Moderate to heavy rain with scattered thunderstorms occurred across portions of southern Georgia on the evening of October 1st. One storm near Omega in Tift county blew some trees down with one falling on a house.
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The episode as NWS TAE wrote it up.
Moderate to heavy rain with scattered thunderstorms occurred across portions of southern Georgia on the evening of October 1st. One storm near Omega in Tift county blew some trees down with one falling on a house.
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 Oct 1, 7:35 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 835 PM EDT THU OCT 1 2015 .Near Term [Through Tonight]... Showers and thunderstorms continue to persist across the eastern half of the CWA. Hi-res models continue to indicate the activity should shift westward tonight. This trend is well covered in the PoP grids so have made little changes to the forecast. The main change overall tonight was to the cloud grids to increase them over the western portion of the marine area. Have seen a few areas over the eastern portion of the CWA with rainfall amounts around 3 inches. While most areas should be able to handle this and hopefully the rainfall intensity will decrease over the next few hours, will have to watch rainfall amounts closely for the first half of tonight. && .Prev Discussion [707 PM EDT]... .Short Term [Friday Through Saturday Night]... As upper trough cuts off over Alabama tonight, a backdoor front will push into the forecast area from the northeast. A cooler airmass and overcast skies will be in store for Friday for the entire forecast area. With deep cyclonic flow in place, scattered showers will be possible on Friday, but rainfall should generally be light. Expect highs on Friday to range from the upper 60s in the north to the mid 70s in the south. The upper low will hang around through Saturday, keeping skies cloudy and temperatures cool. A few isolated showers will still be possible on Saturday, but any rain should be light. The heaviest axis of precip will remain well to the northeast. .Long Term [Sunday Through Thursday]... The upper low will finally begin to slide east then northeast on Sunday. However, with deep cyclonic flow still in place, a few scattered showers cannot be ruled out. Temperatures will remain pleasant, with highs in the 70s. By early to mid next week, the upper flow will become much more zonal with dry conditions and seasonable temperatures returning. .Aviation... [Through 00Z Friday]... Scattered showers and thunderstorms continue around VLD. Although activity has been confined to the eastern side this afternoon, expect to see showers develop westward tonight and thus have mentioned VCSH at many sites overnight. Overnight, conditions will drop to IFR with stratus cloud deck. Mainly restrictions to CIG heights, but could see brief MVFR vsbys at a few sites. Will not see much improvement in the clouds tomorrow, looks to be low MVFR cigs by the afternoon at best. .Marine... North to northwest winds will dominate the marine waters through early next week. Conditions will likely reach exercise caution levels tonight and persist through the weekend. Winds may briefly reach advisory levels on Saturday or Sunday. .Fire Weather... With RH values above 50 percent through the weekend, hazardous fire weather conditions are not expected through Sunday. .Hydrology... Water levels in the rivers and streams over the western portion of the area should continue to fall over the next several days. Rainfall amounts through the weekend are expected to be minimal with no additional flooding concerns anticipated. && .Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs... Tallahassee 68 74 62 73 61 / 30 30 20 20 20 Panama City 68 74 63 73 63 / 30 30 20 20 20 Dothan 64 68 58 67 57 / 50 40 20 20 20 Albany 65 69 59 68 59 / 50 40 30 30 30 Valdosta 65 72 60 71 60 / 50 30 20 30 30 Cross City 70 79 63 77 63 / 40 20 20 20 20 Apalachicola 68 76 63 75 63 / 30 30 20 20 20 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AL...NONE. GM...NONE. && NEAR TERM...FIEUX SHORT TERM...CAMP LONG TERM...CAMP AVIATION...FIEUX MARINE...CAMP FIRE WEATHER...FIEUX HYDROLOGY...CAMP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
542 PM EDT THU OCT 1 2015
GAZ147-159-160-012215-
LOWNDES GA-BROOKS GA-COOK GA-
542 PM EDT THU OCT 1 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL BROOKS...SOUTHERN
COOK AND NORTHWESTERN LOWNDES COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT...
AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF HAHIRA...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ADEL. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ADEL...VALDOSTA...HAHIRA...MORVEN...CECIL...PINE VALLEY...I-75 AT
EXIT 29...BARNEY...GREGGS AND COOK CO A/P.
LAT...LON 3087 8356 3103 8361 3103 8357 3107 8358
3120 8333 3113 8331 3112 8332 3110 8332
3108 8330 3104 8328 3102 8328 3092 8325
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 256DEG 2KT 3098 8350
JLFSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 650 PM EDT THU OCT 1 2015 GAZ146-147-012330- COLQUITT GA-COOK GA- 650 PM EDT THU OCT 1 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN COOK AND NORTHEASTERN COLQUITT COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT... AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SPARKS...OR NEAR ADEL...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ADEL...SPARKS...LENOX...ELLENTON...LACONTE...COOK CO A/P... BARNEYVILLE...FLAT FORD...COOL SPRING...WAGON WHEEL...REED BINGHAM STATE PARK AND STAUNTON. LAT...LON 3128 8342 3113 8342 3110 8364 3131 8363 TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 092DEG 7KT 3120 8347 25-CAMP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
823 PM EDT THU OCT 1 2015
GAZ129-146-020100-
TIFT GA-COLQUITT GA-
823 PM EDT THU OCT 1 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN COLQUITT AND
SOUTHERN TIFT COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...
AT 822 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER OMEGA...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TIFTON. THIS
STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TIFTON...OMEGA...NORMAN PARK...UNIONVILLE...PHILLIPSBURG...
EXCELSIOR...TIFT AIRPORT...ELDORADO...HILLSDALE...FENDER AND
CROSLAND.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3132 8346 3133 8351 3130 8352 3127 8350
3125 8351 3128 8372 3133 8370 3133 8365
3143 8365 3148 8363 3141 8341
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 110DEG 0KT 3135 8357
JLFThe Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:47 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down in Omega with one on the roof of a house. There had been recent heavy rain of 2.5-3 inches in the area, and it is possible with the saturated ground that these trees fell in sub-severe winds, but that is not known. Damage was estimated.
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