Scattered convection developed during the afternoon hours across southern Georgia and northwest Florida with a moist and unstable airmass in place. A few storms became severe.
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Scattered convection developed during the afternoon hours across southern Georgia and northwest Florida with a moist and unstable airmass in place. A few storms became 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 9, 1:01 PM CST, 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 301 PM EDT Wed Jul 9 2014 .Near Term [Through Tonight]... 17Z surface analysis shows high pressure still over the GOMEX and a surface cold front still off to our northwest- roughly along the Wrn edge of the Appalachian Mtns, curving westward across the Mississippi Valley. Storms along boundaries out ahead of the front may reach SE AL late this afternoon, but the main forcing for most of the afternoon is the seabreeze. This seabreeze convection will be focused on north FL, primary the Panhandle and Wrn Big Bend today, with a localized pocket of dry air over the Ern Big Bend area helping to suppress convection. As is typical with the seabreeze, the chances for storms will taper off overnight, but with the approaching front, there will still be chances for storms in the SE AL area during the night. Highs today will be in the low to mid 90s with low temperatures tonight in the low 70s. .Short Term [Thursday Through Friday Night]... The end of the week will continue to be dominated by an upper level trough across the eastern U.S. and an upper level ridge across the central and western U.S. A series of shortwaves moving through the eastern trough will push the associated front further south into the southeast U.S. By Thursday the weak front should be north of our area stetching from northeast GA across central Alabama, and by Friday should slide further south across the northern portion of our region, roughly near a line from Albany to Dothan. This means that PoPs will significantly increase for the end of the week compared to the previous week's relatively dry weather. We should see a similar pattern that has been observed the past few days with a series of Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCSs) developing along the front in the evening and propogating southward during the overnight hours. Development of an MCS tonight will affect our area on Thursday in terms of residual cloud debris and outflow boundaries, as well as possibly suppressing sea breeze development along our panhandle coasts. However, late in the day Big Bend seabreezes should develop and as they move inland may interact with any lingering boundaries from overnight convection. With the front still across the area Friday, expect a similar scenario with a late night/early morning MCS, followed by late afternoon disturbed seabreeze/outflow induced convection. Afternoon highs will be not be as hot due to increased convection and cloud cover. Highs will generally be in the lower 90s, with higher readings in the mid and possibly upper 90s Thursday across the Big Bend region. .Long Term [Saturday Through Wednesday]... The weekend will begin with an upper ridge across much of the CONUS and a weak, shallow trough in the northeast. By early in the week the pattern will have transitioned to another large scale trough in the east with a retrograding ridge along the west coast. By midweek the eastern trough becomes positively tilted stretching from New England to the central rockies. This suggests that our rain chances will be above normal after the weekend due to the long wave trough and a return of deeper moisture. For the weekend, however, when typical summer convection is expected, we could see a couple of hot days again with highs in the upper 90s. && .Aviation... [Through 18Z Wednesday] Mostly VFR conditions will prevail with the exception of brief MVFR conditions at TLH, ECP, DHN and VLD due to afternoon seabreeze thunderstorms. Some guidance has fog tomorrow morning at VLD but local models are not as favorable so did not mention in forecast. && .Marine... In general light winds and low seas will prevail under a weak surface pressure pattern for the next several days. A cold front will sag across the far southeastern U.S. which could result in clusters of thunderstorms moving offshore mainly during the morning hours. This would enhance waves and winds in the vicinity of any such development. && .Fire Weather... As moisture returns to the area and we shift to a more typical summer pattern, relative humidity values will remain above critical thresholds. No red flag conditions are expected ove the next week. && .Hydrology... Though rain chances will be much higher than recent days to finish the week, most rivers are holding steady at levels well below flood stage with several in low flow. The expected rainfall totals over the next several days will not be significant enough to push any rivers into flood stage. && .Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs... Tallahassee 75 94 73 94 73 / 10 50 20 50 20 Panama City 77 91 76 93 77 / 30 40 30 40 20 Dothan 74 93 72 96 74 / 30 50 30 50 20 Albany 74 93 73 95 73 / 20 50 30 50 30 Valdosta 72 93 71 94 72 / 10 60 30 50 20 Cross City 72 93 71 93 72 / 20 40 20 50 20 Apalachicola 75 89 73 90 74 / 30 40 20 40 20 && .TAE Watches/Warnings/Advisories... FL...None. GA...None. AL...None. GM...None. && NEAR TERM...HOLLINGSWORTH/MOORE SHORT TERM...HOLLINGSWORTH LONG TERM...HOLLINGSWORTH AVIATION...HOLLINGSWORTH/MOORE MARINE...HOLLINGSWORTH FIRE WEATHER...HOLLINGSWORTH/MOORE HYDROLOGY...MOORE
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:09 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were blown down at the intersection of State Route 71 and 11th Street.
Several trees were blown down with roof damage to several houses near Lake Talquin around the intersection of Highway 20 and 267.
A tree was blown down at 3000 Lakeshore Drive.
A tree was blown down at the intersection of Sunrise Road and McCracken Road.
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