1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jun 14, 10:17 AM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...MESOSCALE UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1117 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2001 KMOB RADAR REALLY STARTING TO LIGHT UP THIS AM WITH NO CAP IN PLACE AND PRECIPITABLE WATERS NEAR TWO INCHES. QUICK LATE MORNING UPDATE TO INCREASE CHANCE OF PRECIP TO LIKELY ALL ZONES (EXCEPT COASTAL BREAK) AND MENTION SOME STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE...MAIN THREAT BEING GUSTY SURFACE WINDS TO 45 MPH. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ALSO LIKELY GIVEN TROPICAL AIR MASS. NO CHANGES TO TEMPERATURES/WINDS. UPDATE OUT SHORTLY. /22 UPDATED PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... MOB 90 75 89 73 / 40 20 30 20 PNS 89 75 89 75 / 40 20 20 20 DTS 86 78 86 76 / 40 20 20 20 GZH 90 71 90 70 / 60 20 30 30 2R0 90 72 89 68 / 60 20 40 30 61A 90 71 90 68 / 60 20 40 30 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a house, resulting in a small fire that was quickly put out, but did cause some damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, June 2001
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