A strike hit a hospital causing an evacuation due to smoke.
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A strike hit a hospital causing an evacuation due to smoke.
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NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 4, 3:01 PM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 401 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)...QUASISTATIONARY SURFACE FRONT IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY IS BEGINNING TO DISSIPATE. UPPER RIDGE NOSING IN FROM THE AZORES HAS A TROUGH FORMED IN IT IN THE NORTHEAST GULF WHICH BRINGS AN UPTICK IN CONVECTION ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST. VORTLOBES ARE SHOWN TRANSITING ALOFT IN THE 500 MB FLOW INTO A WELL DEFINED SHEAR ZONE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. CONVECTION COULD BE VIGOROUS AT TIMES BRINGING THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. WATER VAPOR IMAGE IS INDICATING DEEP LAYER ANTICYCLONIC FLOW IN THE 700 TO 300 MB LAYER...WITH A SMALL DRY SLOT APPARENTLY FORMED IN THE LEE OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. THAT SLOT WAS APPROACHING THIS CWA BUT EVENTUALLY MADE A RIGHT TURN AS IT WAS ROUNDING THE RIDGE BASE. HOWEVER PART OF THAT FLOW IS BEING DRAWN INTO A TUTT CELL OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF. RAOBS AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE A DEEP LAYER HIGH AVERAGE RH WITH AN ENVIRONMENTAL LAPSE RATE THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY MOIST ADIABATIC. PRECIPITABLE WATTER IS AROUND 2.00 TO 2.25 INCHES SUNDAY AND MONDAY...AND CAPE IS 2500 TO 3000. HOWEVER LI IS A RELATIVELY MODEST -4. SUNDAY'S WET MICROBURST IS MODERATE. USED MAV GUIDANCE SINCE IT IS DOING REASONABLY WELL FOR THIS TYPE REGIME. 77/BD .LONG TERM [TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY]...ERNESTO IS FORECAST TO TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST BY TUESDAY...REACHING NEAR THE TIP THE YUCATAN PENINSULA AS A CAT ONE HURRICANE TUESDAY NIGHT. ERNESTO IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA ON WEDNESDAY WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 70 TO 80 MPH. ELSEWHERE THE UPPER WEAKNESS WILL REMAIN OVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGHOUT THE LONG TERM. TYPICAL SEABREEZE CONVECTION WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE LONG TERM...WITH DIURNAL CYCLE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORECAST EACH DAY AS NUMEROUS DISTURBANCES CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE FORECAST AREA COMBINED WITH DECREASED DAYTIME STABILITY. HIGHS EACH DAY WILL REMAIN NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL RANGING FROM 90 TO 95 DEGREES. HIGHEST AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES EACH AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM 96 TO 101 DEGREES. 77/BD && .AVIATION...EXPECT OCCASIONAL IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS DUE TO CIGS/VSBYS IN SCATTERED/NUMEROUS TSRA THROUGH EARLY EVENING TODAY. GUSTY WINDS ALSO LIKELY NEAR SHOWERS AND STORMS. AWAY FROM TSRA...VFR CONDITIONS WITH SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHERLY WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SIMILAR CONDITIONS EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN SUNDAY...WITH OCCASIONAL IFR/MVFR DUE TO CIGS/VSBYS NEAR SCATTERED/NUMEROUS TSRA...PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. 12/DS && .MARINE...A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH IS MOVING NORTHWEST ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF. LIGHT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS WEEKEND BECOME MORE OFFSHORE BRIEFLY ON MONDAY AS THE TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...THEN A LIGHT TO MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AS THE TROUGH MOVES WEST AND A HIGH BUILDS IN FROM THE EAST. SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS EARLY IN THE PERIOD...INCREASING TO 2 TO 3 FEET. TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN MONDAY AND MOVE INTO THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ERNESTO WILL LIKELY SEND SWELLS INTO THE GULF AND LATER INTO THE COASTAL WATERS LATER NEXT WEEK AS IT NEARS THE NORTHWEST CARIBBEAN. 77/BD && .FIRE WEATHER...A SURFACE RIDGE WILL EXTEND FROM THE WESTERN ATLANTIC INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES...AND A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE WEST OVER THE NORTHERN GULF. THIS WILL BRING HIGH HUMIDITY TO THE REGION WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOONS THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. DISPERSION IN THE 30S AND 40S IN THE AFTERNOON PRIMARILY DUE TO LIGHT SURFACE AND TRANSPORT WIND DESPITE DEEP MIXING HEIGHTS. LIGHT PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE AROUND SUNRISE. NO OTHER CONCERNS. 77/BD && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 73 93 73 93 / 20 40 30 60 PENSACOLA 75 93 76 92 / 30 40 40 60 DESTIN 77 91 77 91 / 20 50 40 70 EVERGREEN 71 94 72 93 / 30 50 30 60 WAYNESBORO 71 95 72 94 / 20 60 30 60 CAMDEN 71 95 72 94 / 20 40 30 50 CRESTVIEW 69 94 71 93 / 30 60 40 70 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 615 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-060000- 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-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 615 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE INLAND AREAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS REMAINS LOW. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT A FEW STRONGER STORMS WITH WINDS NEAR 40 MPH, SMALL HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS TO NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR COULD OCCUR WITH SOME STORMS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE WEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH...AND SHOULD DISSIPATE BY 10 PM. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON SUNDAY. WHILE THE OVERALL THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LOW...A FEW STRONGER STORMS WITH WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH, SMALL HAIL, LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STORMS ON SUNDAY SHOULD DEVELOP IN THE EARLY MORNING ALONG THE COAST...GRADUALLY DEVELOPING INLAND THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL KEEP THE RISK OF A HIGHER PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY WITH SOMEWHAT LOWER PROBABILITIES AT NIGHT. DAILY STORMS STRONG AT TIMES...WITH FREQUENT POTENTIALLY DEADLY LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLOODING IN POOR DRAINING AREAS. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL OF MORNING WATERSPOUTS NEAR THE COAST AND OVER AREA BAYS. THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER CALLS FOR TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO TO BECOME A HURRICANE AS IT MOVES WEST NORTHWEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST CARIBBEAN MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AS ERNESTO EMERGES INTO THE SOUTHERN OR SOUTHWEST GULF BY THE LATTER END OF THE WEEK...THOSE PLANNING BEACH TRIPS SHOULD TAKE NOTE THAT INCREASED SWELL INTO AREA BEACHES MAY RESULT IN AN INCREASED RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. GMZ630-650-655-670-675-060000- 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- 615 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE OFFSHORE GULF COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TOWARD THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE WEST AT 15 KNOTS AS THEY DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS ALONG THE COAST AND OFFSHORE FROM EARLY MORNING UNTIL LATE MORNING...THEN WILL DISSIPATE BY THE AFTERNOON AS THE STORMS START TO DEVELOP INLAND. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING A THREAT OF SUDDEN WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 35 KNOTS...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY IN HEAVY RAINS...LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL OF MORNING WATERSPOUTS NEAR THE COAST AND OVER AREA BAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL OF MORNING WATERSPOUTS NEAR THE COAST AND OVER AREA BAYS THROUGH THE OUTLOOK. OTHER HAZARDS IN STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS...WAVES AND SEAS. THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER CALLS FOR TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO TO BECOME A HURRICANE AS IT MOVES WEST NORTHWEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST CARIBBEAN MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AS ERNESTO EMERGES INTO THE SOUTHERN OR SOUTHWEST GULF BY THE LATTER END OF THE WEEK...INCREASED SWELL AND BUILDING SEAS ARE POSSIBLE TO CLOSE OUT THE WEEK. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 435 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ALZ061-MSZ076-079-042230- GREENE MS-GEORGE MS-UPPER MOBILE AL- 435 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN MOBILE COUNTY...AND ARE MOVING WEST INTO EASTERN GREENE AND EASTERN GEORGE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... AT 430 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN MOBILE COUNTY...APPROXIMATELY 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CITRONELLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE WEST AT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LIKELY PRODUCING WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH...IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE WEST TOWARD SOUTHEASTERN GREEN AND EASTERN GEORGE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. * LOCATIONS POTENTIALLY IMPACTED INCLUDE... GULFCREST... LUCEDALE... WINDS FROM THIS STRONG STORM 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. AVOID USING TELEPHONES. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 512 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012 MSZ076-079-042300- GREENE MS-GEORGE MS- 512 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING QUICKLY TO THE WEST ACROSS GREENE AND GEORGE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... AT 510 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF LEAKESVILLE TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF LUCEDALE...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LEAKESVILLE... LUCEDALE... THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 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 TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 535 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012 MSZ075-076-078-079-042315- STONE MS-PERRY MS-GREENE MS-GEORGE MS- 535 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TO THE WEST ACROSS GEORGE AND GREENE COUNTIES WILL AFFECT STONE AND PERRY COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THROUGH 630 PM CDT... AT 535 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LEAKESVILLE TO GIBSON LANDING IN SOUTHERN GEORGE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SUDDEN WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH...IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. HEAVY RAINFALL RATES FROM THESE STORMS TO NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR COULD CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AS WELL. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MCLAIN... LEAKESVILLE... NEW AUGUSTA... BEAUMONT... WIGGINS... PERKINSTON... MCHENRY... LUCEDALE... WINDS FROM THESE STRONG STORMS COULD BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND SMALL UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT 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. AVOID USING LAND LINE BASED TELEPHONES. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 626 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ALZ053-055-050015- MONROE AL-CLARKE AL- 626 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWESTERN MONROE AND SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... AT 624 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON...OR NEAR CARLTON IN SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE WEST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALING NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL SOUTH CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY RURAL SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY WINDS IN THIS STRONG STORM COULD BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND SMALL UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT 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. AVOID USING LAND LINE BASED TELEPHONES TELEPHONES. &&
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:58 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck the Jackson hospital causing the evacuation of 9 patients due to smoke in air conditioning system.
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