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 30, 2:04 PM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 304 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2002 A SLIGHTLY DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIRMASS AFTER YESTERDAYS RAIN AND LIGHT NORTHERLY FLOW OVERNIGHT HAVE HELPED DELAY THIS AFTERNOONS STORM DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER...APPROACHING S/W OR SHEAR AXIS (NOTED ON WV) IS BEGINNING TO HELP POP STORMS OVER THE NORTHERN ZONES AND SPREADING SOUTHWARD. FOR TONIGHT...WILL CONTINUE WITH SCATTERED EVENING POPST...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH PATCHY FOG LATE. TRICKY FORECAST NEXT COUPLE DAYS AS FA REMAINS ON EAST PERIPHERY OF TEXAS/NW GULF RIDGE. MODELS ALL SUGGEST A MORE CONFLUENT FLOW OVERHEAD MONDAY AFTERNOON AS TAILEND OF EAST COAST UPPER TROF PUSHES IN OVER N FL AND RESULTS IN BEST DIFFLUENT FLOW OVER THE EASTERN GULF AND FL PENN. GUIDANCE SHOWS AVN WITH 40%+ COVERAGE...WHILE NGM AND ETA ARE IN THE 20-30% RANGE. EXPECT BEST RAIN CHANCES ALONG THE SEA BREEZE...SO 30% INLAND TO 40% COAST LOOKS LIKE A REASONABLE COMPROMISE. HARD TO HANG THE OLE HAT ON ANYTHING FOR TUE-WED...BUT EXPECT SCATTERED COVERAGE (40-50%) AS SERIES OF WEAK IMPULSES DIVE DOWN RIDGE PERIPHERY WITH POSSIBLE WEAK SURFACE TROF IN THE AREA AND ACTIVE BREEZE AS SOUTHERLY WINDS GET ESTABLISHED. EXTENDED...WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE WITH SCATTERED POPS THRU NEXT WEEKEND AS MRF SHOWS WEAK SURFACE TROF PUSHING INTO THE AREA. HOWEVER...SEE UPPER RIDGE BUILDING IN OVER THE SOUTHEAST BY END WEEK...SO BEST RAIN CHANCES WILL LIKELY BE OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES WHERE SEABREEZE AND POSSIBLE SURFACE TROF WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS. MARINE WEATHER...WEAK GRADIENT CONTINUES RESULTING IN MAINLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...WITH AN OFFSHORE COMPONENT OVERNIGHT AND ONSHORE DURING THE AFTERNOONS...THROUGH TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER THE CENTRAL GULF AND RESULTS IN MAINLY A MODERATE SW ONSHORE FLOW BY MID WEEK. LITTLE CHANGE IN SEAS EXPECTED. FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES REMAINING ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. PRELIM NUMBERS... MOB BB 071/089 072/089 073 393424 PNS BB 072/088 073/088 074 393424 DTS BB 074/087 075/086 076 393424 GZH BB 069/089 069/090 070 392324 2RO BB 070/089 070/090 071 393424 61A BB 070/089 070/090 071 393324 39/32 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 4 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:24 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Mobile National Weather Service office suffered a lightning strike that knocked out several pieces of electronic equipment. All of the phone lines were temporarily knocked off. The radar also suffered damage and was off for a couple of days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, June 2002
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: 5302797.