Several cloud to ground lightning strikes occurred in Santa Rosa county.
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The episode as NWS MOB wrote it up.
Several cloud to ground lightning strikes occurred in Santa Rosa 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 Jun 27, 3:30 AM CST, 9 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 430 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)...SURFACE RIDGE TO CONTINUE TO EXTEND SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. YESTERDAYS CONVECTION SEEMED TO GET STARTED IN THE SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR AS SEEN ON THE WATER VAPOR...OVER EASTERN ALABAMA AND THEN MOVE SLOWLY WEST. WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR THIS MORNING OVER EAST ALABAMA AND WESTERN GEORGIA WITH A SIMILAR SETUP IN THE MID LEVELS. EXPECT A DECENT COVERING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TODAY...BUT AS YESTERDAY...NOT EVERYONE GETTING RAINED ON. THINK 30 PERCENT WILL SUFFICE FOR MOST SPOTS TODAY AND THEN WINDING DOWN TONIGHT. MAX TEMPERATURES SOMEWHAT DEPENDANT ON HOW QUICK CONVECTION STARTS BUT MOST PLACES SHOULD REACH AROUND 90 DEGREES TODAY. THIS AFTERNOONS PRELIM WET MICROBURST RISK: MODERATE /11 .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY WITH DAILY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY. ON SATURDAY... A WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHEAST STATES IN RESPONSE TO A DIGGING UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE NORTHEAST STATES. THIS WILL PROVIDE AND ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. STILL UNCERTAIN HOW FAR SOUTH THE FRONT WILL GET AS THE GFS SENDS IT SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA BY MONDAY WITH A DRIER AIRMASS FOR THE START OF NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER...CONSIDERING THE TIME OF THE YEAR...THE FRONT WILL LIKELY STALL NEARBY AND WASH OUT THUS MAINTAINING THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. WILL MAINTAIN AT LEAST ISOLATED POPS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY. /13 && .MARINE...LITTLE CHANGE IN THE MARINE FORECAST AGAIN THIS PACKAGE. EASTERLY WINDS GENERALLY 10 KNOTS OR LESS IN THE BAYS AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER OVER THE GULF WATERS THROUGH THURSDAY AS THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE PERSIST. WINDS BECOMING SOUTH FRIDAY THEN WESTERLY SATURDAY AS RIDGE MOVES OFF TO THE EAST AND LEAVES A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE CIRCULATION TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE MARINE AREA. WAVE HEIGHTS GENERALLY 1 TO 3 FEET THROUGH THE PERIOD...EXCEPT BRIEFLY HIGHER NEAR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...GENERALLY EARLY MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON. /11 && .FIRE WEATHER...A MOIST AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON. THIS WILL KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WELL ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES. /13 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 90 72 89 71 / 30 10 30 20 PENSACOLA 88 74 88 74 / 30 10 30 20 DESTIN 88 76 89 76 / 30 20 30 20 EVERGREEN 91 70 91 69 / 30 20 30 20 WAYNESBORO 90 69 90 70 / 30 20 30 20 CAMDEN 91 70 90 71 / 30 20 30 20 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. && 11/DF 13/JC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 600 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-281200- 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- 600 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS OR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 110 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 ALZ064-FLZ001>006-271915- LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL OKALOOSA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND OKALOOSA-INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRESTVIEW...NAVARRE AND PENSACOLA... 110 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 ...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE INLAND AREAS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... AT 110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTH OF PENSACOLA...TO NEAR BELFOREST. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...MILTON...BAGDAD...ALLENTOWN AND PACE THROUGH 215 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 AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THESE STORM COULD ALSO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 110 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 ALZ064-FLZ001>006-271915- LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL OKALOOSA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND OKALOOSA-INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRESTVIEW...NAVARRE AND PENSACOLA... 110 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 ...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE INLAND AREAS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... AT 110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTH OF PENSACOLA...TO NEAR BELFOREST. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... MILTON...BAGDAD...ALLENTOWN AND PACE THROUGH 215 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS 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 AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. THESE STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 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), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:59 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Two homes were struck by lightning in Pace. The strikes started fires in both homes. Considerable damage was caused at both homes by the fires.
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