Thunderstorms developed across the Florida Panhandle during the afternoon and produced high winds and lots of lightning which caused damage.
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The episode as NWS MOB wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed across the Florida Panhandle during the afternoon and produced high winds and lots of lightning which caused damage.
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 Aug 2, 10:10 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1110 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2012 .UPDATE...FORECAST AND OBSERVED SOUNDINGS INDICATE A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST THIS MORNING. MLCAPE VALUES ARE ALREADY ABOVE 3000 J/KG DUE TO TEMPS IN LOWER 90S AND DEWPOINTS AROUND 80. THE MORNING MICROBURST CHECKLIST UPDATE INDICATED A LIKELY RISK OF DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS. A POSSIBLE HINDERING FACTOR WILL BE THE CIRRUS SHIELD MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA FROM MORNING CONVECTION TO OUR NORTH. THEREFORE...THE GREATEST PROBABILITY OF SEEING SEVERE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 WHERE THERE WILL BE LESS CLOUD COVER RESULTING IN THE HIGHEST INSTABILITY VALUES. /13 && .SHORT TERM [TODAY AND TONIGHT]...VERY IMPRESSIVE MCV MOVING OUT OF EASTERN MO THIS MORNING IS PROGGED TO DROP SOUTH ACROSS MS AND SE LA LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN MUCH BETTER LIFT OR MID LEVEL FORCING ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION LATER THIS MORNING CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS PATTERN WILL BE THE TRACK AND TIMING OF THIS VORT AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH THROUGHOUT THE DAY. LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE...BOTH THE THE GFS AND NAM...SHOW THIS IMPULSE PUSHING SOUTH ACROSS MUCH OF MS AND SE LA LATER TODAY RESULTING IN BETTER COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MS AND LA STRETCHING INTO NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF OUR CWFA BEGINNING LATER THIS MORNING. DUE TO THE STRENGTH AND SIZE OF THIS VORT COMBINED WITH BETTER DIFFLUENCE ALOFT FURTHER TO THE SOUTH ALONG THE COAST BELIEVE WILL SEE ENOUGH FORCING AND ENHANCED LIFT ACROSS OUR CWFA FOR SOME IMPRESSIVE CELL GROWTH BEGINNING LATER THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS. LATEST MODEL SOUNDINGS ALSO SHOW INCREASED MOISTURE ADVECTION THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH PWATS CLIMBING TO AROUND 2 INCHES FOR MOST AREAS RESULTING IN SOME IMPRESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS LATER TODAY. WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE ADVECTION NOTED ESPECIALLY IN THE UPPER LEVELS EXPECT AN INCREASE IN HIGH CLOUDS ALSO LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. WITH THIS BETTER CLOUDINESS ALOFT HIGH TEMPS COULD BE SOMEWHAT AFFECTED ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH AND WEST...POSSIBLY LIMITING THE INSTABILITY FOR LATER TODAY. FOR NOW HAVE OPTED TO LEAN TOWARDS CURRENT MAV/NAM GUIDANCE DEPICTING LESS CLOUDS TO THE EAST THOUGH STILL LEADING TO AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S...RESPECTIVELY. MODIFIED SOUNDINGS FOR MOST AREAS DUE SUPPORT CAPES RANGING FROM 2800 TO 3500 J/KG WHICH ALSO SUPPORTS GOOD CELL GROWTH TODAY. WITH ALL SAID...BELIEVE WE WILL SEE A GOOD ROUND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TODAY POSSIBLY FORMING OVER LOWER SECTIONS OF THE CWFA EARLY TODAY DUE TO THE BETTER INSTABILITY NEAR THE COAST FOLLOWED BY FURTHER GROWTH TRANSITIONING INLAND LATER THIS MORNING AS TEMPS STEADILY CLIMB TO THE MID 90S BY MIDDAY. CELL MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE SOUTH THROUGH TONIGHT. AS FOR TEMPS WILL LEAN TOWARDS THE CURRENT MAV GUIDANCE THROUGH TODAY UNDERCUTTING HIGHS A TAD MAINLY OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST DUE TO BETTER CLOUDINESS BEGINNING EARLIER IN THE DAY. DUE TO GOOD MOISTURE ALREADY IN PLACE AND IMPRESSIVE INSTABILITY LATER TODAY WILL MENTION POSSIBLE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE HWO FOR TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. THE WET MICROBURST RISK FOR TODAY IS HIGH. 32/EE [FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT]...WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SEVERAL DISTURBANCES ROUNDING THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS APPROACH THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE NORTH...RESULTING IN A MAINLY DIURNAL PATTERN OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE ENVIRONMENT WILL ALSO REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE CONVECTION BOTH AFTERNOONS AS MLCAPES APPROACH 2000 TO 2500 J/KG ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. MAIN THREATS WILL MAINLY BE STRONG WET MICROBURST WINDS...LIGHTNING...AND PROLONGED PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE TO A SLOWER AND ERRATIC MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS. HIGH TEMPERATURES BOTH DAYS WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL...RANGING FROM 90 TO 95 DEGREES. HIGHEST AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 98 TO 103 DEGREES BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. LOWS BOTH NIGHTS WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S INLAND AREAS...WITH UPPER 70S ALONG THE BEACHES. /22 && .LONG TERM [SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY]...AN ELONGATED WEST TO EAST UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN STATES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...AND THEN WEAKEN BY MIDWEEK AS AN UPPER TROUGH REFORMS ALONG THE EAST COAST. TYPICAL MID SUMMER CONVECTION WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE LONG TERM...WITH MAINLY DIURNAL DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORECAST EACH DAY AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE NUMEROUS DISTURBANCES MOVE OVER THE FORECAST AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES EACH DAY WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL RANGING FROM 90 TO 95 DEGREES. HIGHEST AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES EACH AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM 98 TO 103 DEGREES. LOWS EACH NIGHT THROUGH THE ENTIRE LONG TERM WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S INLAND AREAS...WITH UPPER 70S ALONG THE BEACHES. /22 && .AVIATION [02.12Z KMOB/KBFM/KPNS TAF ISSUANCES]...MOSTLY VFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 12Z FRI. LOWER CEILINGS MOSTLY IN AND AROUND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHWARD TOWARDS THE COAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 KNOTS OR HIGHER WILL BE POSSIBLY WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. AWAY FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 3 TO 6 KNOTS EARLY TODAY INCREASING TO 8 TO 12 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISHING TO 3 TO 6 KNOTS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. 32/EE && .MARINE...A LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES OVER THE EASTERN GULF. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK SURFACE RIDGE REBUILDS OVER NORTH CENTRAL GULF RESULTING IN A BETTER FLOW FROM THE WEST SOUTHWEST BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. SEAS RANGING FROM 2 TO 3 FEET MOSTLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...POSSIBLY BUILDING LATE IN THE WEEK MOSTLY FROM INCREASED SWELL FROM THE SOUTH DUE TO THE TD 5 MOVING INTO THE WESTERN CARIB/SW GULF LATER IN THE WEEK. ALSO EXPECT A FEW STRONG TO POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE SOUTHWARD TOWARDS THE COAST TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS A SERIES OF STRONG IMPULSES FROM THE NORTH MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. 32/EE && .FIRE...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE GULF THROUGH FRIDAY WITH A LIGHT WESTERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW EXPECTED. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. DISPERSIONS WILL BE FAIR TO GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON PRIMARILY DUE TO HOT TEMPERATURES AND DEEP MIXING HEIGHTS. FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...LIGHT PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...BUT IS NOT FORECAST TO BE A WIDESPREAD CONCERN. /22 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 95 74 93 74 / 40 20 30 20 PENSACOLA 96 78 93 77 / 40 20 40 20 DESTIN 92 78 91 77 / 50 30 40 20 EVERGREEN 96 73 94 71 / 40 20 40 20 WAYNESBORO 94 73 95 72 / 50 20 30 20 CAMDEN 97 72 94 72 / 50 20 40 20 CRESTVIEW 97 72 92 73 / 40 30 40 20 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1030 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2012 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-031200- 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- 1030 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BECOMING SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 WHERE THE MOST UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS LOCATED. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS. IN ADDITION...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE THREATS. OUTSIDE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 103 TO 107 CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS EACH DAY WITH STRAIGHT LINE WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. GMZ630-650-655-670-675-031200- 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- 1030 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. GUSTY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. GUSTY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1205 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2012 ALZ062-064-021730- UPPER BALDWIN AL-LOWER BALDWIN AL- 1205 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THROUGH 1230 PM CDT... AT 1203 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPANISH FORT...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STAPLETON...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... STAPLETON... SPANISH FORT... DAPHNE... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 43. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM 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 THIS STORM HAS PASSED. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 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 1209 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2012 ALZ054-056>058-060-021815- BUTLER AL-CONECUH AL-COVINGTON AL-CRENSHAW AL-WILCOX AL- 1209 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2012 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BUTLER...NORTHERN CONECUH...NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON...NORTHWESTERN CRENSHAW AND EASTERN WILCOX COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THROUGH 115 PM CDT... AT 1206 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENVILLE TO 11 MILES WEST OF GREENVILLE TO 9 MILES NORTH OF EVERGREEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MCKENZIE... I65 AND CR 7... I65 AND AL 185... I65 AND AL 106... I65 AND AL 10... GREENVILLE... GEORGIANA... I65 AND US 84... I65 AND CR 29... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND 139. 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 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. AVOID USING TELEPHONES. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1228 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2012 FLZ002-021800- COASTAL ESCAMBIA FL- 1228 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...THROUGH 100 PM CDT... AT 1226 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GOULDING...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ORIOLE BEACH...AND MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WEST PENSACOLA... WARRINGTON... PENSACOLA... GOULDING... GONZALEZ... FERRY PASS... ENSLEY... BRENT... BELLVIEW... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 16. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM 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 THIS STORM HAS PASSED. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 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 1229 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2012 FLZ001>003-021800- INLAND SANTA ROSA FL-INLAND ESCAMBIA FL-COASTAL ESCAMBIA FL- 1229 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA AND CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...THROUGH 100 PM CDT... AT 1226 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOLINO...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PINE LEVEL...AND MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MOLINO... CENTURY... THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM 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 THIS STORM HAS PASSED. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 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. &&
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:29 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees and powerlines.
Winds estimated at 60 mph downed a tree on house and downed powerlines.
Winds estimated at 60 mph blew windows out of a bus at 9th and College Blvd.
A 54 year old Male was stuck by lightning and suffered minor injuries.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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