A lightning strike from a thunderstorm caused damage to communications equipment in Clarke County.
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A lightning strike from a thunderstorm caused damage to communications equipment in Clarke 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 30, 3:55 AM CST, 9 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 455 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2007 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)...WEAK COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA THIS MORNING WILL BE THE FOCUS AGAIN FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STORMS TO THE NORTH. A SHORTWAVE SEEN IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND IN THE GFS/GEM MODEL FORECASTS WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST INTO THE CAROLINAS TODAY...GIVING THE WEAK FRONT TO THE NORTH A SLIGHT NUDGE SOUTH INTO OUR NORTHERN FORECAST ZONES LATE THIS EVENING. THE MEAN LAYER FLOW FROM 800-650 MB WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST TODAY...SO STORMS THAT FIRE ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY TO THE NORTH WILL WORK DOWN TO THE SOUTHEAST TOWARD OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO...OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM CONVECTION TO THE NORTH AND LEFTOVER BOUNDARIES TO THE EAST WILL LIKELY AID IN THE INITIATION AND SUSTAINED GENERATION OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WORKING DOWN INTO OUR INLAND ZONES TODAY. WE KEEP THE LIKELY CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GOING IN THE FORECAST TODAY. FORECAST MODEL SOUNDINGS FROM THE GFS...NAM AND RUC ALL INDICATE A VERY MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER WITH A WEAK REMNANT MIDLEVEL CAP QUICKLY BEING OVERCOME. 19Z FORECAST MLCAPES ARE IN THE 1400-1800 J/KG RANGE...AND SBCAPES BETWEEN 2500-3100 J/KG. SFC TO FREEZING LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE EXPECTED TO BE RATHER WEAK IN THE 6-6.25 C/KM RANGE...SUGGESTING WEAK TO MODERATE UPDRAFT STRENGTH TODAY WHICH WILL BE THE PRIMARY LIMITING FACTOR FOR SEVERE STORMS. THE FREEZING LEVEL IS FAIRLY HIGH AT AROUND 16 KFT...AND CONSIDERING THAT WE DONT HAVE ANY EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT A FORECAST FOR SUSTAINED STRONG UPDRAFTS...WE WOULD THINK MELTING WOULD REMOVE ANY APPRECIABLE HAIL THREAT. THE 1000-900 MEAN MIXING RATIOS ARE FORECAST TO BE FAIRLY HIGH AGAIN...AT AROUND 16.15 G/KG. THIS ALL SUGGESTS A MODERATE RISK OF WET MICROBURSTS TODAY...WHICH TYPICALLY EQUATES TO A FEW STRONGER STORMS WITH WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. THE STORMS SHOULD DROP OFF IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF INSOLATION AND WEAKENING OF THE OVERALL INSTABILITY...ALTHOUGH WE DO LEAVE IN A CHANCE OF STORMS THROUGH THE EVENING GIVEN THE BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY HANG UP OVER OUR INLAND ZONES TONIGHT. /05 .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT MONDAY)...GOOD CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AREAWIDE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AND THEN OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER SLOW MOVING SHORTWAVE OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY GRADUALLY SLIDES SOUTHWARD AND HELPS PUSH THE WEAK FRONT SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA. A DRIER AIRMASS STARTS TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL CUT DOWN ON RAIN CHANCES IN THOSE AREAS. THE FRONT WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST...HOWEVER AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS FORECAST TO STALL OVER THE AREA WED AND THU. THE GFS REALLY DRIES THE AREA OUT ON THU AND FRI W/ POPS LESS THAN 20 PERCENT DUE TO IT PUSHING THE FRONT WELL SOUTH INTO THE GULF. THE GFS HAS BEEN TOO BULLISH ON FROPAS THIS SUMMER AND TEND TO BELIEVE THE FRONT WILL STALL CLOSER TO THE COAST. THE PROXIMITY OF THE BOUNDARY ALONG W/ THE LINGERING UPPER TROUGH WILL LEAD TO BETTER POPS THAN WHAT THE MOS IS ADVERTISING...MORE IN LINE W/ THE ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE. NET EFFECT WAS TO BLEND THE GFS AND ENSEMBLE MOS FOR POPS FOR MID WEEK. DEEP LAYER RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE FORECAST AREA FOR THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK LEADING TO WARMING TEMPS AND BELOW AVERAGE RAIN CHANCES. /13 && .MARINE...HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL GULF WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH WHILE A WEAKENING COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA MOVES SLOWLY SOUTH AND STALLS ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION LATE TUESDAY. THE STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN STALLED NEAR THE MARINE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED NEAR THE FRONT. THE STATIONARY FRONT WILL DISSIPATE BY LATE IN THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE REBUILDS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF. WE KEEP THE MODERATE RISK GOING FOR RIP CURRENTS IN THE SURF ZONE TODAY GIVEN SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 KTS ALONG THE AFTERNOON SEABREEZE AND AN OUTGOING TIDE IN THE 1.5 TO 2 FT DIFFERENCE RANGE. /05 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 90 75 91 73 / 60 30 60 50 PENSACOLA 90 76 90 75 / 50 40 70 50 DESTIN 89 78 90 77 / 50 40 70 40 EVERGREEN 90 73 91 72 / 60 30 60 30 WAYNESBORO 91 72 93 72 / 60 30 40 50 CAMDEN 90 74 93 73 / 70 30 40 20 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. && 05/GARMON 13/CULLEN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 500 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2007 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-302100- 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- 500 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND THE COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA TO DESTIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AS A WEAKENING COLD FRONT APPROACHES SLOWLY FROM THE NORTH. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AROUND 45 MPH IN ADDITION TO NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES. THE STORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS OVER THE INLAND AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS IN THE SURF ZONE ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY. PERSONS PLANNING A TRIP TO THE BEACH SHOULD AVOID SWIMMING IN AREAS NOT MONITORED BY TRAINED LIFE GUARDS. THEY SHOULD HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL AND THE LOCAL FLAG WARNING SYSTEMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 215 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2007 ALZ061-063-MSZ079-302015- LOWER MOBILE-UPPER MOBILE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOWNTOWN MOBILE... 215 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTH ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN GEORGE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI AND OVER MOBILE COUNTY ALABAMA... AT 210 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILMER...TO NEAR SEMMES...TO PRICHARD. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... DOWNTOWN MOBILE...WALLACE TUNNEL...PINTO ISLAND...MAGNOLIA GROVE GOLF COURSE...TANNER WILLIAMS...LADD STADIUM...UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA AND SPRING HILL COLLEGE THROUGH 315 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. A GUST FRONT MOVING SOUTH ACROSS MOBILE COUNTY WILL PRODUCE RAGGED LOW CLOUDS AND A SUDDEN INCREASE IN NORTHERLY WINDS OUT IN ADVANCE OF THE RAINS. 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), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:44 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning strike damaged communications equipment in Grove Hill. The 911 system was also knocked off line for a couple of hours.
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