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 Jun 16, 1:30 AM CST, 11 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 230 AM CDT MON JUN 16 2003 .SHORT TERM (THRU DAY-3)...PERSISTENCE UP FRONT. FORECAST AREA IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING A BRIEF DIGRESSION (LGT E-NW SFC FLOW) FROM PATTERN PAST FEW DAYS AS WEAK SFC ANTICYCLONE HAS PINCHED OFF FROM WRN EXTENSION OF BERMUDA HIGH. THE LATTER FTR HAS WEAKENED PAST 48H AND HAS SHIFTING EWD A BIT. NEVER MIND THOUGH AS THE SLY WINDS ARE FORECAST BY MODELS TO BUILD AGAIN IN RESPONSE TO IMPINGING SRN PLAINS LWAVE TROF. PW VALUES INCREASE TO 2.0-2.20 IN. RANGE AND DEEP LYR MSTR FLUX BECOMES RE-ESTABLISHED OVER REGION. WITH ALL THIS SAID...NOT MUCH EFFECT ON TEMPS AND WILL NOT CHANGE POPS MUCH FROM ON-GOING PACKAGE. MIDDAY TUE THROUGH WED HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE VERY WET AS LWAVE TROF SHIFTS CLOSER AND AFOREMENTIONED PROCESSES BEGIN TO OPERATE IN RELATIVELY HIGH PW AIR. .EXTENDED...THIS IS WHERE THE PROBLEMS LIE. AT 72H THE GFS RESOLVES A BELIEVABLE 1009 MB SFC LOW OFF SE LA COAST. THIS FTR MATCHES NICELY WITH UPPER SUPPORT ASSOC WITH LWAVE TROF. THRU 96H AS CANADIAN JET DIGS INTO NERN CONUS...THE SFC LOW IS PULLED NEWD INTO CONFLUENT UPPER FLOW ZONE AND DEEPENS A BIT AFTER MOVG NE OF THE MID-ATLC STATES. BY DAY-5 (OR 120 H)...UPPER LOW STILL LAGS OVER LOWER MS VALLEY AND WRN GLF STATES. WE DO NOT LINK ANY OF THE ABOVE DISCUSSED GFS EVOLUTIONS TO THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION THAT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE ERN GLFMEX BY NCEP MANUAL PROGS. IT APPEARS TO US THAT IF A TROPICAL DEPRESSION WERE TO FORM ACROSS THE GULF...IT WOULD QUICKLY TURN EWD (PASSING WELL S OF OUR AREA) GIVEN THE UPPER FLOW PATTERN. WE FEEL REASONABLY CERTAIN THAT THE TWO EVOLUTIONS WOULD BE SEPARATE...BUT MUST BE WATCHED. DEEP LYR VWS (250-850 MB) REMAINS FAIRLY VICIOUS (35-45 KT) EVEN ACROSS THE FAR SRN GLFMEX THRU PD. MORE PROBABLY SCENARIO FOR EFFECT UPON OUR REGION WOULD BE A SERIES OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS (SHEARED OUT) THAT MOVE ENEWD ALONG ERN SIDE OF UPPER LWAVE TROF AXIS. .MARINE...MAIN CHANGES WILL BE TO WAVE HEIGHTS. THE LATTER WILL BE LOWERED IN EXTENDED PERIODS TO 3-4 FT MAX...PER NEWEST GUIDANCE AND CONSULTATION WITH WAVE NOMOGRAM. NO MORE THAN AROUND 15 KT ON WED (AS AFOREMENTIONED SFC LOW DEVELOPS OVER SE LA). .FIRE...NO CONCERNS. .PRELIMINARY TEMPS / POPS... MOBILE 89 73 89 73 / 50 40 60 40 PENSACOLA 90 75 88 75 / 50 40 50 40 DESTIN 86 78 83 78 / 50 40 50 40 EVERGREEN 90 69 88 70 / 70 40 60 40 WAYNESBORO 88 70 87 70 / 70 40 60 40 CAMDEN 90 70 89 71 / 70 40 60 40 23 MEDLIN 12 SHEPHERD .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-161700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED DATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 710 AM CDT MON JUN 16 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXISTS TODAY ALONG AREA BEACHES FROM DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA EASTWARD TO DESTIN FLORIDA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERALLY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE. HOWEVER...A SLIM CHANCE DOES EXIST FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THAT EXCEED 57 MPH. THE THREAT AREA IS MAINLY WEST OF I-65 AND INLAND...AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY.
ALZ052>055-061-062-MSZ076-079-161930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1228 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2003 ...THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR WASHINGTON...MONROE...CLARKE...WILCOX... GEORGE...GREENE...BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN GEORGE COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI STRETCHING EAST AND NORTHEAST OF OVER INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...MOVING NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE STRONG WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. ALTHOUGH STILL BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THESE STORMS COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE ALSO LIKELY...AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN COULD RESULT IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING...FLOOD PRONE AREAS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:02 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home near Thomasville. The strike started a fire that damaged the home.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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