Mrs. Dawn Yoder of Atmore, Alabama was struck and seriously injured while taking out the garbage at her residence on the morning of July 6th.
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Mrs. Dawn Yoder of Atmore, Alabama was struck and seriously injured while taking out the garbage at her residence on the morning of July 6th. She later died on July 8th.
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 6, 3:15 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 415 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2009 .SHORT TERM...SHORT TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...A SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE FCST AREA TODAY AND THIS EVENING...ALLOWING A SFC FRONT THAT IS CURRENTLY ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION TO DROP SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AND INTO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH TONIGHT. ANOTHER SLIGHTLY WEAKER SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FCST AREA TONIGHT. WITH MODERATE DEEP LAYER LIFT OCCURRING ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...AND WITH ADDITIONAL SEA BREEZE SUPPORT NEAR THE COAST...WILL CONTINUE TO GO WITH LIKELY POPS FOR TODAY. RAIN CHANCES WILL GO DOWN TONIGHT WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING...BUT WILL MAINTAIN CHANCE POPS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT WITH ALL OF THE LOLVL FORCING BOUNDARIES THAT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION. DEEP LAYER MOISTURE CONTINUES ACROSS THE REGION...WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES STILL EXPECTED TO BE AROUND A NEARLY SATURATED 2.4 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT DROPPING SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION...AND WILL BE THE FUEL FOR A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS/TSTMS...SOME WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. A FEW STRONG TO BRIEFLY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT THE PRIMARY THREAT TODAY WILL COME FROM THE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MODERATED BY THE INCREASED CLOUD COVER. MAX TEMPS TODAY WILL BE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONABLE LEVELS...WITH MIN TEMPS TONIGHT AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. TODAYS WET MICROBURST RISK: MODERATE. 12/DS && .LONG TERM...BY 12Z TUES A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS DRAPED FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CWFA WITH BETTER INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE CONVERGENCE SOUTH OF THE FRONT GENERALLY ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND JUST OFFSHORE OUT TO ABOUT 20 NM FROM SHORE. THE DEEPER CONVECTION SHIFTS EASTWARD DURING THE DAY ON TUE IN RESPONSE TO VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE TROF MOVING PROGRESSIVELY EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF STATES AND MAIN UPPER TROF OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN CONUS GRADUALLY LIFTING OFF TO THE NE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. MOST OF THE LONGER RANGE MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH THIS PATTERN SUGGESTING A WEAKENING SHEAR ZONE GENERALLY STRADDLING THE AL AND NWFL COAST THROUGH THU THEN DRIFTING NORTHWARD AND WEAKENING FURTHER LATE IN THE WEEK. AS FOR POPS WILL LEAN TOWARDS THE CURRENT MAV/MEX GUIDANCE MENTIONING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOSTLY DURING THE DAYLIGHT AND EVENING HOURS. THE DRIEST PERIODS WILL BE FROM ABOUT MIDNIGHT THROUGH EARLY TO MID MORNING HOURS...ESPECIALLY INLAND AWAY FROM THE COAST. AS FOR SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS REMAIN MOSTLY UNFAVORABLE THROUGH TUESDAY DUE TO DEEP LAYERED MOISTURE AND A MOIST ADIABATIC LAPSE RATE ACROSS MUCH THE REGION FOLLOWED BY A DRIER LAYER OF AIR IN THE MID LEVELS MOVING IN FROM THE WNW BY MIDWEEK. THIS PATTERN COULD GIVE WAY TO A FEW STRONGER STORMS LATER IN THE WEEK MOSTLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OR DURING MAX HEATING. WILL LEAN TOWARDS THE CURRENT 00Z MEX GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS IN THE EXTENDED GRIDS WHICH CONTINUES TO SHOW A LIGHTLY COOLER TREND BUT MORE HUMID THAN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. /32 && .AVIATION...(12Z TAF CYCLE)...WITH THE APPROACH OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE FROM THE WEST AND A SFC TROUGH FROM THE NORTH... CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO BE INCREASING IN THE VICINITY OF THE TAF SITES EARLY THIS MORNING AND THEN ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. WILL CONTINUE PREVIOUS TREND OF -SHRA AND VCTS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE FACT THAT THE TERMINALS SHOULD SEE ROUNDS OF CONVECTION AND NOT CONTINUOUS THUNDER ALL DAY. THE HEAVIER ACTIVITY WILL TEMPORARILY DROP CONDITIONS TO IFR. THE CHANCE FOR CONVECTION WILL LINGER THROUGH THIS EVENING AS THE SFC TROUGH/WEAK FRONT LINGERS ACROSS THE REGION. 12/DS && .MARINE...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE MID SOUTH IS FORECAST TO EASE SOUTHWARD CLOSER TO THE COAST TODAY...BEFORE STALLING. A MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW IS FORECAST THROUGH THE PERIOD AS THE FRONT STALLS OVER THE COAST AND HIGH PRESSURE...CURRENTLY OVER THE SOUTHWEST ATLANTIC...NOSES WESTWARD ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AND INTO THE GULF. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO AROUND 5 FEET BY LATE TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE WESTERLY FLOW INCREASES...BEFORE SUBSIDING SLIGHTLY INTO MID/LATE WEEK. WITH THE WEAK FRONTAL ZONE MEANDERING NEAR THE AREA THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER THE MARINE AREA. 12/DS && .FIRE WEATHER...EXPECT A BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE FORECAST PD. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS THROUGH THE PD. /32 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 86 73 88 72 / 80 40 60 30 PENSACOLA 88 75 87 75 / 80 40 70 40 DESTIN 86 77 86 76 / 80 40 70 40 EVERGREEN 86 71 88 69 / 80 30 40 30 WAYNESBORO 85 70 92 68 / 80 30 30 20 CAMDEN 86 70 92 70 / 80 30 40 20 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 555 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2009 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-071200- 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- 555 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL ALLOW A WEAK SURFACE FRONT THAT IS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION EARLY THIS MORNING TO DROP SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH TONIGHT. ANOTHER SLIGHTLY WEAKER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO OCCASIONALLY SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT TODAY AND THIS EVENING...BUT THE GREATER THREAT APPEARS TO BE FROM HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AS THE SECOND WEAKER DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDWEEK AS A FRONT STALLS ACROSS THE REGION. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...BUT THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAZARD WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Monday morning Dawn Yoder of Atmore was struck by lightning at her home. She was found 10 to 15 minutes after the lightning strike by her family members and transported to the hospital where she later died on July 8th.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Escambia | 2009-07-08 | Female | Permanent Home | Direct |
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