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 21, 2:13 AM CST, 10 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 313 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2004 .SHORT TERM...ONLY A FEW MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO FORECAST EXPECTED THIS MORNING. 00Z GUIDANCE HAS LOWERED POPS MOST LOCATIONS IN FORECAST AREA WITH THE HIGHER POPS FROM THE ETA AND OVER THE EASTERN 2/3RDS OF FORECAST AREA...GFS WAS LOWER AND RAN GENERALLY 30 TO 40 PERCENT ACROSS THE BOARD. YESTERDAYS PRECIP MAP SHOWED ALMOST ALL THE RAIN NEAR THE COAST WITH THE BEST COVERAGE OVER THE PANHANDLE INTO THE ADJACENT ALABAMA COUNTIES. LIKELY DUE TO A BIT MORE ACTIVE SEA BREEZE OFF THE FLORIDA COAST AND RIPPLES IN THE MID LEVEL FLOW ARRIVING AT THE RIGHT TIME OF DAY. RUC AND GFS SHOW ANOTHER H7 WAVE MOVING OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS THIS AFTERNOON...HENCE LEFT THE POPS LIKELY THERE AND LOWERED TO THE WEST...WHICH FITS IN WITH NEIGHBORS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL DEPEND ON CLOUDS AND RAIN BUT SHOULD MAKE IT TO AROUND 90 MOST PLACES. ANOTHER FRONT MAKES IT TO THE DEEP SOUTH BY WEDNESDAY BUT SHOULD PULL UP SHORT OF COAST BUT WILL BE THE CATALYST FOR KEEPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN FORECAST./11 && .EXTENDED...NO CHANGES...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... MAINLY IN THE DAYTIME THROUGH THE EXTENDED. /11 && .MARINE...VARIABLE WINDS CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE PICTURE THIS MORNING PER STALLED WEAK SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. AS TROUGH BACKS UP NORTH EARLY TODAY A WEAK SOUTHWEST FLOW WOULD RETURN. AS DIFFERENTIAL HEATING STARTS OVER LAND AND SEA...WIND WILL HAVE LESS OF A CHANCE TO RETURN SOUTHEAST AND/OR ROTATE CLOCKWISE WITH CORIOLIS THROUGH THE DAY UNDER THIS STEEPENING GRADIENT. EXPECT THIS TO PREVAIL THROUGH LATE IN THE WEEK AS MORE BRISK WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND INCREASES UNDER A HIGH DOMINATING THE EASTERN GULF./77 && .PRELIMINARY TEMPS / POPS... MOBILE 90 75 89 74 / 40 30 50 30 PENSACOLA 89 77 88 75 / 60 30 60 20 DESTIN 88 78 88 77 / 60 30 60 20 EVERGREEN 90 73 88 71 / 60 30 60 30 WAYNESBORO 87 70 88 69 / 30 30 40 30 CAMDEN 86 71 88 69 / 30 30 40 30 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. && 11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 630 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2004 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-211600- 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- 630 AM CDT MON JUN 21 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 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON...FORCED BY THE SEABREEZE. A FEW COULD PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY 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 118 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2004 FLZ003>006-211930- COASTAL OKALOOSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRESTVIEW... 118 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING DETECTED OVER SANTA ROSA COUNTY AND MOVING INTO OKALOOSA COUNTY... AT 118 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR HOLT TO 8 MILES WEST OF HOLLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...HOLT...BELFOREST...BAKER...GALLIVER...HOLLEY AND CRESTVIEW THROUGH 230 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 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 THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. THESE STORMS 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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Five military personnel were outside training when lightning hit near them. Two of the personnel were transported to the hospital and later released. Three of the five refused any treatment.
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