1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 24, 3:35 AM CST, 8 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 335 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001 ADDED MOBILE BAY TO SCA. DEEP SURFACE LOW OVER KS STILL PROGD TO MOVE QUICKLY INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION LATER TONIGHT. ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND STALL ALONG THE NW FL COAST SUNDAY MORNING. NO QUESTION ABOUT RAIN...BUT SEVERE POTENTIAL REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN AS GREATEST UPPER SUPPORT AND FORCING RIDES WELL NORTH. AT THIS TIME...EXPECT WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND TSTMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH AN ISOLATED SEVERE THREAT BETWEEN 18Z AND 00Z TODAY AS CAPES CLIMB INTO THE 2000-2500 J/KG RANGE AND VEERING LOW LEVEL WINDS (SFC SSE 15KTS TO 850MB SW 45KTS) RESULTS IN 200+ HELICITIES. MAIN SEVERE THREAT WILL LIKELY BE SEVERAL ROTATING CELLS...MAINLY MOVING IN OFF THE WARM GULF WATERS DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH SOME DOWNBURST POTENTIAL LIKELY OVER THE NW-NRN ZONES BY LATE AFTERNOON-EARLY EVENING...LARGELY ASSOCIATED WITH EXPECTED SQUALL LINE. INSTABILITIES AND DYNAMICS REALLY FALL OFF BETWEEN 00Z-06Z TNGT...SUGGESTING WEAKENING TREND IN SQUALL LINE AS IT PUSHES EASTWARD ACROSS THE FA THRU THE LATE EVNG AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING HOURS. SINCE FA IS IN A SLIGHT RISK AREA WITH THREAT OF ROTATORS OFF THE GULF...WILL GO AHEAD AND EXTEND SEVERE WORDING IN ZONES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE COAST. RAIN CHANCES WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...BUT WITH FRONT STALLING ALONG THE NW FL COAST...WILL HAVE TO HOLD ONTO SOME CLOUDS AND SLGT CHC POPS THRU SUNDAY NIGHT. CHANCE RAIN CONTINUES MON-MID WEEK AS FRONT BACKS UP ON MON AHEAD OF NEXT FRONT TUES-WED. THE AVN CONTIUES TO STALL THIS NEXT FRONT NEAR THE COAST AGAIN UNTIL A SECOND SURGE CAN CLEAN THE AREA OUT LIKELY LATER IN THE WEEK THU-FRI. FCSTID = 39/26 MOB 77 63 74 59 / 60 80 20 10 PNS 76 64 73 62 / 50 80 30 20 DTS 74 65 73 63 / 50 80 30 20 GZH 76 59 72 56 / 50 80 20 10 2R0 75 55 71 51 / 70 60 20 10 61A 75 56 71 53 / 70 70 20 10 .MOB... AL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY GMZ630-650-670. FL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY GMZ655-675. MS...NONE.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-241830- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 626 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH ARE SEVERE... WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AROUND NOON. IN ADDITION... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS COASTAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BY EARLY AFTERNOON...AND MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. A STRONG DISTURBANCE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL COMBINE WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. WITH STRONG WINDS IN THE LOWER PART OF THE ATMOSPHERE...DRY AIR IN THE MIDDLE PART OF THE ATMOSPHERE...AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE...SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE. IN ADDITION...GIVEN THE CHANGE OF WIND DIRECTION WITH HEIGHT...IN THE LOWER PART OF THE ATMOSPHERE...ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. FOR THESE REASONS...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE ENTIRE AREA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO EVOLVE INTO A SQUALL LINE LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AND GRADUALLY WEAKEN LATER THIS EVENING AS IT MOVES EAST. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE WEATHER...AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS BY NOON. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MOB. 26
ALZ051>054-MSZ067-075-076-242100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 931 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...WASHINGTON...CLARKE...WILCOX AND CHOCTAW. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...PERRY...GREENE AND WAYNE. AT 930 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS WILL ADVANCE EASTWARD AT 20 MPH AND MOVE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND 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 POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A small and weak tornado move through the area just southwest of Butler. Trees and power lines were reported down in the area. In addition, golfball sized hail was also observed in Jachin.
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