A lightning strike caused damage to several houses in Niceville.
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A lightning strike caused damage to several houses in Niceville.
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NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 30, 11:45 AM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...AVIATION UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1245 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 .AVIATION (18Z TAF ISSUANCE)...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 && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY)FOR TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...A SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO EXTEND ACROSS FLORIDA...GEORGIA...ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI EARLY THIS MORNING. LIGHT WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE...ALONG WITH A NEAR SATURATED SURFACE AIRMASS AND AN OVERALL ABSENCE OF MID/HIGH CLOUD COVER HAS ALLOWED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF DENSE FOG ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA EARLY THIS MORNING. SEVERAL STATIONS WITHIN THIS AREA ARE REPORTING VISIBILITY VALUES OF 1/4 MILE...SO WE HAVE ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MAINLY ACROSS COUNTIES EAST OF I-65 EFFECTIVE UNTIL 9 AM CDT. SO FAR FOG HAS NOT DEVELOPED MUCH WEST OF I-65 UNDERNEATH THE INCREASING MID/HIGH CLOUD DECK...BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR TRENDS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND RUC 500 MB ANALYSIS SHOW A COUPLE OF INTERESTING SHORTWAVE TROUGHS TO OUR WEST EARLY THIS MORNING. ONE OF THESE WAS LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF ARKANSAS...LOUISIANA...AND FAR EAST TEXAS...WHILE A SECOND SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND ITS ASSOCIATED MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX WAS MOVING FROM DEEP SOUTH TEXAS INTO THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS. SHORT RANGE MODEL SOLUTIONS ARE ALL IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT THESE FEATURES WILL ADVANCE EASTWARD AND PROVIDE AMPLE MOISTURE AND LIFT FOR NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS TODAY. MET/MAV GUIDANCE POP NUMBERS LOOK REASONABLY HIGH...AND WE HAVE ADJUSTED OUR GRIDDED POPS TO THE LIKELY CATEGORY ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...AND EVEN NEAR CATEGORICAL /APPROACHING 80 PCT COVERAGE/ ACROSS OUR NORTHEASTERN COUNTIES. OVERALL INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN MARGINAL TODAY WITH MLCAPE VALUES MOSTLY REMAINING BELOW 1000 J/KG. DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL ALSO REMAIN FAIRLY MEAGER...SO THE SEVERE POTENTIAL IS EXPECTED TO BE LOW TODAY. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG AND PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL...IN ADDITION TO FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES INCREASING TO NEAR 1.5 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION...AND WE WILL HAVE TO MONITOR FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF BRIEF AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. PRECIPITATION CHANCES SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING/TONIGHT AS THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH PROGRESSES EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA...BUT WE DID LEAVE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS IN PLACE FOR THE TONIGHT PERIOD ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS. OTHERWISE... TEMPERATURES STILL LOOK TO RANGE A GOOD 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS THE CWFA AGAIN TODAY. /21 FOR SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...AS A SHORTWAVE MOVES OFF TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...MORE ENERGY IS PRESENT UPSTREAM...OVER THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS. THE NAM IS A BIT SLOWER IN MOVING THIS FIRST SHORTWAVE OFF...EXTENDING THE PRECIP INTO SATURDAY MORNING...AS APPOSED TO THE GFS ENDING IT BEFORE SUNRISE SATURDAY. THE NEW ECMWF LEANS TOWARDS THE WETTER NAM...SO HAVE LEANED THAT WAY FOR SATURDAY'S POPS. HAVE ALSO CUT THE WARMER MAV/GFS TEMPS A BIT. SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...THE UP-STREAM ENERGY MOVES OVER THE MID/LOWER MISS RIVER VALLEY TO OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS. OF PARTICULAR INTEREST FOR THE FA IS A SHORTWAVE BEING ADVERTISED PASSING EITHER NORTHEAST(GFS AND ECMWF) OR OVER(NAM) THE FA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. HAVE LEANED TOWARDS THE GFS/ECMWF SOLUTION...PAINTING THE BETTER POPS OVER THE NORTHEASTERN HALF OF THE FA. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT ON) BY SUNDAY NIGHT...THE BIGGEST BEAR OF A SHORTWAVE IN THE FORECAST THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS HAS MOVED OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN CONUS. SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...AS THIS PIECE OF ENERGY MOVES EAST...IT ORGANIZES INTO A CLOSED LOW AS IT ENDS THE DAY MONDAY OVER THE NM/TX STATE LINE. MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...GUIDANCE STARTS TO SIGNIFICANTLY DIVERGE...WITH THE GFS IS THE FASTEST/FARTHEST NORTH...PLACING THE UPPER LOW OVER NW-ERN AR TUESDAY EVENING. THE ECMWF IS THE SLOWEST/FARTHEST WEST...WITH THE LOW OVER WESTERN TX BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE CANADIAN IS BETWEEN. EITHER WAY ONE LEANS...ENOUGH INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. THE CANADIAN...WITH ITS MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK OF THE UPPER LOW...LEAN MORE TOWARDS AN ORGANIZED EVENT TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING DUE TO JET DYNAMICS WORKING INTO THE PICTURE. THE ECMWF HAS BECOME TO SLOW EVEN MORE SO BY TUESDAY NIGHT...MEANDERING SLOWLY EAST OVER THE LOWER MISS RIVER VALLEY...BRINGING A LONGER DURATION OF RAIN TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THE GFS SWINGS AN OPEN SHORTWAVE OVER THE FA THROUGH THE SAME PERIOD...BUT WITH DRYING OUT BEHIND A FRONTAL PASSAGE TUESDAY NIGHT...LITTLE MOISTURE IS AVAILABLE FOR PRECIP GENERATION WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS A RE-ENFORCING FRONT MOVES OVER THE FA. GENERAL CONSENSUS ATTM IS TO LEAN TOWARDS THE GFS SOLUTION FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE EXTENDED...WITH IT BEING MORE CONSISTENT RUN TO RUN. && .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. /21 && .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. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 81 62 85 64 / 70 40 30 20 PENSACOLA 78 66 82 66 / 70 40 30 20 DESTIN 75 67 80 67 / 70 40 30 20 EVERGREEN 80 61 86 61 / 80 40 30 30 WAYNESBORO 78 61 86 61 / 70 30 20 20 CAMDEN 78 61 86 62 / 80 40 30 30 CRESTVIEW 81 60 86 61 / 70 50 30 20 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. && 21/16
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 Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:19 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning strike caused a house fire at 4012 13th St. in Niceville...6 other houses in same area struck.
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