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 10, 4:30 AM CST, 9 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 530 AM CDT TUE AUG 10 2004 .SHORT TERM...RUNNING A LITTLE LATE THIS MORNING DUE TO WEATHER AND SOME MINOR COMPUTER GLITCHES...SO HERE GOES. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A WEAK LOW...JUST NORTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN... WITH WARM FRONT ESTENDING WEST ACROSS OUR FCST AREA AND INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA. RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY...WITH MOST ACTIVITY CURRENTLY OCCURING OVER COASTAL COUNTIES. EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH RAINS DEVELOPING OVER INLAND AREAS LATER IN THE DAY. MAINTAINED TREND OF LIKELY DAYTIME POP...CHANCE POPS AT NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. AS FAR AS TROPICAL STORM BONNIE IS CONCERNED...STILL SEE A SMALL COLD CLOUD TOP AND A SLOW MOVEMENT AT THIS TIME. THIS SYSTEM IS OVER WARM SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES WHICH ARE IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF AND EMBEDDED IN A LOW SHEAR ENVIRONMENT... THUS...A AN INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER INDICATE THAT BONNIE WILL BECOME A MINIMAL HURRICANE AS IT APPROACHES THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BETWEEN DESTIN AND APALACHICOLA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE PRIMARY AFFECTS OF BONNIE WILL BE TO THE EAST OF OUR AREA...WITH ONLY THE OFFSHORE MARINE ZONES FELLING ANY REAL INFLUENCES. STAY TUNED... && .EXTENDED...DID NOT MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS THIS MORNING DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS. FRIDAY/SATURDAY TIME PERIOD LOOK TO BE RELATIVELY UNCHANGED FROM PERIOUS FCST...BUT WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE OUT...HOWEVER...FOR NEWLY FORMED TROPCIAL STORM CHARLEY WITH POSSIBLE INFLUENCE ON FCST TOWARD THE END OF THE PERIOD. NHC PROGGS HAVE CHARLEY MOVING NORTH THROUGH THE EASTERN GULF AS A HURRICANE LATE SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY. AGAIN...STAY TUNED. && .MARINE...AT 400 AM...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.12 WEST OR ABOUT 390 MILES SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. BONNIE WAS MOVING WEST NORTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO. NEWLY FORMED TROPICAL STORM CHARLIE WAS ALSO LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN MOVING WEST NORTHWEST AT 24 MPH. REFER TO THE LATEST ADVISORIES FROM THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER ON TROPICAL STORM BONNIE AND TROPICAL STORM CHARLIE. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AS A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI DRIFTS NORTHEAST AND WEAKENS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE MARINE AREA AND INTERACTS WITH TROPICAL STORMS BONNIE OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF. && .FIRE...NO CONCERNS NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH PLENTY OF RAINFALL AROUND. && .PRELIMINARY TEMPS / POPS... MOBILE 87 74 90 73 / 70 40 60 40 PENSACOLA 86 75 90 74 / 70 40 60 40 DESTIN 85 76 91 75 / 70 40 60 40 EVERGREEN 86 71 88 70 / 70 40 60 40 WAYNESBORO 88 68 91 68 / 60 20 40 40 CAMDEN 86 69 89 69 / 70 30 50 40 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. && 12/SHEPHERD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 600 AM CDT TUE AUG 10 2004 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-101800- 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- 600 AM CDT TUE AUG 10 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 CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION TODAY. DUE TO DEEP MOISTURE IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...ESPECIALLY OVER COASTAL SECTIONS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA AS TROPICAL STORM BONNIE APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTH CENTRAL GULF. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST ADVISORIES FROM THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER ON THE CHANGING CONDITIONS OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO THROUGHOUT THE 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 the roof at the unoccupied Dorcas volunteer fire station. The strike started a fire and the building was consumed in flames before anyone noticed the fire. The station burned to the ground, and several pieces of equipment also burned up.
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