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 6, 7:30 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 830 AM CDT SUN JUN 06 2004 .SHORT TERM...WILL MAKE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO COVERAGE WORDING WITH REGARD TO THUNDERSTORMS TODAY MAINLY OVER WESTERN SECTIONS...TO REFLECT WHAT WE SEE ON RADAR. UPPER ENERGY FROM THE NORTHWEST GULF INTO LOUISIANA IS APPROACHING THE FORECAST AREA. RADAR SHOWS AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ADVANCING NORTHEAST OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI UP INTO SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND COASTAL SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE (PRECIPITABLE WATERS NEAR 1.8 INCHES)...RAINFALL EFFICIENCY WILL BE HIGH IN SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. && 10
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 Mobile radar (KMOB), 4 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:01 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A thirty-six year old male was struck by lightning while boating on Mobile Bay. The man was trying to get to shore when lightning struck the boat. The man was injured and his boat was disabled and had to be towed ashore. He was treated and released at a local hospital.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, June 2004
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