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 6, 12:00 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 100 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 2004 ...SHORT TERM...UPPER SHEAR AXIS HAS ALIGNED ITSELF ALONG THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON...WITH STALLED SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED EAST/ WEST OVER THE DEEP SOUTH. WITH MOIST AND HUMID AIRMASS DESTABILIZING...CAPES HAVE INCREASED TO WELL OVER 2300 J/KG OVER THE EASTERN ZONES. NET RESULT FROM ALL OF THIS IS EXPANDING COVERAGE OF CONVECTION OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. DUE TO THESE TRENDS...HAVE INCREASED COVERAGES OVER THESE AREAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE ALSO TWEAKED AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES GIVEN CLOUDS AND RAIN. /10 ........................PREVIOUS................................ .SYNOPSIS...SERIES OF WEAK SHORTWAVES MOVING IN BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER EASTERN CONUS. MORNING RUC MODEL RUN RESOLVED A 700 MB CUTOFF LOW OVER THE MOBILE METRO AREA. KMOB RADAR DETECTING CONVECTION AND CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW LIFTING NORTHEAST...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF LINE FROM WILCOX COUNTY TO BUOY 42007. KLIX 12Z RAOB REVEALS ABUNDANT DEEP LAYER MOISTURE ACCOMPANIES THE LOW WITH A PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUE 135 PERCENT OF NORMAL. AT THE SURFACE...A WARM FRONT IS LIFTING NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES FRONT FROM NEAR COLUMBUS GEORGIA...TO JUST SOUTH OF MONTGOMERY ALABAMA...THEN NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. VISIBLE SAT IMAGERY SHOWING CUMULUS FIELD HAD DEVELOPED IN WARM MOIST SECTOR... WITH NORTHERN BOUNDARY MARKING THE POSITION OF THE FRONT. && .SHORT TERM...CONVECTION COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND EAST AND NORTH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON WITH ADVANCING SYSTEM. WILL HIGHLIGHT LIKELY CHANCES OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SOUTHWEST. DRIER MID LEVEL AIR WILL ADVECT OVER THE FORECAST AREA LATE MONDAY AS THE SOUTHWEST FLOW TRANSITIONS TO A NORTHWEST FLOW BEHIND THE SLOW DEPARTING UPPER LOW. ANTICIPATE ISOLATED PRECIP COVERAGE OVER MOST OF THE CWA MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY WITH DRIER AIR AND LACK OF SYNOPTIC FORCING. THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH MID WEEK WITH BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT PROVIDING A MAINLY DRY FORECAST ACROSS THE REGION. PREFER THE DRIER ETA MOS OUTPUT WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED COVERAGE VERSUS THE LIKELY GFS MOS OUTPUT...MAINLY DO TO THE HIGHER ETA VERTICAL MOISTURE RESOLUTION AND UPSTREAM DRYING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS NOTED ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING WILL ALSO BE LACKING. && .EXTENDED...PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE LATE IN THE WEEK AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVES EJECT EASTWARD FROM IMPRESSIVE WEST CONUS LONGWAVE TROUGH. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL TRANSITION TO A ZONAL FLOW PER BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF ON SATURDAY. DEEP MOISTURE WILL ALSO RETURN TO THE REGION AS MID LEVEL MOISTURE PLUME OVER THE WESTERN GULF ADVECTS NORTHEAST OVER THE FORECAST...WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES APPROACHING NEAR TWO INCHES. && .MARINE...A LIGHT ONSHORE FL0W AND SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS SHOULD BE MAINTAINED THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS WEST FROM THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. SCATTERED PRECIPITATION COVERAGE TODAY WILL DECREASE TO ISOLATED OR NIL AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF. && .PRELIMINARY TEMPS / POPS... MOBILE 71 87 70 88 / 40 50 20 40 PENSACOLA 73 84 72 87 / 40 60 30 40 DESTIN 74 83 74 86 / 50 60 30 40 EVERGREEN 68 85 68 88 / 60 70 30 40 WAYNESBORO 69 88 68 89 / 50 50 20 40 CAMDEN 68 85 68 88 / 60 70 40 30 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. && 22
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 500 AM CDT SUN JUN 6 2004 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-061700- BUTLER AL-CHOCTAW AL-CLARKE AL-COASTAL ESCAMBIA FL- COASTAL OKALOOSA FL-COASTAL SANTA ROSA FL-CONECUH AL-COVINGTON AL- CRENSHAW AL-ESCAMBIA AL-GEORGE MS-GREENE MS-INLAND ESCAMBIA FL- INLAND OKALOOSA FL-INLAND SANTA ROSA FL-LOWER BALDWIN AL- LOWER MOBILE AL-MONROE AL-PERRY MS-STONE MS-UPPER BALDWIN AL- UPPER MOBILE AL-WASHINGTON AL-WAYNE MS-WILCOX AL- 500 AM CDT SUN JUN 6 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 OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND MUCH OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA LATER TODAY. DUE TO SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE COMBINED WITH MODERATE TO STRONG FORCING ALOFT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE. GUSTY WINDS FROM 30 TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. AT THIS TIME GUSTY WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home near Andalusia. The lightning started a small fire in the home which was quickly extinguished.
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