Pulse thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds across parts of southwest Alabama.
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The episode as NWS MOB wrote it up.
Pulse thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds across parts of southwest Alabama.
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 17, 2:51 PM CST, 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 351 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008 .SHORT TERM TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE AGAIN DEVELOPED ALONG THE SEA BREEZE FRONT AFFECTING OUR COASTAL COUNTIES AS WELL AS OUT IN FRONT OF THE WEAK COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTHWARD OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. HOWEVER...AS WE MOVE TOWARD EVENING...CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL QUICKLY DISSIPATE AS WE LOSE OUR SURFACE HEATING AND THE RESULTING LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY...HAVE LEFT MENTION OF ONLY LINGERING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE FOR EARLY THIS EVENING. THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH OFFSHORE THIS EVENING WITH POST FRONTAL WEATHER PROVIDING FAIR SKIES...COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS. MOST OF THE COOLING THOUGH WILL BE REALIZED WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS 5 TO 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN RECENT NIGHTS. FAIR SKIES AND MAX SOLAR INSULATION WILL SOMEWHAT OFFSET WEAK COLD AIR ADVECTION...EXPECT MAX TEMPS WEDNESDAY TO BE ONLY A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN RECENT HIGHS. /08 .LONG TERM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...REGION REMAINS ON THE BACKSIDE OF AN UPPER LEVEL LONG WAVE TROUGH...WHICH SHOULD HELP KEEP DAYTIME TEMPERATURES A DEGREE OR TWO COOLER THAN WHAT WEVE EXPERIENCED AS OF LATE. SHORTWAVES MOVING THROUGH THE PATTERN CREATE DRY TO HUMID OSCILLATIONS. BY LATE THURSDAY A RETURN FLOW BEGINS TO REESTABLISH ITSELF BRINGING A RETURN TO WARMER OVERNIGHT LOWS...INCREASED DAYTIME HUMIDITY...AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE GFS PROJECTS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES AND INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH THE ONSHORE RETURN FLOW BEGINNING AGAIN BY MONDAY. /08 && .MARINE...COOL FRONT EASING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH...IS FORECAST TO MOVE ON OUT INTO THE GULF LATER TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY. EXPECT TO SEE A NORTH-NORTHEAST COMPONENT TO THE WIND INTO WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN U.S. WE THEN TREND TO A WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN...RESULTING IN A LIGHT FLOW REGIME WITH WIND DIRECTION...RETURNING ONSHORE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY DUE TO DIFFERENTIAL HEATING OVER LAND. A TROF OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST THIS WEEKEND LOOKS TO RESULT IN LIGHT WEST/NORTHWEST WINDS. DID NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO FORECAST SEA HEIGHTS. /10 && .FIRE WEATHER...A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE HAVE DEVELOPED NEAR THE COAST...ALONG THE SEA BREEZE FRONT AS WELL AS OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET AS WE LOSE SURFACE HEATING. THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH OFFSHORE THIS EVENING BRINGING AN END TO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. POST FRONTAL WINDS WILL PROVIDE DRIER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. RHS OVER THE INLAND FLORIDA PANHANDLE MAY SKIRT WITH CRITICAL VALUES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR PERHAPS AN HOUR OR TWO. /08 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 70 91 67 91 / 20 05 05 05 PENSACOLA 75 92 70 91 / 20 05 05 05 DESTIN 75 86 72 85 / 20 05 05 05 EVERGREEN 66 91 60 93 / 20 05 05 05 WAYNESBORO 67 91 60 91 / 20 05 05 05 CAMDEN 65 91 61 92 / 20 05 05 05 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 615 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-181230- 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 JUN 17 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AHEAD OF COLD FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. DUE TO DRIER AIR PRESENT IN THE MID TO UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG OR SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. THE WET MICROBURST THREAT FOR TODAY IS MODERATE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD TOWARDS THE COAST AND OFFSHORE LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING POSSIBLY MAKING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS IF THREATENING WEATHER IS APPROACHING YOUR AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED LATER IN THE WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND IN RESPONSE TO A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF STATES. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE MOSTLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. AT THIS TIME WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1238 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008 FLZ006-171815- COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT WALTON BEACH... 1238 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY... AT 1238 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WRIGHT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... WRIGHT...OCEAN CITY...EGLIN AFB...FORT WALTON BEACH...POSTIL AND VALPARAISO THROUGH 115 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 226 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008 FLZ004-171945- COASTAL SANTA ROSA- 226 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY... AT 226 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES EAST OF MILTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 8 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY THROUGH 245 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 310 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008 ALZ061-063-172045- UPPER MOBILE-LOWER MOBILE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOWNTOWN MOBILE... 310 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER EASTERN MOBILE COUNTY... AT 310 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER I10 AND I65 INTERSECTION...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 7 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... SCHILLINGER AND THREE NOTCH...TILLMANS CORNER...MOBILE GREYHOUND PARK...THEODORE AND I10 AND MCDONALD ROAD THROUGH 345 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 341 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008 ALZ063-172115- LOWER MOBILE- 341 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER MOBILE COUNTY... AT 336 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR I10 AND MCDONALD ROAD...AND MOVING WEST AT 7 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... HUTCHENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL...GRAND BAY AND DEES THROUGH 415 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), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:57 UTC.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were toppled by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 70 mph.
Half dollar size from Earlville to Citronelle broke a window at a home in Earlville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, June 2008
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 110897, 110905.