As is typical during summer, scattered afternoon thunderstorms produced strong to marginally severe winds.
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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.
As is typical during summer, scattered afternoon thunderstorms produced strong to marginally severe winds.
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 18, 2:31 PM EST, 40 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 331 PM EDT Wed Sep 18 2019 .NEAR TERM [Through Tonight]... A backdoor front is currently progressing through the region from the east/northeast and moving to the southwest. The front will bring cooler temps behind it, a welcomed event with the recent above normal temperatures. At the time of this update, isolated thunderstorms associated with a shortwave ahead of the front have developed across the tri-state area and are moving south toward the Gulf. Thunderstorms associated with the frontal boundary are possible through the first half of tonight. These storms could be amplified later today with the arrival of the Atlantic seabreeze from the east coast. Tomorrow morning will be slightly cooler than mornings over the last week with a low temp around 70. .SHORT TERM [Thursday Through Friday Night]... The moisture brought into our area by a frontal boundary today will advect west-to-southwestward along the Panhandle and northern Gulf on Thursday, where any convection will be offshore or just along the coast of the Florida Panhandle. Thereafter, dry air is reintroduced as high pressure dominates the southeast US and western Atlantic, keeping PoPs at or near zero for the short term (with the exception of the extreme coast of the Florida Panhandle where there is a slight chance of precip). Low-level flow will shift to easterly for the end of the work week. The aforementioned front will also bring some welcomed cooler temperatures with highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s. .LONG TERM [Saturday Through Wednesday]... Dry conditions to prevail in the long term as our area will be affected by high pressure. Winds will be predominantly easterly along the southern periphery of the high. This weekend, highs will be in the upper 80s/low 90s with lows in the 60s. Temps gradually warm up next week with highs in the low to mid 90s and lows in the upper 60s to low 70s. && .AVIATION... [Through 18Z Thursday] Scattered tstorms across the eastern portion of the region are possible in the afternoon and in to the early evening, bringing possible MVFR conditions. Winds will shift to easterly behind a front with a chance of 15-20kt gusts along the frontal boundary. VFR conditions should prevail throughout the period across the region, however there is a slight chance of low level clouds in the overnight hours for the westernmost terminals as the front passes. This was omitted because of low confidence. && .MARINE... Enhanced east-to-northeast winds around 20-25 knots on the southern periphery of a mid-Atlantic high will produce elevated seas starting Thursday and lasting through the weekend. A small craft advisory will likely be needed beginning tomorrow night. By Monday, light winds and low seas should return. && .FIRE WEATHER... A cold front will move in from the northeast tonight bringing in drier and cooler air for Thursday. Winds will be breezy at times on Thursday afternoon contributing to high dispersion indices. Even with these drier and breezy conditions, relative humidity values will remain above critical levels. Thus, red flag conditions are not expected. && .HYDROLOGY... Other than some scattered showers and thunderstorms today, dry conditions will persist over the next several days. There are no flood concerns. && .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 70 89 67 88 67 / 50 0 0 0 0 Panama City 73 88 69 87 70 / 30 10 0 0 0 Dothan 69 86 63 85 65 / 20 0 0 0 0 Albany 69 85 63 86 66 / 30 0 0 0 0 Valdosta 68 86 66 86 66 / 30 0 0 0 0 Cross City 70 87 68 88 68 / 40 10 10 10 0 Apalachicola 74 86 71 85 72 / 40 10 10 10 10 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...None. GA...None. AL...None. GM...None. && NEAR TERM...Bowen/Dobbs SHORT TERM...IG/Fieux LONG TERM...IG/Fieux AVIATION...Bowen/Dobbs MARINE...IG/Fieux FIRE WEATHER...Godsey HYDROLOGY...IG/Fieux
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
326 PM EDT Wed Sep 18 2019
GAZ121-142-182015-
Clay GA-Early GA-
326 PM EDT Wed Sep 18 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLAY AND
NORTHWESTERN EARLY COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA UNTIL
415 PM EDT...
At 326 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles west of Edison, or 11 miles southeast of Fort Gaines, moving
southwest at 15 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Blakely, Bellville, Bluffton, Colomokee, Harrisons Mill, Ferrell
Crossroads, Zetto, Early Co A/p, Kolomoki Mounds Sp and Suttons
Corner.
&&
LAT...LON 3159 8482 3157 8482 3156 8480 3155 8482
3152 8481 3152 8482 3149 8482 3150 8480
3148 8480 3147 8481 3146 8479 3131 8487
3144 8507 3147 8507 3154 8504 3162 8493
3162 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 037DEG 11KT 3155 8487
38-GODSEYSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
349 PM EDT Wed Sep 18 2019
FLZ019-028-029-182030-
Inland Taylor FL-Madison FL-Lafayette FL-
349 PM EDT Wed Sep 18 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAFAYETTE...NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR
AND SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES IN THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA UNTIL
430 PM EDT...
At 348 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 7 miles west of Dowling Park to near Mayo.
Movement was south at 15 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Mayo, Townsend, Cooks Hammock, Chancey, Smith, Buckville, San Pedro
Junction, Day, Alton and Mayo Junction.
&&
LAT...LON 2982 8312 2982 8316 3010 8349 3033 8336
3025 8325 3018 8325 3017 8323 3015 8324
3010 8321 3010 8318 3011 8316 3010 8313
3010 8312 3009 8311 3008 8307 3007 8307
3004 8303
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 002DEG 12KT 3027 8336 3002 8311
38-GODSEYSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
356 PM EDT Wed Sep 18 2019
FLZ018-118-182045-
Coastal Jefferson FL-Inland Jefferson FL-
356 PM EDT Wed Sep 18 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND UNTIL 445 PM EDT...
At 355 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 15
miles east of Woodville, moving southwest at 5 mph.
Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Fanlew, Goose Pasture and Hells Half Acre.
&&
LAT...LON 3009 8408 3033 8408 3027 8388 3024 8392
3019 8393 3019 8395 3015 8396 3015 8397
3013 8397 3007 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 031DEG 5KT 3025 8396
38-GODSEYThe Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:09 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down near NW County Road 251.
Trees were blown down into the roadway near the intersection of Highway 98 and State Route 59.
Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage to 39 customers along County Road 255A.
Several trees and power lines were blown down with minor damage to roofs.
Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage to 86 customers along Roberts Aman Road.
Several trees were snapped south of I-10 along SR-267.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, September 2019
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: 848786, 848787, 848806, 848788, 848808, 848805.