Scattered summertime convection developed during the afternoon hours with a few storms becoming severe.
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The episode as NWS TAE wrote it up.
Scattered summertime convection developed during the afternoon hours 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 Jun 13, 1:19 PM CST, 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
319 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2015
.NEAR TERM [THROUGH TONIGHT]...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM OFF THE SEA-BREEZE
BOUNDARY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW LEVEL SOUTH-SOUTHEAST FLOW
BRINGS WARM, MOIST AIR INLAND FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. WITH STACKED
HIGH PRESSURE JUST TO OUR EAST, COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE HIGHEST
IN OUR WESTERN ZONES. HIGHS WILL PEAK IN THE LOW 90S IN SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WHERE COVERAGE OF CLOUDS IS
HIGHER, BUT MAY REACH UP TO THE MID-UPPER 80S IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. WITH THE LATE START TO THE SEA-BREEZE
TODAY, STORMS MAY LAST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS, BUT ARE
EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DIP
INTO THE LOW 70S.
.SHORT TERM [SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT]...
STACKED HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA AND GEORGIA WILL
KEEP POPS LIMITED TO 20 PERCENT SUNDAY AND MONDAY. HIGHS WILL BE
IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S INLAND AND UPPER 80S AT THE COAST. LOWS
WILL BE IN THE LOWER 70S. THE COMBINATION OF THESE HIGH TEMPS AND
DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 70S MAY CAUSE THE MAXIMUM APPARENT
TEMPERATURE TO EXCEED 100 IN SOME PLACES SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
.LONG TERM [TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY]...
WITH DEEP LAYER RIDGING FOR MUCH OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD,
CONVECTION WILL BE LIMITED TO THE SEA BREEZE. POPS WILL BE
SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE WEEKEND, IN THE 20 TO 40 PERCENT RANGE.
MODELS ARE SHOWING A DEVELOPING LOW IN THE WESTERN GULF, HOWEVER,
RIDGING AND A SURFACE HIGH WILL KEEP THE LOW WELL TO OUR WEST.
TEMPS WILL BE A FEW DEGREES ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY WITH HIGHS IN MID
90S AND LOWS IN THE MID 70S.
&&
.AVIATION...
[THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY] VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH
THE PERIOD. WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON MAY OCCASIONALLY
GUST TO 15-20 KTS, BUT WILL QUICKLY BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER
SUNSET.
&&
.MARINE...
SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL
THROUGH THE PERIOD. SEAS MAY APPROACH CAUTIONARY LEVELS ON MONDAY
DUE TO ELEVATED SOUTHERLY SWELLS.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
WITH RIVERS AT NORMAL TO LOW LEVELS AND NO HEAVY WIDESPREAD RAIN
FORECAST OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TALLAHASSEE 72 96 72 95 74 / 20 10 10 20 10
PANAMA CITY 76 87 76 87 77 / 20 10 10 20 10
DOTHAN 72 95 73 95 74 / 20 10 10 20 10
ALBANY 71 97 73 97 75 / 20 10 10 20 10
VALDOSTA 70 96 70 96 73 / 20 10 10 20 10
CROSS CITY 70 95 72 95 74 / 20 10 10 20 10
APALACHICOLA 76 90 75 90 77 / 20 10 0 10 0
&&
.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR COASTAL BAY-
COASTAL GULF-SOUTH WALTON.
GA...NONE.
AL...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&
NEAR TERM...MOORE
SHORT TERM...WESTON
LONG TERM...WESTON
AVIATION...MOORE
MARINE...WESTON
FIRE WEATHER...HARRIGAN
HYDROLOGY...MOOREThe Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 3 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:44 UTC.
9 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down onto power lines in the Red Bay area resulting in a power outage to 213 customers.
A tree was blown down onto SW 351st Street outside Cross City.
A power line was blown down near NE 214 Ave and 152nd Street.
Trees were blown down on power lines and caused several power outages in northern Taylor county.
A tree was blown down onto State Route 14.
A tree was blown down onto Highway 53 at St. Thomas Church Road.
A tree was down on Highway 145 at Bayberry Street.
A tree was blown down onto Post Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 2015
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: 577142, 577143, 577144, 577145, 577146, 577147, 577148, 577149, 577150.