Slow moving storms produced isolated areas of flooding around Albany and east of Leesburg.
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Slow moving storms produced isolated areas of flooding around Albany and east of Leesburg.
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 Jul 13, 7:38 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 838 PM EDT Fri Jul 13 2018 .UPDATE... Isolated showers and thunderstorms are still ongoing across northern portions of forecast area in SE Alabama and SW Georgia. These will slowly weaken through the rest of the evening with loss of daytime heating. As for tonight, quiet conditions expected outside of a stray shower persisting past midnight in southern portions of Georgia and Alabama. Low temperatures will fall into the mid 70s. && .PREV DISCUSSION [749 PM EDT]... .NEAR TERM [Through Tonight]... Scattered thunderstorms developing along the seabreeze will gradually spread inland through the remainder of the afternoon. With significant dry air still in place aloft, expect coverage to remain limited. However, with slow motion, some locally heavy rainfall is possible. Activity should diminish quickly after sunset. .SHORT TERM [Saturday Through Sunday Night]... The airmass will continue to moisten through the short term period and with the ridge to the west of the region weakening, expect rain chances to increase throughout the weekend. Model guidance for the last couple of days has shown a weak disturbance approaching from the NE on Saturday afternoon and sparking fairly widespread coverage of showers and thunderstorms particularly across our northern zones. Have the higher PoPs tomorrow in our northern zones and lower down near the coast. Given that storms should initiate a little later in the day, will keep high temps fairly warm, in the low to mid 90s. With the ridge continuing to slowly weaken and the airmass much more moist by Sunday, expect an active afternoon with PoPs into the likely category across much of the area. This will hold max temperatures back a little, generally in the lower 90s. .LONG TERM [Monday Through Friday]... Lower pressure will dominate going into the long term as a trough over eastern CONUS replaces the high pressure over the region. This and the return of deep layer moisture will result in higher than average PoPs for the early portion of the week. Mid-week through the end of the period, the GFS and the ECMWF show a frontal system passing through with the tail-end lingering in our area. If these solutions verify, the CWA can expect widespread showers and heavy rainfall throughout the week, with WPC 7-day QPF estimates over 3in in some areas. High temperatures will be mostly limited to the upper 80s, barely reaching the 90s. .AVIATION [Through 00Z Sunday]... VFR conditions are expected to prevail tonight through tomorrow morning, although isolated showers/storms cannot be ruled out for the next 1-2 hours this evening around DHN and ABY. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to increase in coverage Saturday afternoon, with decent chances of brief visibility reductions at most terminals. One exception is ECP, where chances of showers/storms will be lower tomorrow afternoon and evening. .MARINE... Light winds and low seas are expected through the weekend. Scattered showers and thunderstorms can be expected mainly in the overnight hours each day. Winds and seas slightly increase heading into the next work week. .FIRE WEATHER... Relative humidity values will remain above critical thresholds for the next several days, which will prevent us from reaching red flag conditions. .HYDROLOGY... With the weather pattern shifting to a more active one by the first of the week, the potential certainly exists for localized flooding from slow moving storms each day beginning on Monday. There's also some indication in the GFS that some of the rainfall beyond Tuesday could be heavy over a more widespread area, suggesting an increased flood threat. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not requested. However, spotters are always encouraged to safely report significant weather conditions when they occur by calling the office or tweeting us @NWSTallahassee. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Tallahassee 74 95 74 92 74 / 10 40 40 60 30 Panama City 76 91 78 89 77 / 10 20 20 40 20 Dothan 74 93 74 90 74 / 20 60 40 60 30 Albany 76 93 74 90 74 / 20 70 40 60 40 Valdosta 74 93 74 91 73 / 20 60 40 60 40 Cross City 74 92 74 91 74 / 20 30 30 40 20 Apalachicola 76 91 77 89 78 / 10 20 20 30 20 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...None. GA...None. AL...None. GM...None. && UPDATE...Dobbs NEAR TERM...Camp SHORT TERM...Godsey LONG TERM...Godsey AVIATION...Lahr MARINE...Godsey FIRE WEATHER...Dobbs HYDROLOGY...Godsey
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1124 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2018
GAZ125-140400-
Dougherty GA-
1124 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL DOUGHERTY COUNTY UNTIL
MIDNIGHT EDT...
At 1124 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Albany. This storm was nearly stationary.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Albany, Turner City, East Albany, Walker, Radium Springs, Lockett
Crossing, South Albany, Williamsburg, Southwest Ga Regional A/P and
Ducker.
LAT...LON 3149 8410 3144 8418 3144 8432 3158 8443
3162 8428 3162 8409
TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 068DEG 2KT 3155 8422
55-SCHOLLThe Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:31 UTC.
1 flood, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding occurred on 3rd Ave and 4th Ave in Albany.
Water was flowing over the road at Highway 32 and Mossy Dell Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 766160, 766161.