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 Jul 5, 1:53 PM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 253 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2001 WILL GO AHEAD AND SEND AND UPDATE TO WORKING ZONE PACKAGE TO ADD CHOCTAW...MARENGO...AND WILCOX TO SEV,ERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 515 UNTIL 06/00Z. UPDATES OUT SHORTLY. /10 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
255 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ALABAMA...
CHOCTAW...MARENGO...WILCOX.
HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSBIBLE
WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds near Butler.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, July 2001
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