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 21, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 300 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2004 .SYNOPSIS...SAME OLE STORY DIFFERENT DAY...WITH POP COVERAGE BIGGEST HEADACHE THIS FORECAST PERIOD. CURRENTLY...WE HAVE A SERIES OF CLOSE LOWS ROUGH AT THE SAME LATITUDE AS THE US/CA BORDER...WITH A SHORTWAVE MEANDERING AROUND OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST/WESTERN MX. HIGH PRESSURE STRETCHED NORTHWARD INLAND FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COASTLINE...WITH A HIGH PRESSURE STRETCHING FROM THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC INTO EASTERN MX. IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE TROPOSPHERE...A WEAK TROUGH/CONVERGENCE ZONE WHICH WAS PRESENT THIS MORNING IS STILL EVIDENT AT NOONTIME...WITH NUMEROUS TSRA STILL COVERING GULF WATERS JUST OUTSIDE OUR MARINE AREAS. PRECIP H20 LEVELS HAVE COME DOWN FROM PREVIOUS DAYS...ESPECIALLY OVER INLAND LA/MS...THOUGH ONLY TO AROUND 1.6 - 1.7. KVPS REPORTING AROUND 1.7 ON THE 12Z AND 18Z SOUNDINGS...SO THIS SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR IS PEEKING INTO THE FL PANHANDLE. && .SHORT TERM...ETA/NGM/GFS ADVERTISING A SERIES OF SHORTWAVE SWINGING AROUND THE BASE OF MID CA UPPER LOW...DIGGING A MEAN TROUGH STRETCHING INTO MX. ETA/GFS ADVERTISING SOME OF THESE SHORTWAVES ORGANIZING A WEAK LINE OF INSTABILITY OVER THE NORTHERN GULF COAST STATES WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. GFS ADVERTISING THESE SHORTWAVES BRINGING A WEAK FRONT TO THE NATCHEZ TRACE BY WEDNESDAY DAYTIME. ETA MORE RELAXED WITH MOVEMENT OF SURFACE BOUNDARY...BRINGING IT TO THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA BY ABOUT THE SAME TIME BEFORE STALLING. GFS AGGRESSIVENESS SEEMS TO BE MAINLY DUE TO CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK ORIGINATING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...SO AM TENDING TO PLACE LESS EMPHASIS ON GFS SOLUTION. ETA/GFS QPF PLACEMENT IN BASIC AGREEMENT...THOUGH. AS FOR THE BOUNDARY MAKING IT INTO THE FA...AM TAKING A WAIT AND SEE ATTITUDE AT THIS TIME. && .EXTENDED...EXTENDED STARTS OUT WITH AN OMEGA BLOCK OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CONUS...WITH RIDGE RUNNING OVER THE WESTERN CONUS...AND PERSISTENT WEAK TROUGH STRETCHING FROM HUDSON BAY INTO MX...WITH UPPER RIDGE STRETCHING FROM THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC INTO THE EASTERN GULF. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS VARY WITH RESPECT TO RIDGE AND ITS DEFLECTION OF ANY SHORTWAVE ENERGY AROUND THE FA. ECMWF/NOGAPS STRONGEST WITH EASTERN UPPER RIDGE...UKMO/GFS/CANADIAN AGREEING THAT SHORTWAVE PASSING OVER THE AREA THIS WEEKEND DIMPLES RIDGE ENOUGH FOR BETTER CHANCE FOR PRECIP. WITH ALL THE UNCERTAINTY AT THIS POINT...GOING WITH A STATUS QUO FORECAST FOR THE EXTENDED INTO THE COMING WEEK. && .MARINE...A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH ALONG THE COAST WILL GET ABSORBED NORTHWARD AS HIGH PRESSURE REBUILDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF. AS A RESULT...A LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED BY THIS EVENING...AND PREVAIL THROUGH LATE WEEK. /39 && .FIRE...LITTLE PROBLEM SEEN. VERY LIGHT BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW WILL TRANSITION TO LIGHT...GENERALLY SOUTHWESTERLY INTO MID WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY TEMPS / POPS... MOBILE 73 88 75 87 72 / 30 60 40 50 40 PENSACOLA 74 88 76 87 74 / 30 60 40 50 40 DESTIN 75 87 77 86 75 / 30 60 40 50 40 EVERGREEN 71 89 71 87 70 / 30 70 50 70 40 WAYNESBORO 70 90 68 86 67 / 20 60 50 70 40 CAMDEN 69 90 70 85 68 / 20 70 50 70 40 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. && 16/39 MILLER/DARBE
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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 315 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2004 ALZ061-063-212045- LOWER MOBILE-UPPER MOBILE- 315 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2004 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER MOBILE COUNTY... AT 312 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTH OF DEES...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... SEVEN HILLS...HUTCHENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL...DAWES...ST ELMO...I10 AND MCDONALD ROAD AND MOBILE AIRPORT THROUGH 345 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 320 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2004 MSZ078-212100- STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WIGGINS... 320 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING DETECTED OVER STONE COUNTY... AT 320 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF WIGGINS TO NEAR MCHENRY...AND MOVING EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...WHITES CROSSING...BEATRICE AND RAMSEY SPRINGS THROUGH 400 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY. 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 Mobile radar (KMOB), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:58 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home near Lucedale. The strike caused a fire in the home which was quickly extinguished.
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