Lightning struck a home in Prichard, AL, critically injuring one person.
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Lightning struck a home in Prichard, AL, critically injuring one person.
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 Jun 16, 5:41 AM CST, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Mobile AL 641 AM CDT Sun Jun 16 2019 .DISCUSSION...Updated for latest aviation discussion below. && .AVIATION... 12Z issuance...VFR conditions will generally prevail through the next 24 hours. Scattered showers/storms will develop again from late morning through early evening along and north of I-10. Maintain VCTS at KMOB and KBFM from 18Z to 00z, with brief gusty winds, frequent lightning, locally lower ceilings/vis, and heavy rain will be possible near stronger storm cells. Calm to light and variable winds will become southerly at 5-10 knots. /22 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 434 AM CDT Sun Jun 16 2019/ NEAR TERM /Now Through Sunday night/...A light southerly wind will redevelop again today and persist through this evening as a surface ridge of high pressure remains across the southeast conus and northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Upper high pressure will remain over the western Atlantic, Florida peninsula, and the eastern Gulf of Mexico, while a very slow eastward moving upper shortwave passes over the southern plains. Cumulus clouds will redevelop today with mostly cloudy skies developing across inland southeast Mississippi and southwest Alabama. Partly cloudy skies are expected elsewhere. Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop throughout the day due to decreasing stability. A few strong thunderstorms with wind gusts up to 40 mph are possible. Isolated showers and thunderstorms will linger into the evening across the northwest portion of the forecast area. Dry conditions will occur across the entire area after the lingering convection settles down. High temperatures today near to slightly above normal, ranging from 90 to 94 degrees inland areas. With southerly winds off the gulf, highs along the coastal sections will range from 85 to 89 degrees. Low temperatures tonight will also be near to slightly above normal, ranging from 68 to 72 degrees inland areas, with mid 70s at the beaches. /22 SHORT TERM /Monday Through Tuesday night/...To begin the new week, a southern stream mid level trof aligned from eastern OK to off the upper TX coast Monday AM eases eastward to the Lower MS River Valley by later in the day. With the approach of better upper level energy operating on a stream of deep Gulf moisture (PWATs 1.7 to 1.9 inches) over the deep south and daytime instability Monday, improved rain chances are favored. The better chances aligned over the interior western zones where much of the weather model guidance shows the highest environmental instability. Although the mid level flow flattens by Tuesday, forecasters still account for the eastward passage of embedded mid level impulses to aid in ascent. Gulf moisture is progged to lift to a range of 1.8 to 2 inches through the course of the day Tuesday. Will not take much to initiate convective redevelopment through the day in this moist environment which destabilizes. Storms potentially more likely along and west of I-65 Tuesday. Any surface contribution to forcing the next couple days will be due to sea/bay breeze and convective outflow interactions. Typical of summer, will continue to see an environment characterized by high instability/low shear in the short term which favors the development of short lived pulse type thunderstorms. The stronger of these storms will be capable of producing locally heavy downpours, frequent cloud to ground lightning, small hail and locally strong to perhaps isolated instances of damaging wind gusts. Before onset of storms, daytime highs lift into the upper 80s to lower 90s both days. Overnight lows to remain warm and muggy with some potential for the development of late night patchy fog Monday night. /10 LONG TERM /Wednesday Through Saturday/...Going into mid week, the global spectral models show next in a series of southern stream storm systems dropping across the Plains. This feature is shown to have more amplitude than the one moving across the deep south early in the week. As the mid/upper level trof axis approaches the Lower MS River Valley by Thursday, there are indications that the low level wind field shows a better response by increasing. This causes the 0-6 KM bulk shear magnitude to increase to between 30 to perhaps 40 knots Thursday. The 16.00Z GFS/ECMWF shows better agreement on this scenario which would lend support for some potential of severe weather by Thursday. The primary threat being damaging straight line winds and possibly quarter size hail in the strongest updrafts. Still several days out to get too specific on Thursday's weather impacts. Chance PoPs continue Friday before decreasing to slight chance by Saturday as short- wave upper ridge builds over the southeast. Daytime highs Wednesday through Saturday look to trend near to slightly warmer than climatological norms. Overnight lows well above normal. /10 MARINE...High pressure east of the area will maintain light onshore flow and little change in seas early in the week. Onshore flow then increases and seas build mid to late week. Shower and thunderstorm chances continue each day through the period, with greater coverage expected mid to late in the week. /22 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...None. FL...None. MS...None. GM...None. && This product is also available on the web at: http://weather.gov/mob
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Mobile AL 446 AM CDT Sun Jun 16 2019 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-171000- Choctaw-Washington-Clarke-Wilcox-Monroe-Conecuh-Butler-Crenshaw- Escambia-Covington-Mobile Inland-Baldwin Inland-Mobile Central- Baldwin Central-Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Inland- Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Inland-Santa Rosa Coastal- Okaloosa Inland-Okaloosa Coastal-Wayne-Perry-Greene-Stone-George- 446 AM CDT Sun Jun 16 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central Alabama...southwest Alabama...northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Isolated to scattered thunderstorms today into early evening could be strong at times with the potential of producing strong winds, frequent lightning and locally heavy downpours. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday A gradual increase in thunderstorm coverage is expected. Some of the storms through midweek could be strong with the potential of producing strong winds, frequent lightning and locally heavy downpours through midweek. A few storms Thursday could be severe with the potential of producing damaging winds, frequent lightning and locally heavy downpours. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of SkyWarn Severe Storm Spotter networks is not expected through Saturday. GMZ630>636-650-655-670-675-171000- Northern Mobile Bay-Southern Mobile Bay-Mississippi Sound- Perdido Bay-Pensacola Bay System-Western Choctawhatchee Bay- Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay- Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM- Coastal waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola FL out 20 NM- Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS from 20 to 60 NM- Waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60 NM- 446 AM CDT Sun Jun 16 2019 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...Monday through Saturday A gradual increase in thunderstorm coverage expected. Some of the storms could be strong at times with the potential of producing strong winds, frequent lightning, locally higher waves and seas.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 19 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:30 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 59 year old man was struck by lightning while he was climbing a ladder to perform repairs on the roof of a home. He was on life support for a few weeks, but was unable to recover from his injuries and passed away.
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, Mobile | 2019-06-16 | 59 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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