Lightning, Santa Rosa
- When
- June 29, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Santa Rosa County, Navarre
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 30.400, -86.870
Lightning Strike in Florida, June 29, 2008
Lightning struck a home near Navarre. The strike started a fire that damaged the home.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MOB wrote it up.
Lightning struck a home near Navarre. The strike started a fire that damaged the home.
What forecasters said that day
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 29, 2:05 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 2:05 PM CST, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 305 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FOR MAINLY PULSE TYPE STORMS AND POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...WILL BE A LAST MINUTE DECISION ON WHETHER I CLEAR ANY OF THE WESTERN ZONES FROM THE WATCH...DEPENDING ON RADAR TRENDS. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL FLATTEN OUT THIS EVENING WITH THE UPPER FLOW BECOMING SLIGHTLY MORE NORTHWEST. THIS WILL DRIVE A SURFACE TROUGH INTO THE AREA WHICH WILL LINGER THROUGH MONDAY...KEEPING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REMAIN HIGH OVERNIGHT(2+) THEN BEGIN A SLOW DECREASE DOWN TO LESS THAN AN INCH AND A HALF BY MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. WILL LEAVE SMALL POPS IN OVER THE SOUTHEAST INTO MONDAY EVENING AND HAVE NO RAIN IN FORECAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH WOULD NOT BE SUPRISED TO SEE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS NEAR A WEAK SEA BREEZE THAT SHOULD REMAIN NEAR THE COAST WITH THE SURFACE HIGH OFF TO THE NORTH PROVIDING A NORTHERLY SURFACE WIND THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES CREEP BACK UP AS SOUTHEAST STATES SURFACE HIGH MOVES OFF THE EAST COAST AND FLOW BECOMES MORE SOUTHEASTERLY ACROSS THE AREA. ANOTHER UPPER AND SURFACE TROUGH APPROACHING THE SOUTHERN STATES LATE NEXT WEEK WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN. && .MARINE...WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE EARLY THIS EVENING AS GUST FRONT MOVES OVER MARINE AREA FROM THE NORTH AND POSSIBLY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AROUND FORECAST ISSUE TIME. COLD FRONT DROPPING SLOWLY TOWARD THE COAST WILL PULL UP STATIONARY AROUND SUNSET MONDAY AND THEN DISSIPATE...ALLOWING THE LAND BREEZE TO BE ENHANCED BY THE FLOW AROUND THE SURFACE HIGH. WINDS SWING AROUND TO EASTERLY TUESDAY AND SOUTHEAST BY TUESDAY NIGHT THEN A SPELL OF VARIABLE AS A WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT SETS UP IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS. WINDS FINALLY SETTLE DOWN AND BECOME SOUTHEASTERLY BY MID WEEK. && .FIRE...SURFACE HUMIDITY DROPPING TO AROUND 35 PERCENT TUESDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE INLAND COUNTIES AND AROUND 40 PERCENT ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE SEA BREEZE MOVES INLAND. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 72 87 69 91 / 50 40 20 05 PENSACOLA 73 86 70 87 / 50 50 30 10 DESTIN 75 83 76 87 / 50 60 30 10 EVERGREEN 68 85 62 89 / 60 40 20 05 WAYNESBORO 66 87 61 90 / 40 20 10 05 CAMDEN 67 86 62 90 / 50 30 10 05 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 5:30 AM CST, 8 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 630 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-300300- 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- 630 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA AGAIN TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER THE GULF WATERS AND COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS MORNING WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND DEVELOPING INLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME STRONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL...IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION...BUT RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK AS THE FRONT DRIFTS JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA AND DRIER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH. AN INCREASE IN SHOWERS AND STORMS IS EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN TOWARD THE UPCOMING 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND WHEN AN ISOLATED STRONG STORM WILL AGAIN BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 12:42 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 142 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ALZ059-062-FLZ001-291915- ESCAMBIA-INLAND ESCAMBIA-UPPER BALDWIN- 142 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER ESCAMBIA AND BALDWIN COUNTIES... AT 137 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTH OF FREEMANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 39 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... MALTA...CANOE...LITTLE ROCK...WAWBEEK...SARDINE...FLOMATON AND I65 AND AL 113 THROUGH 215 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
Local storm report, Jun 29, 12:51 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
151 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0134 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 1 ESE DOWNTOWN MOBILE 30.68N 88.01W
06/29/2008 M42.00 MPH MOBILE AL MESONET
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST TO 37 KNOTS AT THE USS ALABAMA AWS
SITE
&&
DLSpecial weather statement, Jun 29, 12:51 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 151 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008 MSZ078-079-291930- GEORGE-STONE- 151 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER GEORGE AND STONE COUNTIES... AT 149 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEATRICE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... RAMSEY SPRINGS...BENNDALE...BASIN...MOVELLA AND AGRICOLA THROUGH 230 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 12:55 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 155 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ALZ062-064-FLZ001>004-291930- INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- 155 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER EASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY...EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES... AT 150 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF GATESWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 44 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... BARRINEAU PARK...MOLINO...MCDAVID AND CHUMUCKLA THROUGH 230 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 2:00 PM CST, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 300 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ALZ061>064-292030- UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOWNTOWN MOBILE... 300 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING DETECTED OVER BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES... AT 256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HURRICANE TO NEAR GRAND BAY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... CROSSROADS...CARPENTER...WHITEHOUSE FORKS...SPANISH FORT...SOUTH ORCHARD...STAPLETON...STEELWOOD AND MON LOUIS THROUGH 330 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 2:12 PM CST, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 312 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ALZ064-292045- LOWER BALDWIN- 312 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER BALDWIN COUNTY... AT 309 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF SILVERHILL...MOVING EAST AT 26 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... LOXLEY...MARLOW...SILVERHILL...ROBERTSDALE...SUMMERDALE...ELSANOR AND ELBERTA THROUGH 345 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
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More
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Sources
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: 119006.