Scattered summertime convection developed during the afternoon hours with a few storms becoming severe.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 16, 2:33 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
333 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015
.NEAR TERM [THROUGH TONIGHT]...
STACKED HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE TRI-STATE AREA. THIS HIGH
PRESSURE WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO BE QUITE HOT- PEAKING IN THE
UPPER 90S OVER MOST OF OUR AREA, LOW-MID 90S ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
COASTLINE. SCATTERED TO ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE
SEA-BREEZE WILL NOT BRING MUCH RELIEF, BUT ARE MOST LIKELY TO FORM
OVER NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. A LACK OF STRONG WINDS
ALOFT WILL MEAN VERY SLOW MOVEMENT FOR STORMS THAT DO FORM.
OVERNIGHT, CLEARING SKIES AND CALMING WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES
TO FALL TO THE LOW-MID 70S BY MORNING. PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE
AGAIN IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
.SHORT TERM [WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT]...
THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN US THROUGH
THE PERIOD. TROPICAL STORM BILL WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AROUND THE
HIGH. THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AT THE SURFACE FOR WIDESPREAD
30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN OVER LAND BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
DESPITE RAIN CHANCES, HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE WITH HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 90S.
.LONG TERM [FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY]...
THE RIDGE WILL BREAK DOWN OVER THE WEEKEND WITH UPPER LEVEL FLOW
BECOMING MORE ZONAL BY MONDAY. WITH NO SIGNIFICANT SURFACE
FEATURES, CONVECTION WILL BE LIMITED TO THE SEA BREEZE. HIGHS
WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER IN THE MID 90S WITH LOWS STILL IN THE MID
70S.
&&
.AVIATION...
[THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY] ANOTHER BRIEF ROUND OF MVFR-IFR CIGS AND
VSBYS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR KECP EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, BUT
OTHERWISE, VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH LIGHT
AND VARIABLE WINDS.
&&
.MARINE...
WINDS AND SEAS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
BUT FOR ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...THE HOT
WEATHER WILL CONTINUE.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
DESPITE AN INCREASE IN POPS, HEAVY RAINFALL WILL NOT BE WIDESPREAD
ENOUGH TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON RIVERS.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TALLAHASSEE 74 99 74 96 75 / 10 30 30 30 20
PANAMA CITY 76 92 78 89 77 / 10 20 20 20 10
DOTHAN 73 97 74 97 74 / 10 30 30 30 20
ALBANY 74 100 74 99 74 / 10 30 30 30 30
VALDOSTA 75 100 74 98 74 / 10 30 30 30 30
CROSS CITY 75 98 74 95 75 / 10 30 20 30 20
APALACHICOLA 76 91 76 90 77 / 10 10 20 20 10
&&
.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH LATE TONIGHT 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...FOURNIER
HYDROLOGY...WESTONThe Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:54 UTC.
12 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A green cherry tree fell on power lines in southern Madison county causing a power outage.
A tree was blown down near the intersection of Little Cat Road and Farm Center Road.
A tree was blown down on Lovett Road.
A tree was blown down at 9676 Ashville Highway.
A tree was blown down onto Government Farm Road.
A tree was blown down onto Cherry Tree Road.
A tree was blown down onto Boston Highway.
A tree was blown down across Old Centerville Road and blocking the road.
A tree was blown down onto a power line and blocking Thomasville Road.
A power line was blown down onto County Road 12 and blocking traffic.
A power line was draped across Meridian Road near the county border.
Trees were blown down onto I-10 near mile marker 250 and blocking both westbound lanes.
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: 577166, 577167, 577168, 577169, 577170, 577171, 577172, 577173, 577174, 577175, 577176, 577178.