1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 27, 1:56 PM CST, 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 256 PM CDT SAT JUL 27 2002 WATER VAPOR LOOP AND ETA/AVN AGREE THAT A DEEP TROPICAL AIR MASS IS OVER AND WILL REMAIN OVER BULK OF FORECAST AREA THROUGH MID WEEK. EXTREME NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF FORECAST AREA JUST SLIGHTLY DRIER THROUGH SUNDAY...OTHERWISE PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES GENERALLY AT OR ABOVE OF 2 INCHES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE AS SUNSET APPROACHES...REFIRE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS SUNDAY MORNING AND DEVELOP INLAND AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. SURFACE RIDGE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS WILL CONTINUE AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE EAST GULF FIRST PART OF WEEK AND TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA...AN UPPER TROF EVENTUALLY EVOLVES ACROSS THE REGION...ALL OF WHICH SHOULD KEEP THE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVE THROUGH THE EXTENDED. MARINE...LITTLE CHANGE...SURFACE RIDGE CONTINUES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. FIRE...HUMIDITY TO REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS./11 ...PRELIM NUMBERS... MOB 075/091 075/091 076 11154 PNS 076/090 077/090 077 111514 DTS 081/089 080/089 079 111514 GZH 072/092 072/092 072 112624 2R0 072/092 072/092 072 112524 61A 072/092 072/092 072 112624 .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 indirectly struck by lightning near Pensacola. Little information was available about how he was struck. He was taken to a local hospital and was kept for a few days before being released.
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