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 Aug 20, 1:53 PM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 253 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT AND SUNDAY)...DEEPLY REFLECTED ANTICYCLONE OVER REGION WILL REMAIN NEXT TWO PERIODS. FORECAST IS ONE OF PERSISTENCE...THUS LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED. A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR 6 EXPECTED HOURS OF HEAT INDICES >107F. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 75F FAR INLAND TO THE LOWER 80S ALONG THE COAST (WHICH FITS WELL WITH OBSERVED THIS AM). WENT VERY CLOSE TO MAV GUIDANCE ON TEMPS. FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS...WE FEEL POPS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON HAD TO BE TRIMMED BACK CLOSER TO 40-50% RANGE. THIS ALSO AGREES WITH ETA AND NGM MOS. BASICALLY TODAYS TRENDS SHOULD BE REPEATED TOMORROW AND WE JUST ARE NOT SEEING THE 60 POP TYPE OF AFTERNOON TODAY. STILL FORECASTING A DIURNAL LAND-SEA REVERSAL IN BOTH SFC WIND FIELD AND WITH POPS. /23 MEDLIN && .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)...MONDAY MAY ALSO NEED A HEAT ADVISORY. BUT WILL EVALUATE LATER. VIGOROUS MID AND UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE FROM OH VLY SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO LOWER TN VLY ON TUESDAY. MODELS (GFS...ETA...UKMET AND ECMWF) ALL SHOW SIMILAR TREND OF FALLING SFC PRESSURES AHEAD OF AFOREMENTIONED FEATURE...BUT WITH POS TILT AND VERY LITTLE INFLUENCE (ALBEIT SLIGHTLY INCREASED RAIN CHANCES SUN->MON) ON CENTRAL GULF COAST WEATHER. NET RESULT OF TROUGHS APPROACH WILL BE TO LOWER ATMOS STABILITY SOMEWHAT AND BREAK DOWN PREVIOUSLY CAPPED AREAS ASSOC/W CURRENT DEEPLY REFLECTED ANTICYCLONE. ETA SHOWS THAT CURRENT ANTICYCLONE REALLY HOLDS ITS OWN AND SRN TROUGH PASSES WELL TO N WITH NO INFLUENCE ON OUR REGION. THERE MAY BE SOME WEAK BOUNDARY LAYER DRYING S OF A LINE FROM PIB-MGM...BUT LIKELY ONLY FROM DRY AIR ALOFT MIXING DOWNWARD...AND NOT SO MUCH DRY AIR ADVECTION IN WAKE OF ANY REMNANT WEAKENING BOUNDARY THAT MOVE AS FAR S AS EVERGREEN, AL TUE NGT->WED TIME FRAME. (THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)....TROUGH WILL BE LONG GONE TO OUR NORTHEAST AND ANOTHER DEEPLY REFLECTED ANTICYCLONE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD OVER REGION. SHOULD RETURN TO ISOLD TSTM SCENARIO...AND THIS IS REFLECTED IN MEX GUIDANCE. THE 20.00Z GFS HINTS THAT THE RIDGE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. AT THE SAME TIME...A SURFACE LOW MOVES FROM THE FL PENINSULA TO THE EASTERN GLFMEX DURING THE PERIOD. REGION REMAINS IN SUBSIDENT AIRMASS MAJORITY OF THIS PERIOD. /23 MEDLIN && .MARINE...HIGH PRESSURE CURRENTLY OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL RESULT IN A WEAK AND VARIABLE WIND FLOW OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH WEEKEND...WITH AN OFFSHORE COMPONENT DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND AN ONSHORE COMPONENT...ESPECIALLY NEAR SHORE...IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A MORE DOMINANT...BUT STILL RELATIVELY LIGHT... OFFSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE MONDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK AS A WEAK TROUGH MOVES INTO THE MARINE AREA. EXPECT LITTLE CHANGE IN SEAS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. 12/SHEPHERD && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE THE CRITICAL 35% THRESHOLDS EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. /23 MEDLIN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 77 94 77 93 / 30 40 30 50 PENSACOLA 78 93 78 93 / 30 50 30 50 DESTIN 80 93 80 91 / 30 50 30 50 EVERGREEN 73 94 73 94 / 50 50 30 50 WAYNESBORO 75 96 75 94 / 50 50 30 50 CAMDEN 74 96 74 94 / 40 50 20 50 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM UNTIL 5 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR ALZ051>ALZ062. FL...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM UNTIL 5 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR FLZ001-003-005. MS...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM UNTIL 5 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR MSZ067-075-076-078-079. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1020 AM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-211200- 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- 1020 AM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005 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...MAINLY AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. WHILE MOST WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...A STORM OR TWO MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH...ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...THOUGH. OTHERWISE...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HEAT INDICES WILL BE THE PRIMARY WEATHER HAZARD TODAY. MAX TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE MIDDLE 90S IN MOST LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW INTERIOR LOCATIONS MAY SEE THE UPPER 90S TODAY...WHILE IMMEDIATE COASTAL LOCATIONS WILL LIKELY SEE TEMPERATURES ONLY IN THE LOWER 90S THIS AFTERNOON. THESE TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL RESULT IN AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... CONTINUED DANGEROUSLY HIGH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 403 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005 ALZ061-063-202200- LOWER MOBILE-UPPER MOBILE- 403 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER MOBILE COUNTY... AT 400 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER MAGNOLIA GROVE GOLF COURSE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... FOREST HILL...UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA...LANGAN PARK...SPRING HILL COLLEGE...I65 AND AIRPORT BLVD AND AIRPORT AND GOVERNMENT THROUGH 500 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 405 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005 MSZ075-202200- PERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW AUGUSTA... 405 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER PERRY COUNTY... AT 402 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUNNELSTOWN...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... HINTONVILLE...KITTRELL...MAHNED AND BELLEVILLE THROUGH 500 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 428 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005 MSZ079-202200- GEORGE- 428 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER GEORGE COUNTY... AT 425 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BASIN...MOVING WEST SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... CENTRAL GEORGE COUNTY THROUGH 500 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 432 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005 ALZ061-063-202200- LOWER MOBILE-UPPER MOBILE- 432 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER MOBILE COUNTY... AT 429 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF DAWES...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... DAWES...THEODORE...I10 AND POINTS SOUTH DURING THE NEXT HOUR. 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.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 4 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:43 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a building in Theodore. The building caught on fire and was heavily damaged.
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