Lightning strikes caused injuries and 1 death.
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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.
The episode as NWS MOB wrote it up.
Lightning strikes caused injuries and 1 death.
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 Mar 30, 3:05 PM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 405 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)...SHORTWAVE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY SPARKED SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WERE STRONG TO SEVERE. MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH THIS UPPER FEATURE MOVING ON OFF TO THE EAST OF THE REGION LATER TONIGHT...BUT SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES ANOTHER OVER THE GULF OFFSHORE OF LOUISIANA MOVING TO THE ENE...AND THIS WILL ACT TO MAINTAIN THE LIKELY POPS TONIGHT ESPECIALLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT WITH CHANCE POPS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ON SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY EASTERN HALF OF FCST AREA. SLIGHT TO LOW END CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM AS ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND WEAK UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES. TEMPS REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPS AND POPS DURING TRANSITION OF SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM PERIODS... OTHERWISE NO CHANGES AT THIS TIME. 12/DS && .AVIATION (30/18Z AND 30/00Z ISSUANCES)...MVFR CEILINGS CAN BE EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND TSRA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL REDEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WITH CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVING AFTER DAYBREAK. 13/JC && .MARINE...A SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE GULF COAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND WILL MAINTAIN A LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW. SEAS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 FEET THROUGH SUNDAY. WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS DURING THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK AS THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. 13/JC && .FIRE WEATHER...SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT WILL BECOME MORE WESTERLY SATURDAY AS A PASSING SHORTWAVE MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. GENERALLY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW RETURNS FOR SUNDAY INTO THE COMING WEEK...KEEPING MOISTURE LEVELS ABOVE CRITERIA LEVELS. RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN IN THE FCST OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. PATCHY OVERNIGHT FOG DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED...BUT NO WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG EXPECTED. 12/DS && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 63 85 62 83 / 50 30 20 10 PENSACOLA 63 81 63 82 / 60 40 20 20 DESTIN 66 76 68 76 / 70 50 20 20 EVERGREEN 59 84 57 84 / 70 40 20 20 WAYNESBORO 60 84 58 86 / 50 20 30 10 CAMDEN 59 84 57 85 / 70 40 20 10 CRESTVIEW 60 85 58 85 / 70 50 20 20 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1035 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-311030- 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- 1035 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PATCHY DENSE FOG LEADING TO HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH NIGHT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. GUSTY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS CURRENTLY NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. GMZ630-650-655-670-675-311030- 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- 1035 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 12 year old boy was killed when the tree he was standing under was struck by lightning.
Two people struck by lightning one of which was critical.
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, Butler | 2012-03-30 | 12 | Male | Under Tree | Direct |
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