Scattered thunderstorms developed in the afternoon with impacts to trees and power lines. One tree fell on a home.
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Scattered thunderstorms developed in the afternoon with impacts to trees and power lines. One tree fell on a home.
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 Sep 11, 6:24 PM EST, 36 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 724 PM EDT SUN SEP 11 2016 .AVIATION [Through 00Z Tuesday]... Thunderstorms along the stationary front are making their way into area and will impact DHN and ABY over the next few hours. MVFR conditions are possible at TLH and VLD starting at 10Z. && .PREV DISCUSSION [324 PM EDT]... .NEAR TERM [Through Tonight]... Regional radars show convection firing along a cold front draped across central portions of AL and GA as well as along the Big Bend sea breeze. The front will not make much further progress to the south. We did not change previous PoPs all that much which essentially range from 40 north to 20 coast for the evening hours. We've seen the last of low in the 60s for a while Overnight lows will generally be in the lower 70s, with some mid 70s south of I-10. .SHORT TERM [Monday Through Tuesday Night]... The tri-state area will be located between two mid level height centers this period, one located across the western Atlantic and the other over the ArkLaTex. A mid level low, weakening into a mid level trough, will slowly push southward into the northern Gulf. Weak mid/upper lift associated with the east side of the low/trough will be draped across our area Tuesday, becoming negligible Tuesday night. At the surface, a weakening stationary front to our north will wash out by Tuesday with surface high pressure ridging building in and switching our surface winds to mainly out of the east. Two slugs of moisture are progged to move into the southeast CONUS, one Monday night and the other on Tuesday. PWATS will increase to around 1.8 to 2 inches (NAM12 depicts 2.7 inches in SW GA Tuesday; obviously an outlier). Nevertheless, Monday will see highest PoPs across SE AL associated with the weakening surface front and Tuesday with the east coast seabreeze front across SW GA and the FL Big Bend. Normal to above normal PoPs are expected this period. Thus, a return to summer-like pattern is anticipated with late morning to late evening diurnal convection driven by the seabreeze and mesoscale boundaries. .LONG TERM [Wednesday Through Sunday]... Mid level high pressure will gradually shift further off the Atlantic coast as a longwave mid level trough develops across the western half of the CONUS and shifts eastward. Surface high pressure ridge will remain entrenched across the southeast CONUS, being replaced by a slightly stronger surface high late week and into the weekend. Deep tropical moisture will remain in place featuring PWATs around 2 inches. PoPs this period will be around to slightly above normal and favor the FL and SW GA counties. High temperatures will be around 90 to lower 90s, lows in the lower 70s. .MARINE... Light winds tonight will give way to generally more moderate winds Monday through Tuesday night as weak low pressure moving into the northeast Gulf interacts with high pressure across the southeast United States. Once low pressure moves away from the area, lighter winds will return beginning Wednesday .FIRE WEATHER... Winds will be light and relative humidity will stay above critical levels so there are no fire weather concerns. .HYDROLOGY... The Steinhatchee River is expected to fall below flood stage this evening. A wetter pattern will be in place this week with about one inch of rain expected in the next five days. No flooding concerns for local rivers since most are still low. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Tallahassee 75 92 75 90 74 / 20 30 30 50 40 Panama City 76 88 75 87 75 / 20 40 40 40 40 Dothan 72 91 71 89 71 / 40 50 40 30 20 Albany 73 92 72 90 72 / 40 40 30 50 20 Valdosta 73 91 73 88 72 / 30 40 30 60 40 Cross City 73 91 74 88 73 / 20 40 30 60 40 Apalachicola 76 87 76 86 76 / 20 30 50 40 40 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...None. GA...None. AL...None. GM...None. && NEAR TERM...Wool SHORT TERM...Scholl LONG TERM...Scholl AVIATION...Weston MARINE...Scholl FIRE WEATHER...Weston HYDROLOGY...McDermott
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
723 PM EDT SUN SEP 11 2016
GAZ120-121-120015-
CLAY GA-QUITMAN GA-
723 PM EDT SUN SEP 11 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR QUITMAN AND NORTHWESTERN CLAY
COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT...
AT 723 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GEORGETOWN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GEORGETOWN...CROSSROADS...HATCHER...MOORES CROSSROADS...
BAGBY STATE PARK...GARNERSVILLE...WIRE BRIDGE...MORRIS...
RICKS PLACE...BONAPARTES RETREAT...WATSON CROSSROADS AND COTTON HILL.
LAT...LON 3198 8504 3198 8501 3197 8495 3197 8496
3194 8496 3192 8491 3178 8491 3178 8496
3173 8496 3172 8512 3177 8512 3178 8514
3179 8513 3189 8513 3190 8511 3194 8508
3196 8509 3197 8507 3199 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 261DEG 16KT 3182 8508
15-HARRIGANThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down onto power lines and one power pole was broken.
One tree fell on a home in Baconton. A picture posted on social media shows that the trunk of the tree split and may have been rotted. No other trees down or wind damage was reported in the area. Damage was estimated.
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