Isolated severe thunderstorms produced strong winds in extreme southeast Alabama.
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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.
Isolated severe thunderstorms produced strong winds in extreme southeast Alabama.
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 1, 1:38 PM CST, 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED FOR SPELLING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 338 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 .SYNOPSIS... THE 18 UTC REGIONAL SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A WEAK WAVY COLD FRONT SINKING SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS NORTH GA AND NORTH AL. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE COVERS MOST OF GA AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. VAPOR IMAGERY AND UPPER AIR PROFILER DATA SHOW A RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. AND A TROUGH OVER THE NORTHEAST...WITH ABUNDANT UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE DEEP SOUTH. THERE IS ALSO A WEAK VORTICITY MAX OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF. A NARROW CLOUD BAND (THAT WAS OVER THE FL BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON) HAS KEPT TEMPERATURES DOWN A BIT SO FAR IN THAT AREA...BUT THESE CLOUDS HAVE THINNED OUT SOMEWHAT AND WE EXPECT OUR HIGHS TO STILL REACH INTO THE MID 90S. LOCAL RADARS SHOW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS OUR AREA...MAINLY WEST OF THE APALACHICOLA RIVER WHERE THERE HAS BEEN MORE HEATING. WE STILL EXPECT A CHANCE OF PULSE SEVERE STORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING...AS THERE IS A LOT OF CAPE ABOVE THE -10 DEGREE C ISOTHERM ON THE SOUNDING (IN THE ICE GROWTH ZONE) AND THERE IS A STEEP THETA-E GRADIENT BETWEEN THE SURFACE AND 550 MB TO SUPPORT WET MICROBURSTS. && .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ALL OF THE 12 UTC NUMERICAL GUIDANCE HAS THE CENTRAL U.S. RIDGE RETROGRADING DURING THIS TIME AS HEIGHTS FALL OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTRY. THE MODELS FORECAST THE WEAK COLD FRONT (CURRENTLY OVER NORTH GA AND NORTH AL) TO MERGE WITH THE BROAD WEAK LOW OVER GA AND DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS OUR AREA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE GFS IS THE OUTLIER AFTER THIS AS IT DEVELOPS A LOW OVER THE FL PANHANDLE TUESDAY MORNING...AND TAKES THIS LOW EASTWARD ALONG THE STALLED FRONT ACROSS NORTH FL. WITH THIS SOLUTION THE GFS FORECASTS A LOT OF DRY AIR TO WRAP AROUND THE WEST SIDE OF THIS LOW (OVER OUR AREA) ON WEDNESDAY...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN A DRIER FORECAST. THE NAM...UKMET...AND GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN ALL SHOW THE FRONT (ACTUALLY MORE OF A WIND SHIFT LINE BY THIS TIME) STALLING ACROSS SOUTH FL AND THE CENTRAL GULF TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THIS WOULD KEEP OUR AREA LOCKED INTO THE DEEP LAYER MOISTURE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN HIGHER POPS AND SLIGHTLY LOWER TEMPERATURES. WE OPTED FOR THE LATER SOLUTION (NAM AND UKMET). THE POP WILL BE ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY (GENERALLY IN THE 50-80 PERCENT RANGE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAYTIME) DUE TO FAVORABLE THERMODYNAMICS AND WEAK Q-G FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONTAL SYSTEM. WITH WEAK STEERING FLOW AND HIGH AMOUNTS OF DEEP LAYER MOISTURE...IT APPEARS SOME MUCH NEEDED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS LIKELY FOR OUR AREA. THE CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP OUR HIGH TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMATOLOGY. THE 12 UTC GFS MOS POP FOR WEDNESDAY IS BELOW CLIMATOLOGY (20-30 PERCENT)...BUT IT IS BASED OFF THE DRIER GFS SOLUTION. WE LEFT OUR PREVIOUS FORECAST ALONE FOR WEDNESDAY (30-40 PERCENT POPS)...AS IT IS NEAR CLIMATOLOGY AND A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE DRIER GFS AND WETTER NAM SOLUTIONS. WET MICROBURST WILL BE A POSSIBILITY AGAIN MONDAY...BUT THE CAPE WILL NOT BE QUITE AS HIGH AS TODAY OR YESTERDAY DUE TO THE INCREASED CLOUD COVER. .LONG TERM... (THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) THURSDAY AND FRIDAY LOOK TO BE SLIGHTLY DRIER THAN PREVIOUS DAYS BEFORE UNSETTLED WEATHER RETURNS BY THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE NEAR CLIMO THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION... HAVE TEMPOS FOR TSTMS AT ALL TERMINALS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON EXTENDING INTO THE EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER THIS EVENING. OVERNIGHT...VSBYS MAY BRIEFLY DROP TO MVFR LEVELS...ESPECIALLY AT LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE RAIN. CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN MONDAY AND MAY EVEN GET AN EARLIER START. && .MARINE... LOW WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK. OUR WIND FORECAST IS NOW BASED PRIMARILY ON THE NAM (BECAUSE THE GFS IS FORECASTING WHAT MAY BE A SPURIOUS LOW OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF)...SO IF THE NAM IS WRONG (AS WELL AS THE UKMET AND GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN) OUR WIND DIRECTION FORECAST COULD BE WAY OFF. && .FIRE WEATHER... RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH MID WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 73 87 71 86 71 / 50 70 50 70 40 PANAMA CITY 77 88 75 88 74 / 50 70 50 60 40 DOTHAN 73 88 71 86 70 / 50 70 50 60 30 ALBANY 75 89 72 86 69 / 50 80 60 60 40 VALDOSTA 73 88 71 86 70 / 60 80 60 70 40 CROSS CITY 73 89 72 87 71 / 50 80 50 70 40 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GMZ750...NONE. GMZ755...NONE. GMZ770...NONE. GMZ775...NONE. && LONG TERM...GODSEY AVIATION...BARRY REST OF DISCUSSION...FOURNIER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1103 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-021200- COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN- CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL- IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 1103 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 /1003 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND GENERALLY MOVE SLOWLY TOWARD THE SOUTH. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LEVELS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH AND HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR QUARTERS POSSIBLE. EVEN IN THE STORMS THAT ARE NOT SEVERE...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE...MORE SO THAN USUAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. BECAUSE THE LARGE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE EXPECTED SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS...RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL EXCEED 2 INCHES. SUCH HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF SOME ROADS...DITCHES...SMALL STREAMS...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. A FLOOD WATCH HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED BECAUSE ANY FLOODING THAT OCCURS WILL BE LOCALIZED AND NOT WIDESPREAD. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE EACH DAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD POTENTIALLY REACH SEVERE LIMITS ALONG WITH PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. BY THURSDAY...RAIN CHANCES WILL DROP SIGNIFICANTLY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION BY SATURDAY BRINGING BETTER CHANCES OF RAIN FOR THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER TODAY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SPOTTERS SHOULD CONSIDER THEMSELVES ACTIVATED AT THE FIRST ISSUANCE OF A WATCH OR WARNING. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP. FOURNIER/GODSEY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
315 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0245 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 W PITTMAN 30.94N 85.87W
07/01/2007 HOLMES FL EMERGENCY MNGR
PUMP HOUSE DAMAGED AND TREES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF ST
HWY 2 AND CR 179A.
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JAMSKISPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 321 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 FLZ008>010-011945- WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON- 221 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST HOLMES...EASTERN WALTON AND WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES... * UNTIL 245 PM CDT AT 213 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES EAST OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 8-JAMSKI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 338 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 ALZ065-012030- COFFEE- 238 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR COFFEE COUNTY... * UNTIL 330 PM CDT AT 228 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF ELBA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ELBA BY 250 PM CDT. 5 MILES NORTH OF NEW BROCKTON BY 330 PM CDT. WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 8-JAMSKI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 345 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 ALZ069-012015- HOUSTON- 245 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR HOUSTON COUNTY... * UNTIL 315 PM CDT AT 234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF ASHFORD...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ASHFORD BY 305 PM CDT. COWARTS BY 315 PM CDT. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 8-JAMSKI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 408 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 ALZ066-012100- DALE- 308 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR DALE COUNTY... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT AT 302 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES NORTH OF ENTERPRISE IN COFFEE COUNTY AND IN WESTERN DALE COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... OZARK BY 320 PM CDT. 5 MILES NORTH OF NEWTON BY 325 PM CDT. 6 MILES NORTH OF MIDLAND CITY BY 340 PM CDT. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND ARE ALSO PRODUCING INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 8-JAMSKI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 421 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 ALZ069-012100- HOUSTON- 321 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR HOUSTON COUNTY... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT AT 314 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF DOTHAN TO JUST NORTHEAST OF COTTONWOOD...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND ARE ALSO PRODUCING INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 8-JAMSKI
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees and utility poles were down. There were numerous downed branches throughout the city.
A 59-mph wind gust was recorded at Napier Field. Straight-line winds damaged a home. Numerous trees and power lines were down. 75 residents were without power for five hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, July 2007
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: 42864, 42865.