Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Mobile, AL

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WWUS54 KMOB 262032
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
231 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

ALC003-097-262045-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050326T2045Z/
BALDWIN AL-MOBILE AL-
231 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY...
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WARNING FOR MOBILE COUNTY HAS 
BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 226 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR VAUGHN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF BAY MINETTE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS MOVED INTO BALDWIN COUNTY.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STOCKTON AND I65 AND AL 225 BY 215 PM CST
  VAUGHN AND I65 AND AL 59 BY 220 PM CST
  LATHAM AND I65 AND AL 287 BY 225 PM CST
  RABUN BY 235 PM CST
  I65 AND CR 47 BY 240 PM CST

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3104 8815 3085 8800 3100 8763 3128 8770

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
200 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

.UPDATE...TOR WATCH HAS REPLACES SVR WATCH OVER THE AREA. PACKAGE
UPDATED TO REFLECT.

16/

&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE      78  62  77  48 /  40  90  30  10
PENSACOLA   76  66  74  52 /  40  90  50  10
DESTIN      76  66  72  54 /  40  90  60  10
EVERGREEN   81  63  75  49 /  50  90  50  10
WAYNESBORO  81  62  72  46 /  50  90  40  10
CAMDEN      81  62  75  49 /  50  90  50  10

&&

.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
130 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-271100-
BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-BUTLER-CHOCTAW-CLARKE-CONECUH-
COVINGTON-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-GEORGE-
GREENE-MOBILE COASTAL-MOBILE INLAND-MONROE-OKALOOSA COASTAL-
OKALOOSA INLAND-PERRY-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-STONE-
WASHINGTON-WAYNE-WILCOX-
130 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND THROUGH TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING ALONG A WARM FRONT THAT WAS
MOVING NORTH ACROSS SOUTH ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT...WILL BECOME MORE
NUMEROUS AS THE FRONT MOVES NORTH. HAIL FROM NICKEL TO SOFTBALL SIZE
WAS REPORTED FROM A LATE MORNING STORM OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND INTO SOUTH ALABAMA. STORMS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...WITH AN INCREASING CHANCE OF ISOLATED TORNADOES
AS THE EVENING APPROACHES.

THE CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE FROM LATE THIS EVENING
THROUGH EARLY TO MID SUNDAY MORNING AS A SQUALL LINE DEVELOPS AHEAD
OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING OUT OF EAST TEXAS. THE SQUALL
LINE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI LATER TONIGHT
AND THEN ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
THE SQUALL LINE SHOULD EXIT THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT
COUNTIES OF ALABAMA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. STRONG
DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND IN
ADVANCE OF THIS SQUALL LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

BY MID TO LATE SUNDAY MORNING THE SQUALL LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE
STORMS IS EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST OF THE AREA. DURING SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP
AS THE STORM SYSTEMS TRACKS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND DRAGS A
COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A
FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG
DOWNBURST WINDS. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED
SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING AT THIS TIME.

OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS WILL LIKELY BE
REQUIRED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1014 AM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

ALZ064-FLZ002-004-006-261715-
LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL OKALOOSA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DESTIN...FORT WALTON BEACH...NAVARRE AND
PENSACOLA...
1014 AM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING DETECTED JUST OFFSHORE OF
BALDWIN...OKALOOSA...ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES...

AT 1010 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF DESTIN TO 10 MILES SOUTH
OF PALMETTO BEACH...AND MOVING EASTNORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...GULF
SHORES...ORANGE BEACH...PENSACOLA BEAC...GULF BREEZE AND FORT
WALTON THROUGH 1115 AM CST.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WHICH
COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED
SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THESE
STORMS HAVE PASSED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST
SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.