30-50% chance of precip Sat aftn/eve and 20-50% on Sun. Given more WLY steering flow, the highest PoPs over our ERN zones in the aftn/eve, were we expect richer deep layer moisture (PWATs around 2 inches) and more forcing from upper level disturbances. Pretty light steering flow translates to locally heavy rain especially with passing impulses and boundary clashes. The synoptic environment may still be favorable for strong storms with gusty winds plus isolated pulse severe storms with damaging winds each afternoon & evening, with steep mid level lapse rates and dry air aloft but much will depend on cloud cover, timing of thunderstorm development. Local confidence tool with up to 15% chance of severe storms each aftn/eve with focus across NW third of CWA Sat and NE third on Sun. Local CAM with over 2700 j/kg sfc cape over SE AL Sat aftn. Our temperature forecast followed the guidance consensus closely, with highs in the lower to mid 90s and heat indices approaching 100 degrees. Normally this type of synoptic pattern favors temperatures that are a little warmer than this, but we would need mostly sunny skies through late afternoon to get these warmer temperatures, and we are unsure about this right now. .Long Term [Monday Through Friday]... The synoptic pattern will shift to a more normal amplified summertime scenario with ridging over west, positively tilted trough over Cntrl and ridge over ern most states. Several H5 impulses will rotate around assocd closed low at base of trough. This trough will pivot Ewd and amplify with axis over local region by sunrise Thurs leading to increasing Gulf inflow of deep layer moisture, an upward trend in precip and increased chances of strong to severe storms. Axis will then slowly shift and lift ENE. Expect possibly Wed and Thurs, afternoon diurnally driven seabreezes will be the main generator of convection each day with locally heavy rain wherever boundaries clash. Some model difference in how much Gulf deep moisture inflow advects Newd ahead of trough and, what impact, if any, weak low Gulf low will have. Low across Yucatan to start the period which by mid week is forecast to move into Ern gulf along a surface trough axis and all this lessens confidence of forecast beyond day 4 until models come into better agreement. Daytime rain chances will vary from 10-30% Mon, 30% Tues and 40-50% Wed thru Fri. Highs will reach the lower to mid 90s on Mon, low 90s Tues and around 90 Wed thru Fri. && .Aviation... [Through 18Z Saturday] Convection will develop to our NW and spread SEWD across the Tri-state region this evening and overnight. Some of the storms may be strong to briefly severe, especially across SE AL and our GA zones. This activity could affect DHN and ABY after 23Z, and possibly ECP, TLH, and VLD after 01-02Z. For ABY and DHN, a TEMPO group with wind gusts to 30 knots was included. Given greater uncertainty at the other three terminals, only VCTS was included at this time. Winds outside of convection will continue to be light. && .Marine... The surface pressure pattern will remain essentially unchanged into early next week, as our marine area remains situated between a trough to the north and a ridge to our south, resulting in mainly light west to southwest winds and relatively low seas. The exception will be during the afternoon & evening hours, when strong daytime heating will cause winds and chop to increase to moderate levels near the coast. && .Fire Weather... Red flag conditions are not expected. && .Hydrology... All but a few river forecast points remain below action stage. Our forecast rainfall amounts have increased over the past 24 hours, and we now expect much of South GA & AL to get 0.50 to 1 inch through Saturday morning, with locally higher amounts possible. In FL the amounts will mostly be under 0.50 inches. The amounts, potentially distributed over a fairly wide area, could result in temporary stage/flow rises over the next few days. However, it appears unlikely that river flooding will occur. With locally heavy rain possible this evening, there could be some flooding of low-lying and poor drainage areas. However, there is not enough certainty at this point to warrant a Flash Flood Watch. && .Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs... Tallahassee 72 92 71 92 71 / 30 40 20 20 20 Panama City 75 86 74 87 74 / 20 30 10 10 10 Dothan 73 93 73 93 72 / 50 40 20 30 20 Albany 73 93 71 93 72 / 60 40 30 40 30 Valdosta 71 92 70 92 71 / 60 50 40 40 30 Cross City 71 89 69 91 70 / 20 40 20 30 10 Apalachicola 73 86 74 86 74 / 20 20 10 10 10 && .TAE Watches/Warnings/Advisories... FL...None. GA...None. AL...None. GM...None. && NEAR TERM...BARRY SHORT TERM...BLOCK LONG TERM...BLOCK AVIATION...BARRY MARINE...BLOCK FIRE WEATHER...BARRY HYDROLOGY...FOURNIER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
816 PM EDT FRI JUN 06 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0752 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SSE CHOKEE 31.86N 84.03W
06/06/2014 LEE GA 911 CALL CENTER
TREE DOWN ON A POWER LINE ALONG BATTS ROAD
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DVDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
858 PM EDT FRI JUN 06 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0820 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NW PHILEMA 31.79N 84.05W
06/06/2014 LEE GA 911 CALL CENTER
LARGE TREE FELLED ON LARAMORE ROAD.
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GOULDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
901 PM EDT FRI JUN 06 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0815 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 ENE LEESBURG 31.76N 84.11W
06/06/2014 LEE GA 911 CALL CENTER
LARGE TREE FELLED ON MOSSY DELL ROAD.
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GOULDThe Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 29 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:10 UTC.
19 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the county.
Several trees and power lines were blown down.
A large tree was blown down across Skylane Avenue near the Alabama-Florida state line.
A power line was blown down in Cottonwood.
Trees and power lines were blown down around Elba.
A tree was blown down onto a power line in the back yard of a residence in Level Plains.
A tree was blown down on Lee Boy Road and Holland Road.
The public estimated winds between 60 and 70 mph in Wicksburg.
Trees were blown down on County Road 9.
A tree was blown down at Fortner Street and South Bay Springs Road.
Power lines were blown down on Cotton Box Road.
Trees were blown down on Mozell Road.
Trees were blown down on County Road 28.
The public reported the awning of the Fast Stop Gas Station was blown down.
Trees were blown down on Bethesda Road.
A tree was blown down on State Line road at Saint Mary Church Road.
A tree was blown down on Antioch Church Road.
A tree was blown down onto power lines on Miller Merrett Road.
A tree was blown down on Hickory Grove Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, June 2014
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: 517015, 517016, 517017, 517018, 517019, 517020, 517021, 517022, 517023, 517024, 517027, 517028, 517029, 517030, 517031, 517032, 517033, 517026, 517034.