Afternoon thunderstorms developed in association with an unstable air mass.
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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.
Afternoon thunderstorms developed in association with an unstable air mass.
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 25, 8:07 AM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1007 AM EDT SUN JUL 25 2010 .UPDATE...WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY IN THE WAKE OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BONNIE. MORNING CU FIELD IS QUICKLY BECOMING ESTABLISHED WITH SHOWERS BREAKING OUT OVER COASTAL AREAS OF THE PANHANDLE AND EASTERN BIG BEND. 12Z SOUNDING...MODIFIED FOR T/TD OF 94/74...YIELDS 3300 J/KG OF CAPE AND PWAT OF 2.17 INCHES. IN ADDITION...THE 800MB TO 600MB LAYER IS 2C TO 4C COOLER THAN YESTERDAY. THESE FACTORS SHOULD LEAD TO A RELATIVELY ACTIVE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE PANHANDLE AND EASTERN BIG BEND. SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND ESPECIALLY SOUTH GEORGIA MAY BE INHIBITED SOMEWHAT BY THE PROXIMITY OF THE UPPER RIDGE OVER SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. CURRENT GRIDS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE THIS MORNING WITH JUST A FEW TWEAKS TO THE POPS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. WITH THE VERY HIGH DEWPOINTS IN PLACE TODAY...HEAT INDICES WILL APPROACH 105 ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION...WITH SOME AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA APPROACHING 110. && .AVIATION...AFTER SOME BRIEF MVFR VSBYS THIS MORNING...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS WHEN SCT-NMRS SHRA/TSRA ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. CONDITIONS COULD POSSIBLY DROP TO IFR IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. SHOULD SEE A NOTICEABLE DOWNTURN IN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY BY SUNSET WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF PATCHY MVFR CONDITIONS BEFORE SUNRISE MONDAY. && .MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS HAVE RAPIDLY DIMINISHED AS THE REMNANTS OF BONNIE MOVE INLAND OVER LOUISIANA. HAVE ADJUSTED THE SEAS DOWN SLIGHTLY AND RAIN CHANCES UP TO REFLECT CURRENT CONDITIONS. OTHERWISE...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 94 76 93 75 93 / 50 20 40 20 40 PANAMA CITY 91 77 90 77 88 / 60 20 40 30 30 DOTHAN 96 76 94 75 93 / 50 20 40 20 40 ALBANY 97 77 95 76 95 / 50 20 30 20 40 VALDOSTA 95 75 95 74 94 / 50 20 30 20 40 CROSS CITY 94 74 92 73 93 / 40 20 30 20 30 APALACHICOLA 90 77 90 78 89 / 50 20 30 30 30 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && CAMP/GODSEY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 228 AM EDT SUN JUL 25 2010 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-260900- COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF- INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON- COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON- COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL 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- 228 AM EDT SUN JUL 25 2010 /128 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 2010/ 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...TONIGHT... ...HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 104 TO 109 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. ALTHOUGH THE SEVER RISK WILL REMAIN LOW...AN ISOLATED STRONG STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT TODAY. ANOTHER VERY WARM DAY IS EXPECTED WITH HEAT INDICES REACHING THE 105 TO 109 RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE WORKING OUTSIDE OR WHO DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE COOLING INDOORS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... ALTHOUGH WE ARE STILL EXPECTING HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING PERIOD THIS WEEK...THE PROBABILITY FOR EXTREME HEAT AND HUMIDITY APPEARS TO BE DECREASING. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL REMAIN AROUND AVERAGE OR CLOSE TO 50 PERCENT EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 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. GIBBS/GOULD
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:29 UTC.
1 lightning, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
A 40 year old man was struck and killed by lightning while vacationing on Saint Joe Beach just prior to 1:30 pm EDT as reported by local newspapers.
Heavy rain from an afternoon thunderstorm led to brief, minor street flooding in Madison with no damage or injuries reported.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Gulf | 2010-07-25 | 40 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 2010
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: 251687, 251288.