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 Jul 8, 2:15 AM CST, 11 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 315 AM CDT MON JUL 8 2002 AT THE AFC HIGH PRES CONTINUES TO SHIFT SOUTHWARD ALONG THE MID ATLC COAST EVENTUALLY ALLOWING FOR INCREASED EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE WORK WEEK. ALOFT UPPER RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS HAS SHOWN A SLIGHT DRIFT TO THE WEST WITH PERSISTENT UPPER TROF JUST OFF THE ATLC COAST STRETCHING SW INTO THE EASTERN CENTRAL GULF. LATEST WV/IR LOOPS CONTINUE TO SHOW WEAK IMPULSES EJECTING OUT ACROSS THE SE STATES MOST LIKELY A REFLECTION OF THE UPPER TROF ALONG THE EAST COAST. LATEST THINKING BELIEVE AS NEXT IMPULSE APPROACHES FROM THE EAST LATER TODAY AND SFC WINDS DO INCREASED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE MAINLY FROM THE EAST SOUTHEAST THE MAIN FOCUS FOR SIGNIFICANT PRECIP WILL BEGIN NEAR THE NWFL COAST SHIFTING INLAND A LITTLE BETTER TODAY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. LATEST SOUNDING FROM NEW SUGGESTS DRYER AIR ALSO IN PLACE IN THE MIDDLE LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE WITH PRECIPITABLE WATERS 2 INCHES OR BETTER. WITH THIS HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY MOST STORMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. LATEST MODELS SOLUTIONS SOMEWHAT SIMILAR W/CURRENT PATTERN THOUGH ALL MODELS NOW SUGGESTING A WEAK LOW DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN GULF LATER THIS WEEK INTERACTING WITH DEEPENING RIDGE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST. WITH THIS WILL STAY CLOSE TO CURRENT MOS POPS...WHICH CONTINUES TO BE MOSTLY SCATTERED ACROSS THE CWFA WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL TOTALS OVER NWFL STRETCHING NORTH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AL. OTHERWISE CURRENT FORECAST TEMPS LOOK CLOSE. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW WILL BECOME BETTER ESTABLISHED THROUGH TUES WITH MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING DURING THE AFTERNOON NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. FIRE...NO CONCERNS. /32 PRELIM NUMBERS... MOB BB 090/074 090/074 090 32435 PNS BB 089/075 089/076 090 32535 DTS BB 087/076 088/077 089 32533 GZH BB 092/071 092/071 090 32533 2R0 BB 092/072 092/071 091 32323 61A BB 092/072 092/071 091 32323 .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 outside when he was hit by lightning. No information about how or exactly where he was at when the strike occurred was known. He was taken to a local hospital, examined and later released.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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