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 23, 1:53 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 253 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2004 .SHORT TERM...UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ALONG THE TEXAS COAST WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A WEST TO SOUTHWEST MIDLEVEL FLOW. CONTINUED DEEP MOISTURE AND MODERATE INSTABILITY SHOULD RESULT IN ISOLATED MORNING CONVECTIVE COVERAGE BECOMING SCATTERED BY AFTERNOON AND EVENING TUESDAY WITH A SLIGHTLY DRY BIAS IN THE WESTERN PORTION. POPS THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE SOME WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS MODELS INDICATE AN INTENSIFICATION OF DEEP RIDGING. && .EXTENDED...FEW CHANGES NECESSARY. CURRENT EXTENDED PACKAGE SLIGHTLY INCREASES POPS THIS WEEKEND...AND THE MAIN RATIONALE BEHIND THIS IS THAT ALTHOUGH A HIGH IS SHOWN PARKED OVER US AT THE SURFACE...A WAVENUMBER 5 PATTERN IS SHOWN...THAT IS...5 WAVES IN THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW...BRINGING A PROGRESSIVE AND PROFOUND LATITUDINAL THERMAL SWAP AT LEAST IN THE NORTHERN STATES. THAT WOULD PARTIALLY AFFECT US BRINGING A TROUGH INTO THE PLAINS WHICH WOULD SLING A FRONT AT US FROM THE NORTHWEST. NOT THAT THE FRONT WOULD NECESSARILY MAKE IT THROUGH...ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR...BUT THE PROBLEM WE SEE IS RIDGE ERODING IN RESPONSE TO THE TROUGH ABOVE WHICH WOULD DESTABILIZE IT A BIT. CERTAINLY THE SEABREEZE WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO FORCE CONVECTION AND AT THIS POINT 30 TO 40 LOOKS LIKE A GOOD FIGURE ESPECIALLY ON THE BEACHFRONT. ENSEMBLES FOR COASTAL ZONES HAVE THE DIURNAL AND TIGHTLY BOUND ZIGZAG PATTERN. FURTHER INLAND THEY DO SHOW SLIGHTLY MORE DRY BIAS TOWARD 30 PERCENT BUT WITH THE TROUGH OUT THERE AM GOING TO HAZARD A PREDICTION THAT THE MODEL WILL MOISTEN. && .MARINE...RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE MID ATLANTIC INTO THE SOUTHEAST WITH MID LEVEL RIDGE FORECAST TO BUILD OVER THE GULF IN THE NEAR TERM. SURFACE PRESSURES WOULD RISE WITH WIND VEERING TO SOUTHWEST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. EXPECTING 10 KNOTS OR LESS...SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS. SCATTERED DAYTIME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...DROPPING OFF TO NOCTURNAL ISOLATED. .PRELIMINARY TEMPS / POPS... MOBILE 73 90 74 90 / 30 40 20 40 PENSACOLA 75 89 76 89 / 30 40 20 40 DESTIN 76 88 76 88 / 30 40 20 40 EVERGREEN 71 90 72 91 / 30 40 20 40 WAYNESBORO 71 92 72 92 / 30 40 20 40 CAMDEN 72 91 71 91 / 30 40 20 40 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. && 77
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 500 AM CDT MON AUG 23 2004 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-231630- BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-BUTLER-CHOCTAW-CLARKE-CONECUH- COVINGTON-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-GEORGE- GREENE-MOBILE COASTAL-MOBILE INLAND-MONROE-OKALOOSA COASTAL- OKALOOSA INLAND-PERRY-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-STONE- WASHINGTON-WAYNE-WILCOX- 500 AM CDT MON AUG 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY DURING AFTERNOON HEATING...THEN GRADUALLY DISSIPATE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A FEW STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF CONTAINING BRIEF STRONG WIND GUSTS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH...ALONG WITH LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN. LIGHTNING DANGER ALSO POSES A HAZARD. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN AND NEAR YOUR AREA. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS...NO OTHER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... OTHER THAN AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 255 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2004 ALZ061-MSZ076-079-232030- UPPER MOBILE-GEORGE-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAKESVILLE AND LUCEDALE... 255 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING DETECTED OVER GEORGE AND GREENE COUNTIES...MOVING TOWARD WESTERN MOBILE COUNTY... AT 254 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR LUCEDALE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WITH THIS STORM. FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY RAINS TOTALING NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE ALSO LIKELY. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...AGRICOLA...SHIPMAN...MOVELLA AND MOFFET THROUGH 345 PM CDT. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NOTED NEAR LEAKESVILLE...ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE ROUNSAVILLE...PISGAH...AND EARLVILLE AREAS THROUGH 345 PM. WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WITH THESE STORMS CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME CAN RESULT IN BRIEF FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED ROADWAYS...ALONG WITH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 335 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2004 ALZ061-063-232115- LOWER MOBILE-UPPER MOBILE- 335 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING DETECTED OVER WESTERN MOBILE COUNTY... AT 333 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF BIG CREEK LAKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NOTED NEAR THE MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT...MOVING NORTH AROUND 5 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT...BIG CREEK LAKE...TANNER WILLIAMS...SEMMES...SEVEN HILLS AND SNOW ROAD THROUGH 415 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THIS STORM 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), 4 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a cabinet shop in Tillmans Corner. The shop caught fire and burned down before fire fighters arrived. No one was injured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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