1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 17, 2:01 PM CST, 4 hours 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 204 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2001 MODEL PERFORMANCE A BIT MIXED AGAIN AS EARLIER THIS WEEK. AS OF 12Z THIS MORNING...THE ETA AND NGM PACKAGES FROM 2 DAYS AGO BOTH FORECAST THE 850 TEMP NEAR OUR CWA AS TOO COOL AND MISSED THE RIDGE OVER THE GULF. THE MRF...BRACKNELL...AND EVEN THE AVN WERE A LITTLE FAST... BUT NOT AS BADLY. 48 HOUR VERIFICATION SHOWED SURFACE AND UPPER FEATURES WELL PLACED...AND 850 TEMPS SHOW GOOD VERIFICATION AS WELL...SO AM HAPPY WITH THE AVN FOR NOW WITH A FEW MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. NGM WENT OFF THE SEEP END SHOWING 70 POPS IN WESTERN ZONES...WE TOOK MAV GUIDANCE THERE TOO. AT THE MOMENT BOTH THE ETA AND THE AVN ARE INDICATING VORTLOBES PASSING BY THROUGH 00Z SUN..AND THETA-E RIDGE IS ALSO SHOWN BY THE LAPS AND THE TO THE EAST EARLY IN THE TERM. THEREFORE...WOULD THINK IT PRUDENT TO KEEP POPS UP IN OUR EASTERN ZONES. AVN FORECASTS FRONTOGENETIC PROCESS AS BEING LESS INTENSE THAN YESTERDAY BUT IT STILL SHOWS IT HANGING OVER OUR CWA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ISENTROPIC MOTION GENERALLY UPSLOPE OR OVER THE CWA FOR NEXT 48 HR. AS YESTERDAY...SEABREEZE CONVECTION FIRED RIGHT UP...ALBEIT EARLIER AROUND MID MORNING...WITH RADAR RETURNS SHOWING SCATTERED ECHOES POPPING THROUGH THE LOW INTENSITY AP. LIX SOUNDING SHOWED A LITTLE BIT OF DRYNESS ALOFT WITH A CAPE ABOUT 4500. NONETHELESS OTHER FACTORS KEEP TODAYS WET MICROBURST RISK APPEARS RATHER SMALL. MARINE AND FIRE...NO HIGHLIGHTS. WIND GERNERALLY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE PERIOD. EXTENDED RANGE... MRF FORECASTING A FRONTOLYTIC ENVIRONMENT OVER CWA WITH POPS DIMINSIHING TO SLIGHT CHANCE STARTING EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS IS RESULT OF A 500 MB RIDGE BUILDING UP TO OUR NEAR WEST AND KEEPING MOST CONVECTION OFFSHORE. /77 PRELIM NUMBERS... MOB EB 075/091 074/091 073 77242 PNS EB 077/089 075/090 076 77242 DTS EE 077/091 075/088 076 77252 GZH CE 072/090 072/092 071 77252 2R0 CB 071/092 071/094 067 77232 61A CE 071/092 071/094 067 77232 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds from thunderstorms blew down numerous trees along SR 10 between Lisman and Butler. A couple of the trees landed on vehicles.
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