Scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours on a seasonably hot, muggy day with a few storms becoming severe.
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Scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours on a seasonably hot, muggy day with a few storms becoming severe.
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 15, 9:27 AM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1027 AM EDT Tue Jul 15 2014 .Near Term [Through Today]... A fairly active day of convection is expected with a tropical airmass in place and a cold front approaching. Modifying the 12z KTAE sounding for the 14z observed T/Td at the airport already shows SBCAPE values near 3000 j/kg, and this is in close agreement with the SPC mesoanalysis. Expect to see a few stronger storms with gusty winds this afternoon, and an isolated severe storm or two remains possible. The only changes to the previous forecast were to add a mention of gusty winds and to tweak PoPs slightly to account for the latest radar trends and add some temporal detail. Expect one batch of storms to move along the coast and across the Florida zones through the early to mid afternoon, and then a second batch to develop closer to the front and affect southeast Alabama and southwest Georgia later this afternoon. This is in agreement with the CAM Ensemble. && .Aviation... [Through 12z Wednesday] The coverage of rain and storms should be high today with most of the terminals likely to be affected. MVFR CIGS and IFR VIS and gusty winds will be possible with thunderstorms. After 07z, areas of MVFR CIGS/VSBYS are expected especially where residual moisture lingers due to Tuesday's rain. && .Prev Discussion [608 AM EDT]... .Short Term [Tonight Through Thursday]... The approaching cold front will continue to cross our area through Thursday. Tonight, model MLCAPE values will still be in the 2000-2500 J/kg range for the early hours of the evening, keeping a potential threat for damaging winds through midnight, when instability will decrease. By Wednesday, the front is expected to bisect the area roughly from ECP to FZG, keeping chances for thunderstorms highest south and east of this line. With 1500-2000 J/kg MLCAPE Wednesday, there will still be chances for damaging winds with these storms, although less so than today/tonight. The front will continue its eastward progression Wednesday night and is forecast to lie roughly from CTY to JAX on Thursday, giving the southeastern Big Bend the highest chances for storms on Thursday. Highs will be in the low 90s Wednesday and Thursday. Lows tonight will be in the low 70s. With some of the cooler air working its way into the area by Wednesday night, lows will be in the mid 60s in SE AL, upper 60s to around 70 elsewhere. .Long Term [Thursday Night Through Tuesday]... The frontal boundary will stall over the southeastern Big Bend by early Thursday as the upper trough weakens and the axis lifts northeast. With drier air in place, expect only isolated thunderstorms for most of the region. Moisture will begin to increase once again on Friday as a shortwave trough approaches from the west. This feature will help to enhance convection by early Saturday through the weekend. .Marine... Westerly winds will peak around 15 knots during a cold front passage Tuesday through Wednesday night, approaching cautionary conditions. After the frontal passage late Wednesday night, winds will weaken and remain below headline criteria through the rest of the period. .Fire Weather... Red flag conditions are not expected thru the work week with relative humidity values above critical levels. .Hydrology... Widespread rain is expected today, and some of it may be heavy. The greatest potential for heavy rain appears to be in South AL & GA, where a few of the Convection Allowing Models forecast rainfall amounts to exceed local Flash Flood Guidance. Sometimes these values tend to be too high, but this will be monitored as several of these models forecast at least 3 inches of rain in this general area. As for the effect on local rivers- everything will depend on whether or not this rain occurs right over one of the basins or not. && .Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs... Tallahassee 89 73 90 69 94 / 80 40 30 10 10 Panama City 88 75 89 73 89 / 80 40 30 10 10 Dothan 90 70 90 66 90 / 80 50 20 10 10 Albany 90 71 90 66 92 / 80 50 20 10 10 Valdosta 91 71 90 68 93 / 80 40 30 10 10 Cross City 91 73 87 70 92 / 60 50 50 20 20 Apalachicola 87 76 89 73 89 / 80 40 30 10 10 && .TAE Watches/Warnings/Advisories... FL...None. GA...None. AL...None. GM...None. && NEAR TERM...DVD SHORT TERM...MOORE LONG TERM...CAMP AVIATION...BLOCK/DVD MARINE...MOORE FIRE WEATHER...BLOCK HYDROLOGY...FOURNIER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1113 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014
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1036 AM MARINE TSTM WIND 2 W PANAMA CITY BEACH 30.21N 85.88W
07/15/2014 M39 MPH BAY FL MESONET
THE PCBF1 TIDE GAUGE MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 39 MPH.
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DVDThe Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:35 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down onto power lines near Hosford.
A tree was blown down on McCall Bridge Road south of Gainey Road.
A tree was blown down near Turkey Scratch Road.
Power lines were blown down on Bassett Dairy 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: 536306, 536307, 536308, 536309.