Drought, Bullock
- When
- June 5, 6:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Bullock forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 32.100, -85.716 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Alabama, June 5 to 30, 2007
The severe (D2) and Extreme (D3) drought conditions that first developed in the north half of Alabama earlier in the Spring finally spread into the southern third of the state, including the Troy, Clayton, and Eufaula areas. Hydrologic and agricultural impacts were widely felt.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
The severe (D2) and Extreme (D3) drought conditions that first developed in the north half of Alabama earlier in the Spring finally spread into the southern third of the state, including the Troy, Clayton, and Eufaula areas. Hydrologic and agricultural impacts were widely felt. By the end of the month, officials in Barbour County reported a near total loss of the corn crop, and similar impacts were felt in other areas as well.
What forecasters said that day
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 Jun 5, 4:55 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 4:55 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 555 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 2007 .UPDATE...FOR AVIATION. && .DISCUSSION... WIDESPREAD RAIN CHANCES REMAIN ELUSIVE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH THE UPCOMING 7 DAY PERIOD. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND SERIES OF WEAK SHORTWAVES ACROSS THE EASTERN STATES WILL PROVIDE JUST A FEW SHOWERS TODAY. IN FACT...BEST CHANCE (IF ONE CAN CALL IT THAT) IS LIMITED TO THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR RAIN...IT STILL APPEARS THAT THINGS WILL GET WORSE BEFORE THEY GET BETTER. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS FORECAST TO BECOME ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST BY THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS KEEPS THE PRIMARY STORM TRACK WELL TO OUR NORTH AND WEST...AND WILL ALSO SERVE TO SUPRESS MOST CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS ALSO THE STRONGEST RIDGE WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR THIS YEAR. 500 MB HEIGHTS AND 1000-850 MB THICKNESSES CONTINUE TO SUPPORT MID/UPPER 90S FOR HIGH TEMPS BY THE WEEKEND. WILL KEEP GOING ABOVE MOS MAX TEMPS FOR THIS REASON. AT THIS POINT...IT LOOKS LIKE SATURDAY HAS THE HIGHEST HOTNESS POTENTIAL. SINCE DAILY RAIN CHANCES DEPEND QUITE A BIT ON MESOSCALE FEATURES BEYOND THE RESOLUTION OF THE MODELS...IVE BROADBRUSHED 10-20 PERCENT POPS DURING THIS TIME. /61/ && .AVIATION...12Z TAF DISCUSSION. IFR CEILINGS HAVE DEVELOPED/SPREAD INTO MGM AND TOI THIS MORNING BUT SHOULD LIFT/THIN OUT QUICKLY AFTER 13Z. OTHERWISE MAIN FEATURE TODAY WILL BE UPPER TROUGH MOVING NEAR NORTHERN GULF COAST. THIS WILL PROVIDE BEST CHANCE FOR A TSTM THIS AFTERNOON AT TOI AND MGM...BUT EVEN HERE THE CHANCE OF SEEING ONE AT THE TERMINAL SITE IS LOW WITH ONLY ISOLATED COVERAGE EXPECTED. FOR THIS REASON HAVE NOT INCLUDED IN THE TAFS. IF ONE DID AFFECT THE TAF SITE...IT COULD PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. OTHERWISE EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH MAINLY SCT MID TO HIGH LEVEL CLDS AND P6SM VSBYS. LIGHT WESTERLY SURFACE WINDS WILL ALSO PREVAIL. 41 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 4:45 AM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 545 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 2007 ALZ011>015-017>050-061045- 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- 545 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL: BIRMINGHAM...NONE. MONTGOMERY..LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Pike
- When
- June 5, 6:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Pike forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 31.803, -85.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Barbour
- When
- June 5, 6:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Barbour forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -85.393 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 5, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 5, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 5, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 5, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, June 5, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 5, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 5, 2007
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 5, 2007
- Lightning Strike in California, June 5, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 5, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 5, 2007
- Wildfire in California, June 5, 2007
More
Every storm in Alabama in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, June 2007
Sources
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: 45815, 45816, 45817.