Afternoon heating caused several severe thunderstorms to develop across Central 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 BMX wrote it up.
Afternoon heating caused several severe thunderstorms to develop across Central 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 Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 10, 1:00 PM CST, 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 200 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 .UPDATE...UPDATED FOR 18Z TAFS. && .SHORT TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... FORECAST LOOKS TO BE IN GOO SHAPE ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED A LITTLE FASTER THAN EXPECTED. RAISES HIGHS SLIGHTLY ALL LOCATIONS EXCEPT FOR THE FAR NORTH AND NORTHWEST WHERE RAIN/CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRST OF SEVERAL SHORTWAVE TROUGHS IS ABUNDANT. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION: FOR TODAY...EXPECT MUCH OF THE SAME CONDITIONS AS MONDAY WITH SOME PRETTY GOOD COVERAGE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. WILL SEE THE NEXT IMPULSE MOVE ACROSS ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA INTO MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING AND THEN INTO MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA BY THE AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S WILL HELP TO TRIGGER NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THESE STORMS TODAY WILL LIKELY BE STRONG WITH WIND GUSTS UP OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND HEAVY RAINFALL. OVERALL CONDITIONS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY WITH LI VALUES IN THE -5 TO -7 RANGE...CAPE NEAR 2500...AND PRECIPITABLE WATER NEAR 2 INCHES. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE IN OVERNIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY. MODELS HAVE COME INTO BETTER OF AN AGREEMENT WITH THIS...SO GAINING CONFIDENCE FOR LIKELY POPS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY FOR A GOOD CHUNK OF THE AREA. MODELS HAVE ALSO COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL BE WORKING INTO NORTHERN ALABAMA ON THURSDAY AS WELL. FOR NOW LOOKS THAT THIS INITIAL FRONT WILL SAG INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA ON THURSDAY...REDUCING TEMPERATURES IN THE NORTH. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL SWING ALONG THE TROUGH TO THE NORTH AND SWEEP A SECOND FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA. JRA/16 .LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE THROUGH A LARGE PORTION OF THE AREA EARLY ON SATURDAY AND GO STATIONARY ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN SECTIONS. DRIER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE NORTHERN SECTIONS LATER ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND WITH AIR MASS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS REMAINING MOIST AND UNSTABLE. FOR NOW WILL MENTION SLIGHT CHANCE POPS NORTH SATURDAY...THEN LEAVE POPS OUT FOR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. ACROSS THE SOUTH WILL MENTION A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. ON MONDAY...INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH AND SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE NORTH. HIGHS MAINLY IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. OVERNIGHT LOWS 65 TO 70 EARLY IN THE PERIOD...THEN UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S LATE IN THE PERIOD. KSL && .AVIATION...18Z TAF DISCUSSION. SCATTERED AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL AFFECT THE BMX...EET TCL AND ANB AIRFIELDS BETWEEN 19 AND 23Z...AND LIKELY APPROACH MGM AND TOI BY 22Z. CEILINGS WILL RANGE FROM 3000 TO 5000 FEET...DROPPING TO 2000 FEET OR LESS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THUNDERSTORMS. VISIBILITY WILL ALSO BE DIMINISHED...AS LOW AS 1/2 MILE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ELECTED TO INCLUDES VCTS OR SHRA AT MOST LOCATIONS...WITH THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING MORE LIKELY BEFORE NOON AGAIN TOMORROW. && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. && 16/50
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 101 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ALZ011>015-017>050-111801- AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE- CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE- JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY- PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA- TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON- 101 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AREA-WIDE THROUGH 8 PM. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE ALSO A CONCERN. SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES...COUPLED WITH THE HEATING OF THE DAY IS EXPECTED TO ENHANCE THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL: BIRMINGHAM...LOW. MONTGOMERY...LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE MOVES INTO AND ACROSS THE AREA. NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. KSL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1151 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ALZ020-101730- CHEROKEE- 1151 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 1230 PM CDT... ...THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CENTRE... AT 1148 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES NORTH OF CEDAR BLUFF TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CEDAR BLUFF TO 10 MILES WEST OF CENTRE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIGHTNING BY SEEKING SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL ENCLOSED BUILDING OR A METAL AUTOMOBILE. IF YOU ARE ON THE WATER AND YOUR BOAT HAS A CABIN...USE THE CABIN FOR A LIGHTNING SHELTER. OTHERWISE...BOATERS SHOULD HEAD TO SHORE AND SEEK SHELTER THERE. AVOID ELECTRICAL DEVICES AND OTHER OBJECTS WHICH CAN CONDUCT LIGHTNING. WAIT AT LEAST 30 MINUTES AFTER THE LAST RUMBLE OF THUNDER BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS STRONG GUSTY WIND OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. IF WEATHER PERMITS...SECURE LOOSE ARTICLES BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1215 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ALZ018-101745- ETOWAH- 1215 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR ETOWAH COUNTY UNTIL 1245 PM CDT... ...THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...GADSDEN...GLENCOE...HOKES BLUFF... RAINBOW CITY AND SOUTHSIDE... AT 1212 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOKES BLUFF TO 3 MILES WEST OF HOKES BLUFF TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAINBOW CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIGHTNING BY SEEKING SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL ENCLOSED BUILDING OR A METAL AUTOMOBILE. IF YOU ARE ON THE WATER AND YOUR BOAT HAS A CABIN...USE THE CABIN FOR A LIGHTNING SHELTER. OTHERWISE...BOATERS SHOULD HEAD TO SHORE AND SEEK SHELTER THERE. AVOID ELECTRICAL DEVICES AND OTHER OBJECTS WHICH CAN CONDUCT LIGHTNING. WAIT AT LEAST 30 MINUTES AFTER THE LAST RUMBLE OF THUNDER BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS STRONG GUSTY WIND OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. IF WEATHER PERMITS...SECURE LOOSE ARTICLES BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1233 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ALZ020-101800- CHEROKEE- 1233 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 100 PM CDT... ...THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CENTRE... AT 1231 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF CEDAR BLUFF TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF CENTRE TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CENTRE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE PRIMARY THREATS ARE LIGHTNING AND MINOR FLOODING SUCH AS PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. RISING WATER ALONG CREEKS AND FLOODED UNDERPASSES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. NEVER DRIVE ACROSS ROADWAYS WITH WATER FLOWING OVER THEM OR...COVERED WITH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIGHTNING BY SEEKING SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL ENCLOSED BUILDING OR A METAL AUTOMOBILE. IF YOU ARE ON THE WATER AND YOUR BOAT HAS A CABIN...USE THE CABIN FOR A LIGHTNING SHELTER. OTHERWISE...BOATERS SHOULD HEAD TO SHORE AND SEEK SHELTER THERE. AVOID ELECTRICAL DEVICES AND OTHER OBJECTS WHICH CAN CONDUCT LIGHTNING. WAIT AT LEAST 30 MINUTES AFTER THE LAST RUMBLE OF THUNDER BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 216 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ALZ023-101945- TUSCALOOSA- 216 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR TUSCALOOSA COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM CDT... AT 215 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROOKWOOD...AND ANOTHER STORM NEAR RALPH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIGHTNING BY SEEKING SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL ENCLOSED BUILDING OR A METAL AUTOMOBILE. IF YOU ARE ON THE WATER AND YOUR BOAT HAS A CABIN...USE THE CABIN FOR A LIGHTNING SHELTER. OTHERWISE...BOATERS SHOULD HEAD TO SHORE AND SEEK SHELTER THERE. AVOID ELECTRICAL DEVICES AND OTHER OBJECTS WHICH CAN CONDUCT LIGHTNING. WAIT AT LEAST 30 MINUTES AFTER THE LAST RUMBLE OF THUNDER BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. THE PRIMARY THREATS ARE LIGHTNING AND MINOR FLOODING. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS POSSIBLE. TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOURSELF BY SEEKING SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL ENCLOSED BUILDING. IF OUTDOORS AND A SUBSTANTIAL ENCLOSED BUILDING IS NOT AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN AUTOMOBILE. MINOR FLOODING SUCH AS PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. RISING WATER ALONG CREEKS AND FLOODED UNDERPASSES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. NEVER DRIVE ACROSS ROADWAYS WITH WATER FLOWING OVER THEM OR...COVERED WITH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 216 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ALZ023-101945- TUSCALOOSA- 216 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR TUSCALOOSA COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM CDT... AT 215 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROOKWOOD...AND ANOTHER STORM NEAR RALPH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIGHTNING BY SEEKING SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL ENCLOSED BUILDING OR A METAL AUTOMOBILE. IF YOU ARE ON THE WATER AND YOUR BOAT HAS A CABIN...USE THE CABIN FOR A LIGHTNING SHELTER. OTHERWISE...BOATERS SHOULD HEAD TO SHORE AND SEEK SHELTER THERE. AVOID ELECTRICAL DEVICES AND OTHER OBJECTS WHICH CAN CONDUCT LIGHTNING. WAIT AT LEAST 30 MINUTES AFTER THE LAST RUMBLE OF THUNDER BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. THE PRIMARY THREATS ARE LIGHTNING AND MINOR FLOODING. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS POSSIBLE. TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOURSELF BY SEEKING SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL ENCLOSED BUILDING. IF OUTDOORS AND A SUBSTANTIAL ENCLOSED BUILDING IS NOT AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN AUTOMOBILE. MINOR FLOODING SUCH AS PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. RISING WATER ALONG CREEKS AND FLOODED UNDERPASSES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. NEVER DRIVE ACROSS ROADWAYS WITH WATER FLOWING OVER THEM OR...COVERED WITH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 242 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ALZ026-102015- ST. CLAIR- 242 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM CDT... AT 240 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF ASHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE PRIMARY THREATS ARE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOURSELF BY SEEKING SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL ENCLOSED BUILDING. IF OUTDOORS AND A SUBSTANTIAL ENCLOSED BUILDING IS NOT AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN AUTOMOBILE. TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIGHTNING BY SEEKING SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL ENCLOSED BUILDING OR A METAL AUTOMOBILE. IF YOU ARE ON THE WATER AND YOUR BOAT HAS A CABIN...USE THE CABIN FOR A LIGHTNING SHELTER. OTHERWISE...BOATERS SHOULD HEAD TO SHORE AND SEEK SHELTER THERE. AVOID ELECTRICAL DEVICES AND OTHER OBJECTS WHICH CAN CONDUCT LIGHTNING. WAIT AT LEAST 30 MINUTES AFTER THE LAST RUMBLE OF THUNDER BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:57 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple trees and powerlines were downed on Bynum Road, near the town of Steele.
Several trees were downed on AL-21, near the Braggs Community.
Several trees were downed across the southern portion of Sumter County.
Several trees and powerlines were downed in the Whitehall and Rudolph Communities.
Several trees were blown down in and just east of the city of Linden.
Several trees were blown down in the Cornerstone Community.
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: 49051, 49054, 49055, 49056, 49058, 49059.