A line of thunderstorms produced wind damage in Florida.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 MOB wrote it up.
A line of thunderstorms produced wind damage in Florida.
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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 26, 10:00 AM CST, 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1100 AM CDT THU APR 26 2007
.MESOSCALE UPDATE...EXPECT LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
UNDERGO A STRENGTHENING TREND OVER NEXT 1-2HRS AS IT ENCOUNTERS CAPE
AXIS LOCATED FROM CRENSHAW CO AL SOUTHWARD TO OKALOOSA CO FL. IN THIS
ZONE CAPE VALUES ARE NOW IN EXCESS OF 1400 J/KG W/ BREAKS IN THE OVC
ALLOWING CONTINUED SFC HEATING. BRIEF WEAK TORNADOES WILL REMAIN
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON ALONG THIS LINE
IN ADDITION TO WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
NOTE TO USERS...KEVX RADAR IS DOWN AND MAINTENANCE IS IN ROUTE ATTM.
&&
.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
FL...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 PM FRIDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...AND
INLAND SANTA ROSA.
MS...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&
13/JCHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 655 AM CDT THU APR 26 2007 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-079- 271200- COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- MOBILE BAY-BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-BUTLER-CHOCTAW-CLARKE- CONECUH-COVINGTON-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND- GEORGE-GREENE-MOBILE COASTAL-MOBILE INLAND-MONROE-OKALOOSA COASTAL- OKALOOSA INLAND-PERRY-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-STONE- WASHINGTON-WAYNE-WILCOX- 655 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THIS MORNING COULD GIVE WAY TO DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND SHORT LIVED ISOLATED TORNADOES. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THEN EXIT TO THE EAST...THEREAFTER. STAY TUNED THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A MODERATE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AREAS BEACHES TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS OR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY...MAINLY WHERE WATCHES FROM THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER ARE ISSUED. I STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 938 AM CDT THU APR 26 2007 ALZ062-FLZ001-261515- UPPER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAY MINETTE... 938 AM CDT THU APR 26 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER BALDWIN AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES... AT 937 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF STAPLETON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... WHITEHOUSE FORKS...DOUGLASVILLE...BAY MINETTE AND CARNEY THROUGH 1015 AM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1028 AM CDT THU APR 26 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0908 AM TSTM WND DMG BROOKLEY FIELD AIRPORT 30.64N 88.07W
04/26/2007 MOBILE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
AC UNIT BLOWN OFF THE GYM AT BC RAIN HIGH SCHOOL WHICH IS
NEAR BROOKLEY. THE DAMAGE WAS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF A
BOW ECHO. NO INJURIES.
&&
GBThe Mobile radar (KMOB), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:07 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tree and roof damage along with outbuilding damage on Hwy 4 just west of Century.
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