Benjamin Mashburn (Lower AL WX)

@rzweather @NWSMobile @jmorgan_wx Seeing powerflashes towards the direction of downtown Milton as the gusty winds have set in. Also been hearing weakened branches cracking. – at Bagdad, FL

@rzweather @WEARAllenStrum @NWSMobile @jmorgan_wx @SRC_EM I should probably put this out: if you do NOT live in the Santa Villa neighborhood or have any business there, do NOT go through. Will NOT get out of the neighborhood if youre using it to bypass 90. Tree damage is BAD.

@NWSMobile @rzweather @TylerSmith_wx @jmorgan_wx @WEARAllenStrum @textamet @spann @SchlobohmAsa @nwfltracking Some of the damage around Milton today. Housing complex on Park Avenue near Milton High School lost its roof. Tree damage around Park Avenue was especially bad. – at Bagdad, FL

@rzweather @nwsmobile Extensive damage in my neighborhood off Avalong Boulevard. Pieces of the Milton Truss Company's roof on Commerce landed 2 blocks north. Shed is gone. Tree canopy severely reduced by about 30% or 40% – at Bagdad, FL

@rzweather @NWSMobile @jmorgan_wx @spann @TylerSmith_wx @nwfltracking @SchlobohmAsa @WEARAllenStrum @textamet Damage in Milton is bad. So much of the canopy in our neighborhood is lost. Can still hear things creaking in the wind outside. Lost our shed and fence. – at Bagdad, FL

@rzweather @jmorgan_wx @TylerSmith_wx @WEARAllenStrum current conditions at Pensacola Beach. Winds are actually a bit nippy out here! – at Gulf Breeze, FL

@rzweather @NWSMobile @spann @jmorgan_wx @WEARAllenStrum @textamet @TylerSmith_wx @nwfltracking @SchlobohmAsa INCREDIBLE pre-hurricane sunset this evening in Milton, FL. #Isaías – at Bagdad, FL

@NWSMobile @rzweather @jmorgan_wx @TylerSmith_wx @spann @SchlobohmAsa @WEARAllenStrum @textamet I actually managed to get a couple of photos (as opposed to video stills) of the lightning this morning in Milton, FL! Still ongoing as I type this. – at Bagdad, FL

@rzweather @NWSMobile @jmorgan_wx Definitely one of the brighter morning time bolts I've seen; so bright that the resulting flash blocked the bolt from the phone camera! Milton, FL – at Bagdad, FL

@rzweather @NWSMobile @jmorgan_wx @spann @WEARAllenStrum @textamet @SchlobohmAsa @nwfltracking @TylerSmith_wx (Sound up) 3 Close lightning strikes in 20 seconds earlier this afternoon in Milton, third one being the meanest! #flwx #lightning – at Bagdad, FL

@rzweather @NWSMobile @jmorgan_wx An example of one of the closer strikes from this severe storm in Milton. Heavy cloud-to-ground lightning is still occurring as I type this, and between 2:50-3:15 there was never a "distinct" period of frequency as it was frequent all around. – at Bagdad, FL

@NWSMobile @rzweather @spann @jmorgan_wx Milton, FL near Avalon Blvd today. Clip 1: First major increase in lightning (4:25-4:30 ) Clip 2: Wind, rain & hail pick up considerably (4:55-5:00 ) Clip 3: Most frqnt lightning (5:00-5:05) Clip 4: Strongest winds & wind shifts – at Bagdad, FL

@rzweather @NWSMobile @spann @WEARAllenStrum @textamet @jmorgan_wx This clip is from around 5:00 pm CDT in Milton, FL. Around the time of the worst whiteout conditions. Video shows just how constant the lightning was. You can hear small hail, too. Near Avalon & Westmont. – at Bagdad, FL

@rzweather @NWSMobile @WEARAllenStrum @textamet @jmorgan_wx I'll edit and upload video later, but I can confidently say that I have not seen so much cloud-to-ground lightning from one storm in a WHILE here in Milton. Also dont recall it getting this dark in a while. – at Bagdad, FL

@NWSMobile @rzweather @jmorgan_wx @TylerSmith_wx @spann @WEARAllenStrum @SchlobohmAsa Angry Gulf encroaching on turtle nests this evening at Pensacola Beach. Also had a funky lowering/possible funnel just off shore at around 7:15 pm CDT (second video). Backside of cell 4th photo. – at Gulf Breeze, FL

@rzweather @jmorgan_wx @spann @nwfltracking @TylerSmith_wx Mammatus sunset over Milton, FL this evening – at Bagdad, FL

@rzweather @NWSMobile @jmorgan_wx Example of some of the lightning this afternoon in Milton. Thing was throwing out close ones left and right, none of which I got on camera because a better view on the porch itself was just too dangerous.

@rzweather @NWSMobile @jmorgan_wx @SchlobohmAsa @TylerSmith_wx @nwfltracking @WEARAllenStrum @Gio_wx In all my years here on the Gulf Coast and in Milton, FL...I have NEVER seen the windows fog up in the middle of the day like this.

@NWSMobile @rzweather This shower in Milton is absolutely spitting out CGs. Just had a bolt land 3 houses down a few minutes ago, temporarily knocking the power out here on Westmont Rd.

@NWSMobile @rzweather @WEARAllenStrum It appears as if the strongest part of the storms avoided Milton proper (at the very least west of downtown). Had a period of heavy rain, but almost no wind here off Avalon Blvd.