Lightning from afternoon thunderstorms struck a person in Santa Rosa county.
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Lightning from afternoon thunderstorms struck a person 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 Jul 11, 2:25 PM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 325 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2011 .SHORT TERM [TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT]...11.12Z MAP ANALYSIS SHOWS HIGH LVL RIDGE AXIS OVR THE SE WITH A BAND OF DEEP LYR MOISTURE ON ITS SRN PERIPHERY (PWAT ~ 2.25 INCHES) DRAPED E-W ACRS THE GULF COAST. AT THE SFC...HIGH PRES CONTINUES OVR THE SE WITH A COASTAL SFC TROF TO AID IN LIFT...SUPPORTING AFTN SCT/NUMEROUS COVERAGES OF TSTMS TO BE ONGOING REMAINDER OF AFTN. THE WEATHER PATTERN CHGS LITTLE IN THE NEAR TERM. ARND THE H50 RIDGE AXIS...THERE IS A MID LVL IMPULSE RIDING SW OUT OF AL AND LOOKS TO BRING CLUSTERS OF TSTMS SW THRU FCST AREA OVR NEXT SVRL HRS. SOME OF THE MESOSCALE MODELS ORGANIZE THESE STMS INTO A LINE WHICH COULD CONTAIN SOME STRONG TSTMS. FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LINGERING ACTIVITY CARRYING OVR FM AFTN...WILL CARRY 20/30 PERCENT CHC'S OF EVENING TSTMS. GENERALLY...A DIURNAL SWING IN TSTM CHC'S. CHC'S HIGHER OVR THE COASTAL WATERS FOR NIGHTTIME STMS ALG THE LAND BREEZE...THEN AN INCR OVR LAND TUE DUE TO PLENTIFUL DEEP LYR MOISTURE/INSTABILITY. LITTLE CHG IN TEMPERATURES WITH NIGHTS BEING MUGGY RANGING FROM 73-78 N OF THE BEACHES...WHERE LOWS LOOK TO BE CLOSER TO 80 THERE. TUE...DEGREE OF HEATING WILL DEPEND GREATLY ON WHEN/WHERE TSTMS INITIATE. AWAY FM TSTMS...BUFR DATA ALSO SUGGESTS THAT DAYTIME DEWPOINTS WILL MIX A FEW DEGREES LOWER ON TUE. INSTEAD OF MID 70 DEWPOINTS...NOW LOOKING AT ~ 72. THIS SHAVES A FEW DEGREES OFF FCST DAYTIME HEAT INDICES. OUTSIDE OF A FEW SPOTS...LATEST GRIDDED HEAT INDEX NUMBERS FOR A MAJORITY OF THE AREA ARE SHY OF 108...WHICH IS NEEDED FOR HEAT ADVISORY. /10 WET MICROBURST RISK IS MODERATE. .LONG TERM [WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY]...DAYTIME HIGHS REMAIN HOT WED/THU. HOWEVER...WITH THE AXIS OF UPPER LVL RIDGE SHIFTING WEST...BACK INTO THE PLAINS HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND...CHGS ON THE WAY. WEAKER HIGH LVL HGHTS OVR THE SE AND DEEP S INTO THE WEEKEND SUGGESTS THAT HIGH TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE CLOSER TO SEASONAL LVLS => LOWER 90S THEN. THIS IS REFLECTED IN LATEST FCST AND MADE NO CHGS TO MEDIUM RNG TEMPERATURES. MID LVL DISTURBANCES PASSING S AND W OVR THE DEEP S WILL MAINTAIN A MODERATE CHC OF SEEING TSTMS ON A DAILY BASIS AS A DEEP MOISTURE HOLDS FIRM. THIS IS WELCOME NEWS AS THE GULF COAST IS EXPERIENCING A SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL DEFICIT. GULF COAST => 16-21 INCHES OF BLO NORMAL RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY WHILE THE INTERIOR HALF OF THE FCST AREA...ALTHOUGH BETTER...IS STILL 6 T0 12 INCHES BLO NORMAL. /10 && .AVIATION UPDATE FOR 11/18Z...SOME MVFR AND POSSIBLE IFR CONDITIONS AROUND THE AREA AT EARLY AFTERNOON...OUTSIDE OF THE CONVECTION GENERALLY VFR WITH A FEW CEILINGS ABOVE 10K HERE AND THERE. WILL BE SOME BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS IN THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. BEST CHANCES ALONG THE COAST AND THE NORTHEAST AREAS MOSTLY WEST OF I-65. OTHERWISE CEILINGS...WHEN THEY OCCUR WILL BE ABOVE 10K. LIGHT WESTERLY WINDS INLAND...SOUTHWEST NEAR THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG...GUSTY AND VARIABLE WINDS NEAR CONVECTION. LOOKS TO BE SIMILAR CONDITIONS TUESDAY. /11 && .MARINE...THE WESTWARD EXTENSION OF THE BERMUDA HIGH ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE MID-WEEK AS ANOTHER SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER MOVES FROM SOUTHWEST CANADA TO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. LOWER PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE COASTAL SOUTHEAST BETWEEN THESE TWO SYSTEMS AT MID WEEK. UNTIL THEN...WINDS OVER THE MARINE AREA GENERALLY WEST TO SOUTHWEST DURING THE DAYS AND A BIT MORE WEST NORTHWEST TO NORTHERLY AT NIGHT...ESPECIALLY NEAR SHORE. AS THE LOWER PRESSURE DEVELOPS WINDS BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY BUT NOT UNTIL LATE IN THE FORECAST PERIOD. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOST ANYTIME BUT BETTER CHANCES LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNINGS. WAVES GENERALLY 1 TO 3 FEET...BRIEFLY HIGHER NEAR THUNDERSTORMS./11 && .FIRE WEATHER...MAIN CONCERNS IN THE NEAR TERM ARE TSTMS...WHICH WILL LIKELY BRING BOUTS OF FQT LIGHTNING AND A BRIEF STRONG WIND GUST THREAT TO AGENCY OFFICIALS CONDUCTING FIRE CONTROL OPS. /10 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 77 95 77 94 / 30 50 20 60 PENSACOLA 78 94 79 94 / 30 50 20 50 DESTIN 81 93 81 93 / 30 50 20 30 EVERGREEN 73 97 74 97 / 20 50 20 60 WAYNESBORO 73 97 74 97 / 20 50 20 60 CAMDEN 73 97 73 97 / 20 50 20 40 CRESTVIEW 73 97 75 97 / 30 50 20 60 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1152 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2011 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-121200- 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- 1152 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 102 TO 106 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE COAST AND MOVE WEST TO NORTHWEST OVER THE COASTAL ZONES. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE SOUTHWARD FROM THE NORTHERN ZONES BY MID-AFTERNOON. THE GREATER COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER IF EXPOSED TO THE HEAT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS UP TO AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 304 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2011 ALZ062-064-FLZ001-112045- INLAND ESCAMBIA FL-UPPER BALDWIN AL-LOWER BALDWIN AL- 304 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... THROUGH 345 PM CDT... AT 259 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF BAY MINETTE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... STAPLETON...BAY MINETTE AROUND 320 PM CDT... LOXLEY AROUND 340 PM CDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN ALABAMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 64. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 353 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2011 ALZ061>064-MSZ079-112130- UPPER MOBILE AL-GEORGE MS-UPPER BALDWIN AL-LOWER BALDWIN AL- LOWER MOBILE AL- 353 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2011 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHERN BALDWIN AND CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THROUGH 430 PM CDT... AT 346 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF LOXLEY TO LUCEDALE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... SPANISH FORT...LOXLEY AROUND 405 PM CDT... FOREST HILL...I10 NEAR THE BATTLESHIP AROUND 410 PM CDT... MOBILE...DAPHNE AROUND 415 PM CDT... SILVERHILL AROUND 425 PM CDT... I10 AND I65 AROUND 430 PM CDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN ALABAMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 60. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 16. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 441 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2011 FLZ005-006-112230- INLAND OKALOOSA FL-COASTAL OKALOOSA FL- 441 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2011 ...A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...THROUGH 530 PM CDT... AT 437 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRESTVIEW...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF LAUREL HILL...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... EGLIN AFB AROUND 500 PM CDT... NICEVILLE...VALPARAISO AROUND 510 PM CDT... SHALIMAR...OCEAN CITY AROUND 520 PM CDT... DESTIN...CINCO BAYOU AROUND 525 PM CDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 60 AND 67. THE MAIN EFFECTS OF THIS STORM ARE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 459 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2011 ALZ061>064-112300- UPPER MOBILE AL-UPPER BALDWIN AL-LOWER BALDWIN AL-LOWER MOBILE AL- 459 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2011 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN BALDWIN AND SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THROUGH 600 PM CDT... AT 456 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOBILE TO 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF ESCATAWPA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... I10 AND I65 AROUND 510 PM CDT... TILLMANS CORNER AROUND 525 PM CDT... THEODORE AROUND 535 PM CDT... BELLE FONTAINE...GRAND BAY AROUND 600 PM CDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 38. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 8. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THESE STORMS APPROACH. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 529 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2011 ALZ061-063-MSZ075-076-078-079-112315- UPPER MOBILE AL-GEORGE MS-STONE MS-PERRY MS-GREENE MS-LOWER MOBILE 529 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2011 ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT GEORGE...NORTHEASTERN STONE...SOUTHEASTERN PERRY AND SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THROUGH 615 PM CDT... AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF WIGGINS TO 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WIGGINS TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF MOBILE...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... THEODORE AROUND 545 PM CDT... GRAND BAY AROUND 615 PM CDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN ALABAMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 27. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 9. THE PRIMARY EFFECTS OF THESE STORMS ARE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. &&
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:14 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 40 year old male was struck by lightning at the intersection of Avalon blvd and Tuscarora trail. After the strike the man noticed his pants were burned...the hairs on his arm singed...and he complained of a severe headache. He was transported to a local hospital.
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