Strong to severe thunderstorms produced several reports of large hail and damaging winds across portions of the Florida Panhandle and Big Bend.
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 TAE wrote it up.
Strong to severe thunderstorms produced several reports of large hail and damaging winds across portions of the Florida Panhandle and Big Bend.
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 Jun 12, 12:35 PM CST, 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 235 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 .SHORT TERM...SHORTWAVES CONTINUE TO ROTATE AROUND THE LARGE UPPER LOW CURRENTLY STATIONED OFF THE NORTHEAST U.S. COAST. STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH MORNING SHORTWAVE HAVE PUSHED INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA LEAVING AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM APALACHEE BAY ONSHORE ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA INTO SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. BETWEEN RESIDUAL CLOUD COVER AND LOW DEWPOINTS...AREAS NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY HAVE BEEN SLOW TO RECOVER THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS NOW BEGINNING TO FIRE ALONG THE SEABREEZE IN VICINITY OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. EXPECT MAIN ACTIVITY TO BE LOCATED IN PANHANDLE INTO SE ALABAMA THIS AFTN AND EVENING WITH MORE ISOLATED AND WEAKER ACTIVITY TO THE NORTH. MAIN TROUGH AXIS PROGGED TO SLIDE SOUTH OF THE CWA FOR WEDNESDAY USHERING IN SOME DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR. THIS SHOULD LIMIT CONVECTION WEDNESDAY AND THURDAY AFTERNOONS. SOME DISAGREEMENT TOWARDS FRIDAY WITH NAM ADVERTISING A STRONGER SHORTWAVE TO ENHANCE CONVECTION AND GFS NOT AS AGRESSIVE. .LONG TERM...UPPER LOW EXPECTED TO LIFT OUT LATE IN THE WEEK WITH UPPER RIDGE BUILDING IN FOR THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL KEEP THINGS WARM AND A BIT DRIER. UPPER TROUGH SWINGING INTO EASTERN U.S. MAY PICK UP SOME GULF MOISTURE EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH INCREASED RAIN CHANCES. && .AVIATION...STRONG CONVECTION WILL IMPACT OR OCCUR IN THE VICINITY OF THE PFN TERMINAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING. THIS IS COVERED WITH TEMPO GROUPS. OTHERWISE...VFR WILL PREVAIL OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR/IFR CIGS AND VSBY MAINLY AT ABY...VLD AND TLH AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. && .MARINE...GENERALLY WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN WILL KEEP WINDS AND SEAS ON THE LOW SIDE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. EXCEPTIONS TO THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN VICINITY OF CONVECTION. && .FIRE WEATHER...WITH UPPER TROUGH IN PLACE HELPING KEEP TEMPS DOWN A BIT AND ADEQUATE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE...RH SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 67 89 66 88 66 / 20 20 10 20 20 PANAMA CITY 73 89 72 88 71 / 30 20 10 20 10 DOTHAN 70 90 67 90 69 / 30 20 10 20 10 ALBANY 68 88 66 89 66 / 20 20 10 30 20 VALDOSTA 67 87 65 87 66 / 20 30 10 40 20 CROSS CITY 67 88 66 88 66 / 20 30 10 30 20 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && CAMP/BARRY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 456 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-131000- 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- 456 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 /356 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...FLORIDA...SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...AND PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE REGION TONIGHT...WITH THE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GRADUALLY ENDING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... DRIER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM THE NORTH BEHIND THE DISTURBANCE ON WEDNESDAY...AND GENERALLY ONLY ISOLATED AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...WITH FAIR AND WARMER WEATHER OVER THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WITH SOME OF THE STORMS POTENTIALLY APPROACHING SEVERE LIMITS... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY. 17-GOULD
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1034 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0711 AM TSTM WND DMG NORMAN PARK 31.27N 83.68W
06/12/2007 COLQUITT GA EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0727 AM TSTM WND DMG ELLENTON 31.18N 83.59W
06/12/2007 COLQUITT GA EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN. TREE ON TRAILER. TREE ON UNOCCUPIED HOUSE. NO
INJURIES. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0745 AM TSTM WND DMG ADEL 31.14N 83.43W
06/12/2007 COOK GA EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS SOUTHWEST PORTION OF COUNTY.
MINOR DAMAGE TO A FEW HOMES. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0845 AM TSTM WND DMG 6 SW LAKELAND 30.98N 83.15W
06/12/2007 LANIER GA EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN SOUTHWESTERN PORTION
OF COUNTY.
&&
CAMPSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1231 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 FLZ014-015-121745- FRANKLIN-GULF- 1231 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR FRANKLIN AND GULF COUNTIES... * UNTIL 145 PM EDT(1245 PM CDT) AT 1225 AM EDT(1125 AM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORT ST. JOE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. 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. 22-BARRY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 147 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 FLZ014-121830- GULF- 1247 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF COUNTY... * UNTIL 130 PM CDT AT 1242 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES EAST OF CALLAWAY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. ALSO...NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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. 25-CAMP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 212 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 FLZ008-010-012-121915- BAY-COASTAL WALTON-WASHINGTON- 112 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR BAY...SOUTHEAST WALTON AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... * UNTIL 215 PM CDT AT 112 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WALTON COUNTY EASTWARD THROUGH NORTHERN BAY COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS AREA CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND ARE 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. 14-MROCZKA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 226 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 FLZ013-014-121915- CALHOUN-GULF- 126 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR CALHOUN AND GULF COUNTIES... * UNTIL 215 PM CDT AT 121 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES WEST OF BLOUNTSTOWN TO 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF CALLAWAY TO 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORT ST. JOE. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN GULF AND SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTIES...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS ALSO PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS 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. 18-WOOL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 259 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 FLZ026-122000- LIBERTY- 259 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR LIBERTY COUNTY IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... * UNTIL 400 PM EDT AT 256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST LIBERTY COUNTY... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. AN ADDITIONAL COMPLEX OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM CALHOUN COUNTY INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF LIBERTY COUNTY. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS GUSTS OF 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 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. 14-MROCZKA
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:04 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down. Dime size hail was also reported.
Nickel size hail was observed along State Highway 20 between Bristol and Hosford.
A 53-knot wind gust was reported at Lake Talquin.
Penny size hail was reported at Lake Talquin.
Utility poles were toppled.
Several trees down in a bank parking lot. One tree fell on a vehicle.
Several trees were down along Springhill Road.
A roof was blown off a large dry boat storage facility.
Nickel size hail was reported.
Straight-line winds downed nearly 700 acres of pine trees along U.S. Highway 331 northwest of De Funiak Springs. In Freeport, a vehicle was damaged by a fallen tree and a home sustained roof damage. A barn was destroyed on County Road 2.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 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: 42530, 42531, 42532, 42533, 42529, 42534, 42535, 42536, 42537, 42538.