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 Aug 22, 10:45 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL...UPDATE... 1145 AM CDT THU AUG 22 2002 WILL GO AHEAD WITH AN UPDATE FOR THE AFTERNOON PERIOD. FOR MOST AREAS JUST REMOVING MORNING WORDING FROM THE TEXT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOUTHEAST MS AND PARTS OF INLAND SW AL NEAR THE MS/AL BORDER WHERE HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM AND TRACK. WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS IN THESE AREAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON MENTIONING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. PRELIM NUMBERS... MOB 88 74 90 74 / 40 10 40 10 PNS 88 75 90 75 / 40 10 40 10 DTS 88 77 88 77 / 40 10 40 10 GZH 91 72 91 72 / 40 10 30 10 2R0 90 72 90 75 / 50 10 40 10 61A 91 72 91 72 / 40 10 30 10 .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.
A male was standing outside underneath an awning during a storm. Lightning hit the awning and the man was shocked. He was treated at the scene by medical personnel but he refused to go to the hospital.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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