Lightning struck a house in northwest Florida causing significant damage.
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Lightning struck a house in northwest Florida causing significant damage.
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 24, 3:42 AM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 442 AM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007 .SYNOPSIS...FOR THE CURRENT FORECAST...SAME OLE STORY...DIFFERENT DAY...WITH UPPER LOW OVER THE PA/OH BORDER...EMBEDDED IN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH STRETCHING FROM HUDSON BAY TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE AND ITS EVOLUTION PROVIDING THE PARTICULARS FOR THE CURRENT FORECAST. FIRST THINGS FIRST...TAKING A LOOK AT THE CURRENT UPPER AIR ANALYSIS...IN ADDITION TO THE UPPER LOW/TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN CONUS/CA...HIGH PRESSURE WAS CENTERED OVER SD...WITH RIDGE-LINES STRETCHING NORTH OVER THE CA PLAINS...AND SSW OVER THE DESERT SW AND WESTERN MEX. IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...A SURFACE LOW WAS ANALYZED OVER SE LA/MS COASTAL WATERS...WITH HIGH PRESSURE STRETCHING WEST OVER THE EASTERN CONUS. PRECIP H20 LEVELS HAVE REBOUNDED A BIT...BUT LOOKING AT LAST EVENINGS UPPER AIR RUNS...LEVELS REPORTED BY NEIGHBORING STATIONS ARE ONLY ABOUT 80-90% OF SEASONAL. && .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT)...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CENTERED NEAR BAY SAINT LOUIS WILL VERY SLOWLY LIFT TO THE NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AS AN ASSOCIATED WEST-EAST ORIENTATED BOUNDARY MOVES NORTHWARD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRESENTLY ONGOING TO THE EAST OF THE LOW ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THESE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL GRADUALLY MOVE FURTHER INLAND THROUGHOUT THE DAY...WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVE NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. A MOIST SOUTHEAST FLOW FEEDING INTO THE COMPLEX...WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEAR 2 INCHES...WILL PROVIDE SOME AREAS WITH UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN AN HOUR. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS. WENT ABOUT 10-20% HIGHER THEN MAV GUIDANCE AS FAR AS PRECIP CHANCES GO DUE TO CURRENT TRENDS. THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL EXPAND TO THE INLAND AREAS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE PRECIPITATION COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN THE EVENING TO AN ISOLATED COVERAGE AS THE BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA...BUT SCATTERED COVERAGE COULD RETURN AFTER MIDNIGHT ALONG THE BEACHES. /22 THIS AFTERNOONS WET MICROBURST RISK IS LOW .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY ON)...CURRENT GUIDANCE IS STILL CONSISTENT IN MEANDERING THE NE UPPER LOW NW TO OVER MI THROUGH THURSDAY. FROM THERE...GUIDANCE IS ADVERTISING THE LOW SWINGING EAST AS A SHORTWAVE SWINGING AROUND AN UPPER LOW NEAR HUDSON BAY. THE UPPER TROUGH STRETCHING SW FROM THE UPPER LOW FILLS A BIT...SHIFTING NW WITH THE UPPER LOW AND ALLOWING UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE TO MOVE OVER THE GULF OF MEX BY SUNRISE FRIDAY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS WEST OVER THE NORTHERN GULF COAST THROUGH THE SAME PERIOD. ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO HINT AT AN INCREASE IN THE SPREAD OF THE POPS DAY THREE...THURSDAY IN THIS CASE...WITH HOW MUCH THE NW-ERN END OF THE NOW SOUTHERN/CENTRAL US PLAINS TROUGH GETS SHIFTED BY THE NE-ERN UPPER LOW. OP GFS IS QUICKER THAN THE ENSEMBLE MEAN...RESULTING IN POPS IN THE DRIER END OF GUIDANCE SOLUTIONS. HAVE BUMPED POPS UP A BIT FOR THURSDAY AS A RESULT. FOR FRIDAY ON...SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES RE-DIG THE HUDSON BAY TO MEX UPPER TROUGH...AND A SURFACE FRONT PUSHING TO OVER THE TENN RIVER VALLEY BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND...THEN NORTHERN MS/AL/GA BY TUESDAY. && .MARINE...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CENTERED NEAR BAY SAINT LOUIS WILL VERY SLOWLY LIFT TO THE NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AS AN ASSOCIATED WEST-EAST ORIENTATED BOUNDARY NEAR THE COAST MOVES ONSHORE TODAY. MODERATE WIND FLOW WILL PRIMARILY BE FROM THE SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST TODAY...BUT GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT AS THE LOW MOVES FARTHER TO THE NORTHWEST. MARINERS OPERATING ACROSS COASTAL WATERS...AREAS BAYS AND THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY CAN EXPECT BRIEF GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 KNOTS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING...AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED BELOW 1/2 NM THE STRONGER STORMS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO TURN TO THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH MID WEEK AS THE BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTH OF THE AREA...AND A RIDGE BECOMES RE-ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GULF. /22 && .FIRE WEATHER...NOTHING TO NOTE...WITH A LIGHT TO MODERATE ONSHORE BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 88 71 90 72 90 / 60 20 30 20 50 PENSACOLA 85 74 88 74 89 / 60 20 30 20 40 DESTIN 85 75 88 76 89 / 60 30 30 20 30 EVERGREEN 86 68 91 70 91 / 60 20 40 20 40 WAYNESBORO 86 68 92 68 89 / 60 20 30 20 50 CAMDEN 87 70 92 70 92 / 60 20 30 20 40 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. && 22/16
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 615 AM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-251200- 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- 615 AM CDT TUE JUL 24 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... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY...BRINGING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD CAUSE SOME PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADS. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 35 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:27 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a house near Navarre causing a fire which resulted in significant damage to the home.
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