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 Jul 13, 2:26 AM CST, 8 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 326 AM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004 .SHORT TERM...AM LOOKING FOR BETTER COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THAN YESTERDAY. A COUPLE OF THINGS GOING FOR US TODAY...WEAK SURFACE AND 500 MILLIBAR TROUGHS EDGING SOUTH ACROSS THE NORTHEAST COUNTIES AND A LIGHT NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND TO KEEP THE SEA BREEZE CONTAINED NEAR THE COAST...WILL HAVE THE HIGHER POPS NEAR COAST AND OVER EASTERN ZONES TODAY WHERE PWS ARE AROUND 2 INCHES. BY WEDNESDAY IT LOOKS LIKE THE PERSISTENT NORTHWEST UPPER FLOW FINALLY HAS AN EFFECT ON THE DEEP LAYER MOISTURE WITH FORECAST PWS DOWN TO AROUND AN INCH AND A HALF...BOUNDARY LAYER REMAINS MOIST WITH DEW POINTS MID TO UPPER 70S. HEAT INDICES AROUND 110 EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY...WILL BE PUSHING GUIDELINES FOR ADVISORY...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST WHERE LOWS MAY NOT DROP BELOW 80. THURSDAY POPS MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED WITH SURFACE FRONT DROPPING SOUTH ACROSS ALABAMA...BUT WILL LET DAY SHIFT TACKLE THAT ONE. && .EXTENDED...LOT DEPENDS OF FRONT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO STOP AT THE COAST FRIDAY. FRONT IN AREA SHOULD MEAN GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR AND SOUTH WITH LOWER OR NO POPS TO THE NORTH. ALL HINGES ON STRENGTH OF FRONT AND DEPTH OF MOISTURE. NOT SURE HOW GOOD MODELS ARE IN FORECASTING THESE THINGS...SINCE A FRONT IN JULY OVER SOUTH ALABAMA IS ABOUT AS RARE AS SNOW IN JANUARY. ANYWAY NOT ANY CHANGES TO EXTENDED JUST YET. && .MARINE...A GENERAL WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND...WHEN ITS NOT LIGHT AND VARIABLE. WINDS OVER THE WEEKEND WILL DEPEND ON FRONTAL POSITION. SEAS TO REMAIN DOCILE...EXCEPT NEAR THE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. && .PRELIMINARY TEMPS / POPS... MOBILE 93 76 96 77 / 60 40 30 20 PENSACOLA 93 76 95 79 / 60 40 30 20 DESTIN 92 79 93 81 / 60 40 30 20 EVERGREEN 94 74 96 75 / 60 30 20 20 WAYNESBORO 95 73 97 74 / 40 20 20 20 CAMDEN 95 74 97 74 / 40 20 20 20 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. && 11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 530 AM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-131730- 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- 530 AM CDT TUE JUL 13 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 WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL INTERACT WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED SOME STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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 Fort Walton Beach. A fire was started by the strike but was quickly extinguished.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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