Large scale northerly flow around the circulation of Hurricane Arthur to the east interacted with the sea breeze boundary and an unstable environment to produce a few severe storms across the area.
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Large scale northerly flow around the circulation of Hurricane Arthur to the east interacted with the sea breeze boundary and an unstable environment to produce a few severe storms across the area.
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 Jul 1, 2:06 PM EST, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 306 PM EDT Tue Jul 1 2014 .Near Term [Through Tonight]... Started to see some showers and storms developing across our coastal FL Big Bend zones as of 17Z. We expect this afternoon's convection to remain confined mainly to our FL zones and perhaps the VLD area. Overall coverage will be below climo with highest PoPs (30-40%) along the coast in the vicinity of the sea breeze. Storms that develop on this and any other residual mesoscale boundaries will drift back toward the south as the steering flow remains northerly at 10-15 kt. With delta theta-e values up around 30K per this morning's KTAE sounding, a few of the storms could be strong to marginally severe with wet microbursts producing 35- to 50-kt gusts. .Short Term [Wednesday Through Thursday Night]... TS Arthur is forecast by NHC to remain offshore as it nearly parallels the southeast U.S. coastline to a position near the outer banks of North Carolina by 12z Friday. This track is very close to the latest GFS solution. An upper level trough will approach and swing across the eastern CONUS with axis through our CWA by the end of the period. This will send a surface front/trough our way bringing better chances for afternoon convection (albeit below normal). In the meantime, we will have to contend with a few days of near record high temperatures. Leaned closer to the MAV temps which shows triple digits for TLH, DHN and ABY for Wednesday. MOS tends to undercut VLD so bumped up to 100 as well. Thursday's max temps should be within a degree or two of Wednesday's only with higher dewpoints as the low level flow swings around to become onshore. Forecast Heat Index values for Wednesday shows an area of 108-112 degrees over portions of the Florida panhandle south of I-10. This area expands eastward covering most of the Florida Big Bend and up to include Valdosta on Thursday. Heat Indices of 108+ would require the issuance of a heat advisory and will have to monitor closely. Overnight lows Wednesday night will be in the mid to upper 70s with temps near seasonal levels (lower 70) Thursday night. MET MOS PoPs have come in higher than the MAV and will take a blend. .Long Term [Friday Through Tuesday]... The local region will be on the backside of the upper trough with drier than normal conditions through Saturday. A building ridge east of the Florida peninsula will bring increasing moisture from the onshore flow for Sunday through Tuesday. PoPs are expected to be around climo (40-50%) for Monday and Tuesday. Temps will also be near seasonal levels with mins in the lower 70s and max temps in the lower 90s. && .Aviation... [Through 18Z Wednesday] Isolated to scattered TSRA will continue to develop across mainly the FL terminals today. Decided to only mention in the vicinity for now, but it is possible that ECP, TLH and possibly VLD will need to be amended if it appears a TS is taking aim on the airport. Overnight conditions will be VFR. && .Marine... Light offshore winds will continue through midday Wednesday. Then light to occasionally moderate west to southwest winds will prevail through the upcoming holiday weekend. Winds should remain below headline criteria with seas generally under 3 feet. && .Fire Weather... It is unlikely that red flag conditions will be met over the next week. However, RH will be rather low behind a cold front on Friday. && .Hydrology... Afternoon showers and thunderstorms will be possible this week. Although heavy rain is almost always possible during the summer months, we expect any heavy rain to be very localized and unlikely to significantly affect local river stages. All rivers are currently well below flood stage. && .Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs... Tallahassee 75 100 76 100 74 / 10 30 20 30 30 Panama City 80 99 81 98 77 / 10 20 10 20 20 Dothan 76 101 78 98 71 / 10 10 10 20 20 Albany 74 101 77 99 72 / 10 10 10 20 20 Valdosta 73 100 75 100 74 / 10 30 20 30 30 Cross City 73 95 75 96 76 / 10 40 20 40 40 Apalachicola 78 94 80 98 78 / 20 20 20 30 30 && .TAE Watches/Warnings/Advisories... FL...None. GA...None. AL...None. GM...None. && NEAR TERM...WOOL SHORT TERM...BARRY LONG TERM...BARRY AVIATION...WOOL MARINE...BARRY FIRE WEATHER...WOOL HYDROLOGY...MCDERMOTT
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:40 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees limbs around 6 inches in diameter were blown down, and an amateur radio antenna was blown down.
One tree was blown down at Bloxham Cutoff Road and Sam Smith Circle with no other damage reported in the area.
Trees were blown down from west of the Ochlockonee Bridge southward to Saint Teresa.
Debris was reported on Waukeenah Highway along with a tree down across Aucilla Highway.
Trees were down across Emmett Whaley Road and blocking the road.
Talquin Electric reported that numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Wakulla county, causing power outages that lasted for several hours.
Trees were down across Harvey Mill Road and blocking the road.
A spotter estimated wind gusts of 60 mph on Highway 319 near the McDonalds and Winn Dixie.
Trees were blown down on Shadeville Road.
Power lines were blown down on Old Bethel Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 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: 516702, 516704, 516705, 516707, 516711, 516714, 516712, 516709, 516710, 516713.