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 Jul 29, 10:30 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1130 AM CDT FRI JUL 29 2005 .SHORT TERM...DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION IS TAKING A LITTLE LONGER THAN EXPECTED THIS MORNING...SO WE UPDATED THE PUBLIC AND AVIATION FORECASTS BACKING INITIATION OF THE STORMS INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WE NOW SEE DEVELOPMENT ALONG WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE WEAK 850 MB FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MS. WE ARE STILL THINKING LIKELY POPS LOOK GOOD FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS GIVEN DEEPLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH FORECASTED MLCAPES AROUND 2000 J/KG. OBSERVED AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON...SO WE DO SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONGER STORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND 45 MPH WIND GUSTS...BUT NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER. && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. && /05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 545 AM CDT FRI JUL 29 2005 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-291900- 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- 545 AM CDT FRI JUL 29 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... A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN MOSTLY STATIONARY OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. DUE TO INCREASED MOISTURE CONVERGENCE NEAR THE FRONT A BETTERED CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN RESULTING IN SOME MINOR OR NUISANCE FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. OTHERWISE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN MOSTLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. AS A RESULT SCATTERED TO OCCASIONALLY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR STORM SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NECESSARY.
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:00 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home near Milton and started a fire. Most of the home was destroyed before the fire could be put out.
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