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NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 22, 2:15 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 315 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 .SYNOPSIS...FORECAST SHAPING UP TO BE A WET ONE IN THE SHORT TERM...WITH POP PLACEMENT BIGGEST HEADACHE. CURRENTLY...SERIES OF THREE UPPER LOWS STILL IN PLACE OVER THE NORTHERN CONUS AND CA...WITH MOST IMPORTANT ONE FOR THE FORECAST OVER CENTRAL CA. SERIES OF SHORTWAVES ARE CONNECTING...RESULTING IN MEAN TROUGH STRETCHING TO OVER BAJA CALIFORNIA. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE IS PASSING FROM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TO OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS AT THIS TIME...WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSRA COVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST. ANOTHER WEAK SHORTWAVE HAS EXITED THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...STAGE EAST AND WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN GA/NORTHERN FL. RIDGE STILL STRETCHING INTO MX ...HELPING TO DEFLECT SHORTWAVE ENERGY EAST-NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. SOUPY AIR IS IN ABUNDANCE OVER MOST OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND WESTERN SOUTHEAST CONUS. KLCH REPORTED A BIT DRIER AIR THIS MORN...BUT THIS WAS IN THE DOWNWARD MOTION AREA BETWEEN SHORTWAVES...SO TAKING WITH A GRAIN OF SALT. SURFACE BOUNDARY IS STRETCHING FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE BIG BEND REGION OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...WITH SOUTHERN PLAINS SEMI-STATIONARY THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. && .SHORT TERM...ETA/GFS/NGM ADVERTISING SERIES OF SHORTWAVES PASSING AROUND BASE OF CENTRAL CA SYSTEM...RESULTING IN A MEAN TROUGH STRETCHING INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY THE END OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY. MODELS ALSO ADVERTISING SEVERAL OF THESE SHORTWAVES PHASING INLAND OVER THE NORTHERN GULF COAST DUE TO IMPINGEMENT ON GULF RIDGE...RESULTING IN A GOOD AREA OF INSTABILITY LATER WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE SHORT TERM. STILL SEEING SOME CONVECTIVE BLOWUPS IN THE GFS...BUT DISCOUNTING. SYNOPTIC SURFACE RIDGE STRETCHES FROM THE THE CARIBBEAN INTO THE GULF THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. LIGHT BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW...LOOKS TO BE THE MAIN KEY TO WEATHER TIMING IN THE SHORT TERM. OVERNIGHT FLOW TRANSITIONS FROM ONSHORE TO OFFSHORE...SETTING UP A GOOD CONVERGENCE ZONE OFF THE MS/AL/NW FL COAST...WITH SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA FORMING AFTER MIDNIGHT AND STRETCHING INTO THE MORNING.AS GULF BREEZE SETS UP DURING THE DAY...OFFSHORE ACTIVITY TAPERS OFF OVER THE MORE STABLE AIR OVER THE WATER...AND FIRE UP INLAND. WITH BETTER THAN CLIMO MOISTURE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM AND ABUNDANT SHORTWAVE INSTABILITY...GOING BETTER THAN CLIMO POPS INLAND FOR THE SHORT TERM. WITH THE INCREASED CLOUD COVER FROM ALL THE ACTIVITY...AM TIGHTENING UP THE TEMP RANGE...WITH MET NUMBERS A GOOD START DURING THE DAY...A BLEND AT NIGHT. && .EXTENDED...MEAN CENTRAL US TROUGH SWINGS EASTWARD THROUGH THE EXTENDED...AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY KEEP PUSHING IT SLOWLY ALONG...WITH RIDGE THE RETARDING FACTOR. EXTENDED STARTS OUT WET...THEN TRANSITIONS TO MORE OF A CLIMO FORECAST AS IT PROGRESSES. && .MARINE...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY RIDGE WESTWARD ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP THE DEEP SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW INTACT THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK... ALLOWING FOR A CONTINUED FEED OF TROPICAL MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL APPROACH THE MARINE AREA BY THURSDAY BUT WILL STALL ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA...THEN QUICKLY WASH OUT. THE FRONT MAY ACT TO SLIGHTLY ENHANCE THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...BUT SHOULD HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON WINDS AND SEAS. THE TREND OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EARLY MORNING...TAPERING TO ISOLATED BY AFTERNOON OVER THE MARINE AREA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. 16/39 && .FIRE...NO PROBLEMS SEEN WITH A GENERAL LIGHT SOUTHWEST FLOW IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE THROUGH THE FORECAST. && .PRELIMINARY TEMPS / POPS... MOBILE 76 88 74 87 74 / 50 60 40 60 40 PENSACOLA 77 89 76 87 76 / 50 60 40 60 40 DESTIN 78 88 77 87 78 / 40 60 40 50 30 EVERGREEN 73 87 71 86 71 / 50 60 40 60 40 WAYNESBORO 70 85 67 85 69 / 60 60 50 70 50 CAMDEN 71 85 69 85 71 / 50 60 50 60 40 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. && 16/39/13 MILLER/DARBE/CULLEN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 530 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-221900- 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 JUN 22 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 AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND DEVELOPING SEABREEZE WILL ALLOW NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. A FEW COULD PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 345 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ALZ051-222130- CHOCTAW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER... 345 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING DETECTED OVER CHOCTAW COUNTY... AT 345 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF YANTLEY TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MELVIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... PUSHMATAHA...ROCK SPRINGS...RIDERWOOD...NEEDHAM...LISMAN AND HODGEWOOD THROUGH 430 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE SMALL HAIL...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 ALSO 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 446 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ALZ059-061>064-FLZ001-222245- UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-UPPER MOBILE-ESCAMBIA-INLAND ESCAMBIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAY MINETTE AND DOWNTOWN MOBILE... 446 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING DETECTED OVER MOBILE COUNTY... AT 443 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 3 MILES WEST OF MOUNT VERNON TO HOLLINGERS ISLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THROUGH 545 PM...THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL ADVANCE EASTWARD INTO BALDWIN COUNTY...AND EVENTUALLY MOVE TO EXTREME WESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY ALABAMA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... I10 NEAR THE BATTLESHIP...HURRICANE...I65 AND AL 225...CROSSROADS... VAUGHN...STOCKTON...WHITEHOUSE FORKS AND SPANISH FORT THROUGH 545 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE SMALL HAIL...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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 550 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ALZ062-064-FLZ001-002-222315- UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND ESCAMBIA- 550 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER EASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY... AT 546 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEMINOLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD INTO CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... BARRINEAU PARK...CANTONMENT...MOLINO AND COTTAGE HILL THROUGH 615 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL...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 THE STORM HAS PASSED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 605 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ALZ053>060-064-FLZ001>006-230000- LOWER BALDWIN-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-CONECUH-MONROE-BUTLER-CLARKE- CRENSHAW-WILCOX-COASTAL OKALOOSA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND OKALOOSA- INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDALUSIA...BREWTON...CAMDEN...EVERGREEN... LUVERNE...MONROEVILLE...CRESTVIEW...DESTIN...FORT WALTON BEACH... NAVARRE AND PENSACOLA... 605 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTH ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING... AT 604 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN WILCOX COUNTY ALABAMA...EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO WESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY FLORIDA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH 730 PM...AFFECTING WILCOX...MONROE...CONECUH...ESCAMBIA...BUTLER...CRENSHAW...AND COVINGTON COUNTIES IN ALABAMA. THE STORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. THE FREQUENT LIGHTNING ACTIVITY COULD PRODUCE OCCASIONAL POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE REGION. SMALL HAIL TO THE SIZE OF MARBLES...WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...AND HEAVY RAINS TOTALING NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE ALSO LIKELY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 639 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ALZ059-FLZ003-230015- ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BREWTON... 639 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY ALABAMA AND NORTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY FLORIDA... AT 636 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF POLLARD...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS EMBEDDED IN A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDS FROM CAMDEN ALABAMA SOUTH TO EVERGREEN...TO JUST NORTH OF MILTON FLORIDA. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... DIXONVILLE...EAST BREWTON...ROCK HILL...KIRKLAND...MCLELLAN AND ROBERTS THROUGH 715 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. WINDS OF 50 MPH CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM COULD RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY ALABAMA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTY FLORIDA. THIS STORM 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 715 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 FLZ002-004-006-230100- COASTAL OKALOOSA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT WALTON BEACH...NAVARRE AND PENSACOLA... 715 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PENSACOLA IS MOVING EAST ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... AT 715 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR PENSACOLA BEACH...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... WOODLAWN BEACH...NAVARRE BEACH...HOLLEY...NAVARRE AND WYNNEHAVEN BEACH THROUGH 800 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE DANGEROUS FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. PERSONS IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES BETWEEN PENSACOLA BEACH AND FORT WALTON BEACH SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE APPROACH OF THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THIS STORM 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 Mobile radar (KMOB), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:12 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home near Warrington. The strike started a fire and the home burned down before firefighters could put out the blaze. No one was injured.
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