A moist and unstable air mass combined with a weak upper level trough to produce severe weather across southeastern Alabama.
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.
A moist and unstable air mass combined with a weak upper level trough to produce severe weather across southeastern 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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 24, 12:33 PM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 233 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)...DEEP MOISTURE...A LITTLE SUNSHINE...AND A BIT OF THE SEABREEZE HELPING TO FIRE OFF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH THE SETTING SUN. OVERALL PATTERN IS FORECAST TO REMAIN RELATIVELY UNCHANGED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE MAIN CHANGE WILL BE A WEAKENING OF THE TROUGH CURRENTLY STETCHING FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE GULF COAST. THIS FEATURE IS FORECAST TO LIFT OUT TO THE NORTHEAST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS LEAVING THE TRI-STATE AREA IN A COL REGION BETWEEN RIDGES TO THE EAST AND WEST. WITH NO LARGE-SCALE FORCING TO SPEAK OF...BUT DECENT DEEP LAYER MOISTURE IN PLACE...EXPECT POP COVERAGE TO BE LARGELY CONTROLLED BY THE SEABREEZE. FOR THE NEXT TWO AFTERNOONS...HAVE RELIED HEAVILY ON THE SEABREEZE CLIMATOLOGY FOR LIGHT AND VARIABLE LOW-LEVEL FLOW. THIS WILL PLACE THE HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES IN THE FLORIDA ZONES BOTH DAYS. SINCE MY POPS WILL BE A BIT HIGHER THAN GUIDANCE...HAVE GONE ON THE LOWER END OF THE MOS GUIDANCE FOR MAX TEMPS FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...CLOSEST TO THE NAM MOS. .LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY)...THE EXTENDED PERIOD STARTS OUT WITH WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING OVER THE AREA AND RIDGING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. BOTH THE 24/00Z GFS AND 23/12Z EURO SHOW THE RIDGING GRADUALLY BUILDING EASTWARD...ALTHOUGH THE GFS BREAKS DOWN THE RIDGING AGAIN LOCALLY BY THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK FASTER THAN THE EURO. THE GFS ALSO CONTINUES TO DEVELOP A TROPICAL SYSTEM NEAR THE YUCATAN AND MOVES IT INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO BY MIDWEEK. THE EURO CONTINUES TO SHOW A MUCH WEAKER FEATURE. BOTH MODELS SHOW SEASONABLE DEEP LAYER MOISTURE AND A SEASONABLE SCATTERING OF AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. THE OFFICIAL FORECAST REFLECTS THIS WITH 30-40 PERCENT RAIN CHANCES EACH DAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY IN THE MID 90S AWAY FROM THE COAST EACH AFTERNOON WITH LOW TO MID 70S AT NIGHT. THIS IS JUST A FEW DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. THE TALLAHASSEE AVERAGE HIGH THIS TIME OF YEAR IS AROUND 92 WITH AN AVERAGE LOW OF AROUND 71. && .AVIATION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS FL AND INTO S-CENTRAL GA THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH MORE ISOLATED COVERAGE ACROSS SERN AL/WRN GA WHERE THE AIR MASS IS A BIT DRIER. THE STRONGER CORES WILL REMAIN CAPABLE OF BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS... AND WILL KEEP TEMPO GROUPS OF AT LEAST MVFR AT KECP/KTLH/KVLD INTO THE EVENING. DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING...RETURN TO VFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED MVFR IN PATCHY LOW CLOUDS/FOG TOWARDS DAYBREAK SATURDAY CARRIED AT KVLD. && .MARINE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...KEEPING WINDS AND SEAS MINIMAL. && .FIRE WEATHER...FIRE WX CONCERNS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIMITED...DESPITE LONG-TERM DROUGHT CONDITIONS...THROUGH THE WEEKEND GIVEN THE INCREASE IN MOISTURE. THIS WILL KEEP RH FROM DROPPING TOO SEVERELY DURING THE AFTERNOON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 71 94 72 95 73 / 30 40 20 50 20 PANAMA CITY 75 90 76 90 75 / 30 40 20 40 30 DOTHAN 72 97 73 96 74 / 20 40 20 40 20 ALBANY 73 96 73 96 73 / 20 30 20 30 20 VALDOSTA 70 94 71 96 72 / 20 40 20 40 20 CROSS CITY 72 92 70 93 71 / 30 40 20 40 20 APALACHICOLA 74 89 75 89 75 / 30 40 20 40 30 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && CAMP/EVANS/VAN DYKE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 413 AM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-250815- 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- 413 AM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011 /313 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011/ 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT... WITH AN UPPER TROUGH CLOSE TO THE LOCAL REGION...EXPECT A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY..ESPECIALLY OVER FLORIDA. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT FORECAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED INTO MONDAY BEFORE THE UPPER TROUGH DEPARTS EAST INTO THE ATLANTIC WITH DRIER AIR FILTERING BACK IN. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. 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. BLOCK
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
130 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0116 PM TSTM WND GST ESE PANAMA CITY AIRPORT 30.34N 85.80W
06/24/2011 M76 MPH BAY FL ASOS
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HARRIGANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
143 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0116 PM TSTM WND DMG PANAMA CITY AIRPORT 30.34N 85.80W
06/24/2011 BAY FL OTHER FEDERAL
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL REPORTS AT LEAST ONE CESSNA AIRCRAFT
FLIPPED OVER AND SEVERAL OTHER SMALL AIRCRAFT MOVED OUT
OF PLACE BY A MEASURED 76 MPH WIND GUST.
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HARRIGANSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 205 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011 FLZ008-010-241830- WASHINGTON FL-CENTRAL WALTON FL- 105 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WALTON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES... * UNTIL 130 PM CDT AT 102 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES EAST OF SEMINOLE...OR NEAR RED BAY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY 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 SIGNIFICANT 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. LAT...LON 3063 8570 3044 8571 3053 8609 3063 8606 TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 285DEG 14KT 3056 8599 25-CAMP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 229 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011 FLZ027-127-241915- COASTAL WAKULLA FL-INLAND WAKULLA FL- 229 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WAKULLA COUNTY IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... * UNTIL 315 PM EDT AT 225 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TALLAHASSEE...OR 8 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDVILLE MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS 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 SIGNIFICANT 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. LAT...LON 3028 8431 3010 8434 3013 8463 3028 8459 TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 275DEG 9KT 3020 8449 38-GODSEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 313 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011 FLZ026-027-127-242000- LIBERTY FL-COASTAL WAKULLA FL-INLAND WAKULLA FL- 313 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LIBERTY AND WAKULLA COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... * UNTIL 400 PM EDT AT 310 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TALLAHASSEE...OR NEAR SMITH CREEK...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND IS 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 SIGNIFICANT 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. LAT...LON 3030 8444 3010 8440 3005 8471 3022 8474 TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 261DEG 16KT 3015 8461 38-GODSEY/HERSEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 655 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011 ALZ066-067-242345- DALE AL-HENRY AL- 555 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR DALE AND HENRY COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT AT 552 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTH OF DOTHAN...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. RELAY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT 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. LAT...LON 3152 8539 3132 8525 3131 8552 3148 8554 TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 353DEG 3KT 3142 8547 38-GODSEY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down across the southeastern part of the county. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
Trees were blown down around Hodgesville with a power pole blocking a road. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
The hail was reported to have lasted 10 minutes.
Trees were blown down in the area. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
Trees and power lines were blown down in southwest Ozark. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
Multiple power poles were reported down by law enforcement dispatch. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, June 2011
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: 313021, 313024, 313026, 313027, 313028, 313030.