Lightning struck a home in Mobile county.
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Lightning struck a home in Mobile county.
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 15, 3:42 AM CST, 9 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 442 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 .SHORT TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...A DISSIPATING WEAK SFC TROUGH CONTINUES ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES WHILE A SFC HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE REMAINS TO THE SOUTH ALONG THE GULF COAST AND OUT OVER THE WATERS OF THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. 07Z SFC MAP INDICATES A STRONGER FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES TO THE NORTHERN MISSOURI. IN THE MID/UPPER LEVELS...MODELS INDICATING SHARPENING TROUGH ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH SEVERAL IMPULSES ROTATING AROUND THIS FEATURE ACROSS OUR AREA. AS A RESULT...RAIN CHANCES WILL BE BETTER TODAY AND TONIGHT THAN THOSE OF THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. ALREADY HAVE GOOD COVERAGE OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS OVER MISSISSIPPI ZONES MOVING EAST INTO ALABAMA...AND WITH DAYTIME HEATING EXPECT COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF CONVECTION TO INCREASE BY MID/LATE MORNING. THIS MORNINGS INITIAL WET MICROBURST CALCULATIONS INDICATE A MODERATE RISK FOR DOWNBURSTS WITH STORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY. STRONGER CONVECTION WILL BE SOMEWHAT DIURNAL IN NATURE THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS...BUT WITH STRONGER UPPER DYNAMICS THAN NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR...EXPECT A BETTER COVERAGE OF LINGERING SHOWERS(STORMS) TO PERSIST TONIGHT. GENERALLY LOOKING FOR LIKELY POPS BOTH TODAY AND TONIGHT. AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES GO...MAX TEMPS COOLER THAN NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR AS A RESULT OF CLOUD COVER AND PCPN... PRIMARILY IN THE LOW TO MID 80S. MIN TEMPS NEAR NORMAL. /12 SHORT TERM (MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)...SERIES OF VORTLOBES CONTINUE TO TRANSIT CWA AT 500 MB EMBEDDED IN WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER CWA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. DOESNT APPEAR THIS WILL LET UP OVERNIGHT EITHER. THE UPPER TROUGH APPEARS TO HAVE STALLED...INDICATING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH POSSIBLY TUESDAY. CONVECTION WILL SLOW DOWN A BIT OVERNIGHT OVER LAND REBOUNDING THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE CONTINUED DOMINANCE OF THE SURFACE PICTURE BY A RIDGE EXTENDING EAST HAS NOW CHANGED SOMEWHAT. UPPER TROUGH/DEFORMATION FIELD WILL NOW STALL JUST WEST OF HERE AND WILL CAUSE THE WEATHERMAKERS TO BE DRIVEN BY TRANSITING VORTLOBES. THE SEABREEZE PROCESSES WILL NOT TAKE OVER UNTIL LATER IN THE WEEK. PRECIPITABLE WATER 2 INCHES TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE WILL PERSIST INTO LATER THIS WEEK. THE HEAVY RAINER THREAT AXIS CONTINUES CLOSE TO THE BEACH PER HPC FORECAST...AND THE GFS AND NAM HAVE FOLLOWED SUIT NOW THAT THE SPREADING 850 TO 300 MB THICKNESS LINES SHIFTING SOUTH AND 850 THETA-E RIDGE CONTINUES CONVECTIVE TRAINING COULD ALLOW ACCUMULATION OF HEAVY RAINFALL. HYDROLOGICAL PICTURE UNCHANGED OVER LAST 24 HR. FLOOD PROBLEMS...IF ANY...WOULD OCCUR AS URBAN AND SMALL STREAM EVENTS. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO GUIDANCE REQUIRED. /77 && .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) HIGH WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA ND MIDWEEK WITH SOMEWHAT LOWER CHANCES OF RAIN. WHAT WAS YESTERDAY A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY IS NOW A FLATTENING OF THE RIDGE BUT WILL STILL BRING BACK THE SEABREEZE PATTERN WITH AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION WITH TEMPERATURES BACK NEAR SUMMERTIME NORMAL. POPS WHICH WERE WAY TOO HIGH YESTERDAY IN EXTENDED HAVE NOW BACKED OFF TO CHANCE...MORE LIKE CLIMO. LITTLE ADJUSTMENTS TO MEX GUIDANCE. STAYED CLOSE TO GFS NUMBERS ON HIGH AND LOW TEMPS IN EXTENDED. /77 && .MARINE...SAME GENERAL FCST SCENARIO AS LAST NIGHT. THE SURFACE RIDGE CURRENTLY OVER THE EASTERN GULF WILL GRADUALLY LIFT NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES BY THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK AND CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. WITH THIS...EXPECT A GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FOR MOST OF THE FCST PERIOD...WITH WINDS BECOMING MORE SOUTHERLY BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...THEN MORE VARIABLE BY WEEKS END AS HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BECOMES MORE CENTERED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. WIDESPREAD CONVECTION OVER THE MARINE AREA WILL BECOME MORE WIDELY SCATTERED TOWARD THE END OF THE FCST PERIOD AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS. LITTLE CHANGE IN SEAS EXPECTED...GENERALLY NO MORE THAN 2 TO 3 FEET THROUGH MOST OF THE FCST PERIOD. /12 && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS DUE TO PRECIPITATION DURING THE WEEKEND. /77 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 84 72 85 72 / 80 70 70 40 PENSACOLA 83 73 84 74 / 80 60 70 40 DESTIN 84 74 88 76 / 60 50 60 40 EVERGREEN 82 69 85 69 / 60 70 70 40 WAYNESBORO 82 69 83 69 / 80 70 80 30 CAMDEN 81 69 84 70 / 60 70 80 40 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 555 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-161200- CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-MOBILE BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 555 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND THE COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA TO DESTIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... INCREASING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND MAY ALSO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL EVENTS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...BUT MOST OF THE STORMS...WHILE OCCASIONALLY STRONG...SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY AS A RESULT OF A LARGE TIDAL CYCLE AND AN ONSHORE WIND FLOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN THE SURF ZONE ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK...BECOMING LESS NUMEROUS TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT LIKELY TO BE REQUIRED THROUGH SATURDAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1152 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 ALZ061-063-151730- LOWER MOBILE-UPPER MOBILE- 1152 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER MOBILE COUNTY... AT 1150 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND BAY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... DEES...SAINT ELMO...I10 AND MCDONALD ROAD...HUTCHENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL...DAWES...SCHILLINGER AND THREE NOTCH AND MOBILE GREYHOUND PARK THROUGH 1230 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. 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), 15 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:58 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home in west Mobile. The strike hit the roof and started a small fire. Most of the damage was confined to an air conditioner and to some copper wiring. No one was injured in the strike.
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