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 13, 2:37 AM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 337 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003 NOT A LOT OF CHANGES PLANNED TO THE CURRENT FORECAST. WILL INCREASE THE POPS AREAWIDE TODAY...FROM CATEGORICAL OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD TO 50 PERCENT ALONG THE COAST. STILL SEE SEVERAL RIPPLES IN THE H5 FLOW THAT WILL CROSS FORECAST AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES UP NEAR 2 INCHES...DONT SEE WHY SHOULDNT BE WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TODAY AS LAST 2 AFTERNOONS. WITH SURFACE HIGH SETTING OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF PUMPING MOISTURE INTO THE AREA AND ANOTHER H5 SHORTWAVE APPROACHING SATURDAY...WILL KEEP DECENT POPS IN FOR SATURDAY ALSO. NOT ANTICIPATING ANY SEVERE WEATHER WITH THE NEAR SATURDATED ATMOSPHERE BUT WILL LIKELY BE SOME ISOLATED POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN. .MARINE...LITTLE CHANGE WITH MOSTLY SOUTHERLY WINDS THROUGH PERIOD. MODELS TRY TO PUSH A FRONT TO THE COAST BY SUNDAY WHICH WOULD GIVE MORE OF A WESTERLY COMPONENT TO THE WIND...ESPECIALLY WITH THE SURFACE HIGH TO THE SOUTH. MARINE DESK MAY OPT FOR MORE OF A WESTERLY FLOW. .FIRE...TOO MOIST FOR ANY HUMIDITY PROBLEMS...OTHER THAN MILDEW. .EXTENDED...DONT SEE WHY WE SHOULD NOT CONTINUE WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EXTENDED...WITH MRF CONTINUING TO SHOW A TROUGH OUT TO THE WEST AND DEEP LAYER MOISTURE ACROSS FORECAST AREA. NO CHANGES TO EXTENDED. .PRELIMINARY TEMPS / POPS... MOBILE 87 74 88 74 / 70 30 50 30 PENSACOLA 87 76 87 75 / 50 20 50 20 DESTIN 82 76 83 77 / 50 20 50 20 EVERGREEN 88 71 88 71 / 80 40 50 40 WAYNESBORO 88 72 88 72 / 80 30 50 30 CAMDEN 88 71 88 72 / 80 40 50 40 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. 11/
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-131700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 600 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) A MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 4 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:06 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck the Mobile NWS office at the airport. Communications were disrupted for most of the day. Several electronic devices were also damaged.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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