Thunderstorms produced prolific lightning which caused a fire in northwest Florida.
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Thunderstorms produced prolific lightning which caused a fire in northwest Florida.
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 6, 2:52 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 352 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 .SHORT TERM [TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON]...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION WILL DISSIPATE BY MID EVENING WITH LOSS OF SURFACE HEATING. THE STALLED SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE WASHED-OUT ON WEDNESDAY AS A SURFACE RIDGE REBUILDS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES AND THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO. THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WITH AN EASTWARD EXTENSION OF AN UPPER RIDGE ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF REGION WILL LIFT SLIGHTLY NORTHWARD AND BECOME ELONGATED FROM TEXAS TO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AS AN UPPER LOW BEGINS TO MOVE WEST OVER THE CARIBBEAN SEA. DESPITE THE PRESENCE OF THE RIDGE AXIS OVER THE FORECAST AREA...NWP SOLUTIONS ARE STILL IN PRETTY DECENT AGREEMENT WITH KEEPING A DECENT AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IN PLACE ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA. WE WILL STILL SEE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH ON WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN A CONTINUATION OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS DAYTIME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 70S WITH UPPER 70S AT THE BEACHES. SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY WITH HIGHS INLAND AREAS RANGING FROM 92 TO 96 DEGREES... AND AROUND 90 DEGREES ALONG THE BEACHES. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY WILL ALLOW HEAT INDICES TO RANGE FROM 102 TO 107 DURING THE AFTERNOON. /22 (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)...SMALL WEAK RIDGE OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA INDICATES A CONTINUED NORTHWEST FLOW WITH EMBEDDED DISTURBANCES FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. THIS FLOW INDICATES A CONTINUATION OF PASSING MCV'S THROUGH THE PERIOD FROM THE NORTHWEST. PRECIPITABLE WATER REMAINING ABOVE 2.1 INCHES...CAPE IN THE 2500 +/-400 RANGE AND LI -4. SOUNDINGS APPEAR AS IF THEY WERE IN THE WESTERN REACHES OF THE TRADE WINDS...MOIST ADIABATIC WITH A 2 TO 3 DEGREE DEWPOINT DEPRESSION FROM 900 MB TO 450 MB. SOME OF THE CONVECTIVE STORMS COULD BRING HEAVY RAIN WITH A RISK OF LOCALIZED FLOODING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PATCHY OVERNIGHT GROUND FOG MAY BE ENCOUNTERED WHERE IT RAINED HEAVILY THE PREVIOUS DAY...BUT NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO INCLUDE IN ZONES. CALCULATED HEAT INDICES ARE GETTING INTO ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR THURSDAY IN CHOCTAW AND EXTREME NORTHWEST CLARKE. NOT QUITE READY TO ISSUE ANY ADVISORIES FOR NOW...BEST TO MARK TRENDS. /77 .LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY )...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO EXTENDED FORECAST. MODEL OUTPUTS IN CLOSE PHASE THROUGH PERIOD. THE UPPER RIDGE ORIENTED EAST- WEST IS GETTING WEAKENED BY UPPER LEVEL EDDY KINETIC ENERGY PASSING EAST OVER THE OHIO VALLEY AND MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. ADDING TO THIS IS AN INVERTED TROUGH MOVING WEST OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM OFF THE FLORIDA GULF COAST LATE FRIDAY TO THE TEXAS COAST LATE SUNDAY. GUIDANCE IS CALCULATING THAT ITS EFFECTS ON THE REGION WILL DOMINATE FRIDAY FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST AND POINTS SOUTH. HAVE LEFT THE PREVIOUS SHIFTS OUTPUT IN LINE WITH THE UNDERCUT GFS CALCULATIONS BLENDED WITH ECMWF CALCULATIONS FOR THE FORECAST. THE RESULT IS OVERALL TEMPERATURES NEAR OR JUST BELOW SEASONAL ALONG THE COAST WITH HIGHER POPS...BECOMING MORE WARM AND DRY AS ONE GOES INLAND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10. FOR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...THE UPPER RIDGE REBOUNDS BACK TO THE WEST AS A LONG UPPER TROUGH DIGS SOUTH OVER THE EASTERN US. THE RESULT FOR THE FORECAST IS TO HAVE POPS BELOW SEASONAL AND TEMPERATURES A BIT ABOVE SEASONAL BECOMING NEAR SEASONAL BY LATE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. /77 && .AVIATION [07.00Z KMOB/KBFM/KPNS TAF ISSUANCE]...GENERAL VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE FORECAST PACKAGE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MVFR CEILING AND VISIBILITY CONDITIONS NEAR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION. WINDS MAY BE VARIABLE AND GUSTY AT TIMES NEAR STORMS...OTHERWISE A LIGHT AND VARIABLE FLOW IS EXPECTED. EXPECT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE TO DISSIPATE BY MID EVENING. OVERNIGHT MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS BUT SOME PATCHY LIGHT GROUND FOG IS POSSIBLE. /22 && .MARINE...A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH JUST NORTH OF THE COAST WILL GRADUALLY BE REPLACED BY A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF REGION MID TO LATE WEEK. A LIGHT WESTERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY WIND FLOW WILL BE REPLACED BY A LIGHT TO OCCASIONAL MODERATE SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW MID TO LATE WEEK...WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FEET. LOCAL WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. /22 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 75 94 76 93 76 / 20 50 20 50 30 PENSACOLA 76 92 77 93 79 / 20 50 20 50 30 DESTIN 78 91 80 91 80 / 20 40 20 50 30 EVERGREEN 72 94 72 94 74 / 20 60 20 60 30 WAYNESBORO 73 96 73 95 75 / 20 60 10 50 20 CAMDEN 73 94 72 95 75 / 20 60 20 60 20 CRESTVIEW 70 93 73 94 75 / 20 60 30 50 30 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 601 AM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-071115- 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- 601 AM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. SCATTERED ACTIVITY ALONG THE COAST EARLY...THEN STORMS DEVELOPING AND BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE INTERIOR LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALIZED STRONG WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. MOST OF THE STORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALIZED STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OF THE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-071115- NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE 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- 601 AM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINDS...GUSTY WINDS RESULTING IN WAVES AND SEAS WILL BEING LOCALLY HIGHER IN AND NEAR ANY MARINE STORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY AND TONIGHT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING ACTIVITY ALSO LIKELY IN STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY WINDS...WAVES AND SEAS WILL BE LOCALLY HIGHER IN ANY MARINE STORMS DURING THE OUTLOOK. FREQUENT LIGHTNING ACTIVITY ALSO LIKELY IN STRONGER STORMS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 413 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 ALZ059-062145- ESCAMBIA AL- 413 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THROUGH 445 PM CDT... AT 413 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF ATMORE...OR NEAR I65 AND AL 21...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... POARCH CREEK RESERVATION... MCCULLOUGH... I65 AND CR 1... I65 AND AL 21... ATMORE... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND 63. 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. 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. THIS STORM MAY CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND A WARNING MAY SOON BE NEEDED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 423 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 ALZ064-FLZ002-062200- COASTAL ESCAMBIA FL-LOWER BALDWIN AL- 423 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... THROUGH 500 PM CDT... AT 423 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES EAST OF ROBERTSDALE...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF LILLIAN...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MYRTLE GROVE... LILLIAN... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN ALABAMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57 AND 66. 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. 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. THIS STORM MAY CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND A WARNING MAY SOON BE NEEDED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 442 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 FLZ001-062215- INLAND ESCAMBIA FL- 442 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...THROUGH 515 PM CDT... AT 442 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATMORE...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF I65 AND CR 1...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY 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. THIS STORM MAY CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND A WARNING MAY SOON BE NEEDED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 456 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 FLZ004-062230- SANTA ROSA FL- 456 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...THROUGH 530 PM CDT... AT 456 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF BAGDAD...OR 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLLEY...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MIDWAY... WOODLAWN BEACH... HOLLEY... NAVARRE... BAGDAD... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND 30. 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. 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 Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:28 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning caused house fire and a shed fire due to separate lightning strikes near East Milton.
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