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 20, 3:00 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 400 PM CDT MON AUG 20 2001 SECONDARY SHORTWAVE COMING DOWN BEHIND THE MAIN UPPER TROF HAS KICKED OFF A COMPLEX OF SCT THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MS THIS AFTERNOON. MIDLEVEL FLOW SUGGESTS THIS SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH SUNSET THEN WEAKEN SHORTLY THERAFTER WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. POPS ADVERTISED TONIGHT MAINLY IN RELATION TO THE POTENTIAL OF THIS MAKING IT THIS FAR SOUTH BEFORE DYING TONIGHT. GREATER POPS NORTHWEST...MUCH LESS SOUTHEAST. NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING IN DRY MEAN LAYER HUMIDITY VALUES TOMORROW INTO THE EARLY EXTENDED PERIODS. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL PERSIST...BUT AS RIDGE BUILDS OVERHEAD...VERY LOW POPS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. MRF BRINGING SOME DEEPER MOISTURE IN FROM THE NORTHEAST SUNDAY AND MONDAY...AND WILL BRING RAIN CHANCES BACK UP A NOTCH THEN. CHANTAL STILL PROJECTED WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF OUR REGION...MAINLY DUE TO BUILDING RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST. FOR NOW DOES NOT LOOK TO BE A FACTOR IN OUR FORECAST. /05 MOB UU 070/094 070/094 072 05210 PNS UU 072/093 072/092 075 05-10 DTS UU 075/090 073/092 075 05-10 GZH UU 066/093 065/095 069 053-0 2R0 UU 067/094 067/095 069 055-0 61A UU 067/094 067/095 069 055-0= .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-210000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 345 PM CDT MON AUG 20 2001 ...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THROUGH SUNSET... THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA HAVE BECOME VERY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. DRY AIR IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE COMBINED WITH ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. A FEW STORMS OVER THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN THEIR AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING...AND BE ALERT FOR LATER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WHILE A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING...THE STORMS WILL NOT BE LONG LIVED NOR WILL THEY BECOME WIDESPREAD IN COVERAGE. ACTIVATION OF SEVERE STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MOB.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down near Deer Park as a line of thunderstorms moved through.
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