Scattered afternoon thunderstorms developed in a typical summer environment with a few becoming marginally severe with impacts to trees and power lines.
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The episode as NWS TAE wrote it up.
Scattered afternoon thunderstorms developed in a typical summer environment with a few becoming marginally severe with impacts to trees and power lines.
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 7, 1:12 PM CST, 43 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 312 PM EDT Fri Jul 7 2017 .NEAR TERM [Through Tonight]... The area will remain on the western edge of the surface ridge today with its axis south of the area. A lee-side trough remains just north of us. The 12Z KTAE sounding showed low to mid level southwesterly flow, favorable for scattered sea-breeze-induced convection. This is what we are seeing on radar this afternoon. We'll see the convection develop slowly inland across our inland FL zones. More isolated convection will occur across our northwestern zones ahead of the trough. Isolated storms could linger into the evening hours north of I-10 before dissipating. Another round of isolated showers and storms will develop over the Gulf of Mexico overnight and could come ashore before dawn along the panhandle coast. It will be a typically muggy night with lows in the mid 70s. .SHORT TERM [Saturday Through Sunday Night]... An eastern CONUS trough will amplify a bit Saturday and Sunday as a couple of shortwaves move through the Midwest. At the surface, ridging will prevail locally with a cold front forecast to pull up just short of the Tri-State region on Sunday. PoPs will be slightly above normal over the weekend, driven by the seabreeze, weak synoptic forcing, and possibly the front on Sunday. Afternoon highs will be near the mid 90s on Saturday and closer to the lower 90s on Sunday. .LONG TERM [Monday Through Friday]... The eastern CONUS trough will retreat to the north beginning on Monday, with deep layer ridging taking over through the end of next week. The surface front will dissipate in place across the Southeast as well. PoPs may still be slightly elevated on Monday as the front dissipates nearby, with normal rain chances due to the seabreezes expected for the remainder of the period. Highs will gradually climb back through the middle 90s into the upper 90s by mid to late week. && .AVIATION [Through 18Z Saturday]... VFR conditions are forecast outside of thunderstorms. TLH will see TS in and around the terminal early in this cycle. DHN may also get some TS close to the terminal later this afternoon. Morning convection over the Gulf of Mexico could get close to ECP by around 14Z Saturday. && .MARINE... Light winds and low seas will prevail for the next several days. The only exceptions will slight afternoon wind and sea enhancements in the seabreeze zone. && .FIRE WEATHER... No hazardous fire weather conditions are expected for the next several days. && .HYDROLOGY... While storms will be a bit more numerous on Saturday and Sunday, average 2-day totals should range between 1-2". Thereafter, typical summertime storms and coverage are expected. Thus the expected QPF over the weekend and the scattered nature of storms through next week should preclude any river, urban, or rural flooding concerns. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Tallahassee 75 93 74 91 73 / 10 50 20 70 30 Panama City 79 88 78 87 79 / 20 50 40 50 30 Dothan 74 90 74 90 74 / 20 50 20 60 30 Albany 75 91 74 91 74 / 20 40 20 60 50 Valdosta 73 95 73 93 72 / 10 30 20 60 40 Cross City 75 92 74 90 73 / 20 20 20 40 20 Apalachicola 78 89 77 88 77 / 10 30 30 50 30 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...None. GA...None. AL...None. GM...None. && NEAR TERM...Wool SHORT TERM...Harrigan LONG TERM...Harrigan AVIATION...Wool MARINE...Harrigan FIRE WEATHER...Fournier HYDROLOGY...Harrigan
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
338 PM EDT FRI JUL 07 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SSW LEON SINKS 30.28N 84.36W
07/07/2017 WAKULLA FL 911 CALL CENTER
REPORT OF TREE DOWN ON THORNWOOD RD
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RHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
340 PM EDT FRI JUL 07 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SSE CRAWFORDVILLE 30.16N 84.36W
07/07/2017 WAKULLA FL 911 CALL CENTER
REPORT OF TREE DOWN ON HINES ST
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RHSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
242 PM CDT FRI JUL 7 2017
ALZ068-FLZ007-072015-
Geneva AL-North Walton FL-
242 PM CDT FRI JUL 7 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN GENEVA AND NORTHWESTERN
WALTON COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT...
At 242 PM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a a
strong thunderstorm 9 miles east of Florala, moving northeast at 25
mph.
Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Samson, Liberty, Gordon, Earlytown, Hacoda, Spears, Pera, Cluster
Springs, Gaskin, Sand Hill, Weeks, Sellersville, Lytle, Marl, Logan
Field Municipal A/P, Ganer, New Harmony, Lowery and Caney Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3099 8627 3100 8619 3111 8619 3119 8614
3113 8589 3099 8602 3099 8604 3097 8604
3080 8620 3088 8634
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 217DEG 23KT 3100 8617
ADLThe Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:56 UTC.
13 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down onto power lines resulting in power outages along Wedsel Road south of Julius Road.
A tree and a power line were blown down on County Road 72 near Ariton.
Three trees were blown down around Abbeville including two on Highway 10.
A tree was blown down near Marvin Chapel.
A tree was blown down onto a power line near Daleville.
A tree was blown down onto a power line.
A tree blew down onto a car on Tanyard Ave.
A tree was blown down onto Logan Road.
A tree was blown down onto Matthew Ave.
A tree was blown down on County Road 99.
A tree was blown down on County Road 53.
A power line was blown down on East Washington Street.
A tree was blown down on E County Road 36.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, July 2017
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: 707087, 707088, 707089, 707090, 707091, 707092, 707093, 707095, 707096, 707097, 707098, 707099, 707101.