A line of strong storms moved into southeast Alabama ahead of a cold front. However, the line generally weakened as it moved into the area, producing only a couple of reports of impacts in Coffee county.
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The episode as NWS TAE wrote it up.
A line of strong storms moved into southeast Alabama ahead of a cold front. However, the line generally weakened as it moved into the area, producing only a couple of reports of impacts in Coffee county.
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 Nov 30, 11:49 AM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1249 PM EST Wed Nov 30 2016
.NEAR TERM [Through Tonight]...
The squall line continues to advance eastward through the area with
severe weather remaining possible along it. The main threat is
damaging straight line wind gusts, but an isolated tornado or two
can't be ruled out given the strong shear. Gusty winds outside of
the squall line will also continue thanks to daytime heating aiding
in mixing down fairly strong winds just above the surface. These
winds will taper off rapidly this evening around sunset, and a
gradual weakening of the squall line is also anticipated around that
time as the upper level dynamics gradually weaken across the area
and we lose the daytime heating.
.SHORT TERM [Thursday Through Friday Night]...
The cold front will be just east of the forecast area by tomorrow
morning, with drier and cooler air in place with quiet weather
conditions. Skies will continue to clear from northwest to southeast
through the day Thursday, with mostly clear conditions prevailing
across the entire region by the afternoon hours. More of the same is
in store for Friday, as zonal flow or weak ridging at upper levels
and surface high pressure remains in control across the region, with
deep layer dry air in place. Temperatures will run around seasonal
normals through the period, with mid to upper 60s for highs and
upper 30s to low/mid 40s for lows.
.LONG TERM [Saturday Through Thursday]...
Changes from the status quo of quiet weather will begin to take
place through the day Saturday, as operational guidance shows a
vigorous negatively tilted upper low located over
northern/northwestern Mexico begins to eject eastward. Locally, flow
will become easterly and then southerly, increasing deep layer
moisture across the region well ahead of the surface low to the
west. This will yield an increase in rain chances from west to east
Saturday into Sunday, with the best chances for rain at this time
coming late Saturday into Sunday. Thereafter, model guidance
solutions diverge rapidly, making the forecast details for the
beginning of the week murky at best at this time. The current ECMWF
ejects the aforementioned upper low eastward quicker than the GFS,
which also takes this feature more northerly than the eastward
favoring ECMWF. Differences aside, it appears as if more active
weather will be the story as we move into the work week across the
tri-state region. Expect temperatures to run around or just above
seasonal averages.
&&
.AVIATION [Through 18Z Thursday]...
Mostly MVFR CIGS expected this afternoon and evening as a cold front
approaches. Strong to severe storms are possible this afternoon and
evening mainly west of a line from Panama City to Albany. There are
currently showers ahead of the main line of thunderstorms. The cold
front will move through overnight and clear out any lingering rain
and cloud cover. Winds will be strong this afternoon even outside of
thunderstorms. A Wind Advisory is in effect for Southeast AL, the
Florida Panhandle and Southwest GA.
&&
.MARINE...
A tornado watch is now in effect for our western coastal zone
through 5 pm CST this evening. Strong to severe thunderstorms will
be capable of producing waterspouts and hazardous wind gusts as they
move east northeastward across coastal waters.
A small craft advisory remains in effect through this evening across
our western zones. Southerly winds will increase to 20 to 25 knots
ahead of an approaching cold front, yielding seas of 5 to 7 feet
across our western zones, with 3 to 6 feet in our eastern zones.
Elevated winds and seas are expected through the weekend.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
A cold front will continue to move through the region tonight,
bringing rain and strong winds to much of the area. The front will
clear the area Thursday, with drier conditions returning to the
region. Friday looks to be the driest day of the period, with RH
values dipping into the 20s across the region and marginally high
dispersion values (mid 60s into the mid 70s). The duration of low
RHs will be monitored closely. Moisture is expected to increase once
again Saturday, with RHs remaining elevated into next week.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
While our area will receive some showers and isolated storms today
and more rain chances from Sunday into early next week, do not
expect rain will be heavy enough to cause any flooding at this
time. This is especially true considering the ongoing drought
conditions, which could see slight improvements as the active
pattern continues into next week.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Tallahassee 56 70 40 69 43 / 80 0 0 0 0
Panama City 53 67 46 67 49 / 80 0 0 0 0
Dothan 45 65 38 65 42 / 40 0 0 0 0
Albany 50 66 38 66 41 / 90 0 0 0 0
Valdosta 56 68 39 67 41 / 90 10 0 0 0
Cross City 62 71 41 69 42 / 70 30 0 0 0
Apalachicola 56 68 46 67 50 / 60 10 0 0 0
&&
.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...Wind Advisory until 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ this evening for Calhoun-
Central Walton-Coastal Bay-Holmes-Inland Bay-Jackson-North
Walton-South Walton-Washington.
High Rip Current Risk through late tonight for Coastal Bay-
Coastal Franklin-Coastal Gulf-South Walton.
GA...Wind Advisory until 7 PM EST this evening for Baker-Ben Hill-
Calhoun-Clay-Colquitt-Decatur-Dougherty-Early-Grady-Irwin-
Lee-Miller-Mitchell-Quitman-Randolph-Seminole-Terrell-Tift-
Turner-Worth.
AL...Wind Advisory until 6 PM CST this evening for Coffee-Dale-Geneva-
Henry-Houston.
GM...Small Craft Advisory until 7 PM EST this evening for Coastal
waters from Apalachicola to Destin FL out 20 NM-Waters from
Apalachicola to Destin FL from 20 to 60 NM.
&&
NEAR TERM...DVD
SHORT TERM...Pullin
LONG TERM...Pullin
AVIATION...McDermott
MARINE...Pullin
FIRE WEATHER...Pullin
HYDROLOGY...LahrPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1237 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1237 PM WATER SPOUT 5 ESE DESTIN 30.37N 86.42W
11/30/2016 GMZ750 FL PUBLIC
WATERSPOUT OBSERVED ON A WEBCAM JUST OFFSHORE OF DESTIN
&&
DVDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1258 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1237 PM NON-TSTM WND GST NAPIER FIELD 31.32N 85.46W
11/30/2016 M44 MPH DALE AL ASOS
38 KNOT OR 44 MPH GUST MEASURED AT KDHN
&&
DVDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
159 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0135 PM TSTM WND GST MARIANNA MUNICIPAL A/P 30.83N 85.18W
11/30/2016 M39 MPH JACKSON FL ASOS
34 KNOT OR 39 MPH GUST MEASURED AT KMAI
&&
DVDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
200 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0135 PM NON-TSTM WND GST MARIANNA MUNICIPAL A/P 30.83N 85.18W
11/30/2016 M39.00 MPH JACKSON FL ASOS
34 KNOT OR 39 MPH GUST MEASURED AT KMAI
&&
DVDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
304 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0240 PM NON-TSTM WND GST LOWE ARMY HELIPORT 31.36N 85.75W
11/30/2016 M40 MPH DALE AL AWOS
35 KNOT OR 40 MPH GUST MEASURED AT KLOR
&&
DVDThe Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:18 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree limb snapped off and fell onto a power line, resulting in a power outage to 33 customers along County Roads 518 and 522.
A tree was blown down onto Grimes Street.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, November 2016
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: 662128, 662129.