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, 2 hours 21 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), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:52 UTC.
25 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large trees were blown down in the Bethany Hills neighborhood off Valdel Road.
Two trees were blown down in Stockton.
A tree was blown down onto Highway 84.
A tree was blown down onto Coffee Road near Patton Speedway.
An abandoned building in Rebecca collapsed on three sides due to strong winds. Damage was estimated.
Several trees were blown down around Grady County.
A tree was blown down onto power lines resulting in a power outages in northwest Tift county in the area of Little River Road.
A tree was blown down onto power lines causing a power outages in the town of Sycamore.
At least 7 trees were blown down across rural Turner county.
A tree was blown down onto Highway 65.
A tree was blown down across the road near 2501 Jerusalem Church Road.
Many trees and power lines were blown down across the area.
Several trees and power lines were blown down near Baconton.
A tree was blown down near the intersection of Corn Road and Madison Road.
A tree was blown down near the intersection of Hilltop Road and 11th Street.
A tree was blown down near 2500 Doublegate Dr.
A tree was blown down near the intersection of Old Dawson Road and Doublegate Road.
Trees were blown down on Sasser-Herod Road.
A tree was blown down onto Wrights Chapel Road.
A tree was blown down near Warrior Creek.
A tree was blown down onto Highway 256 south of Poulan.
A tree was blown down onto Little River Road.
A tree was blown down onto Recreation Camp Road.
A tree was blown down across Highway 32.
A tree was blown down near Bronwood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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