1 waterspout, 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 26, 2:00 AM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 300 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2001 MID-UPPER LEVEL LOW SEEN IN SATELLITE LOOPS NEAR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MS WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD TODAY AS THE H5 ATLANTIC RIDGE SLOWLY BUILDS INTO THE SOUTHEAST STATES. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH...NEAR 2.25 TO 2.45 INCHES...THROUGH TODAY...THEN DROP OFF SLOWLY INTO THE WEEKEND AS THE ATLANTIC RIDGE PUSHES FURTHER INTO THE AREA. CONVERGENT H85 FLOW INTERACTING WITH A WEAK SURFACE TROF JUST INLAND WILL GENERATE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE AREA THIS MORNING...SPREADING NORTHEASTWARD INTO INLAND SECTIONS DURING THE DAY...AS SHOWN IN HPC QPF PROGS. LAPS DATA SHOWS MOISTURE POOLING AT A RATE OF UP TO -100 G/KG/12HR OVER COASTAL MOBILE AND BALDWIN AND OVER INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST JACKSON COUNTY MS. FOR QPF TODAY...OTHER THAN LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...EXPECT GENERAL AMOUNTS AROUND AN INCH OVER EXTREME SW AL AND SE MS...WITH A HALF INCH OVER THE INLAND PORTION OF THE WESTERN AREA AND NEAR A QUARTER INCH OVER THE INLAND EASTERN AREA...WITH THE NW FL PANHANDLE HAVING THE LEAST. COVERAGE DROPS OFF DRAMATICALLY THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING AND AS THE MID LEVEL LOW SHIFTS SLOWLY FURTHER TO THE NW WITH THE BEST H85 CONVERGENCE FOLLOWING SUITE IN RESPONSE TO THE BUILDING H85-5 RIDGE FROM THE EAST. FOR FRIDAY...DEVELOPMENT SHOULD TAKE PLACE FURTHER INLAND OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS AS THE FEATURES CONTINUE TO SHIFT GENERALLY NORTHWESTWARD. FRIDAY NIGHT WILL SEE SOME LINGERING EVENING SHOWERS OVER THE NW PORTION...BUT NOT MUCH ELSEWHERE. EXTENDED...SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUN AS THE SFC-H5 TROF CONTINUES TO BUILD INTO THE SOUTHEAST...FAVORING SEA BREEZE TYPE CONVECTION. A H5 TROF WILL DIG INTO THE EAST COAST STATES INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH A WEAK TROF EVENTUALLY STALLING NEAR THE GULF COAST ON TUESDAY. THIS FEATURE WILL SUPPORT A CONTINUED CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH MID WEEK. MARINE...SOUTH WINDS AT 10-15 KNOTS AND GUSTY TODAY BECOMING SOUTHEAST BY TONIGHT AND PERSISTING THROUGH FRIDAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY BECOMING SCATTERED BY TONIGHT. FIRE...NO CONCERNS. PRELIM NUMBERS... MOB TE 082/073 088/074 089 299342 PNS TE 083/075 087/075 088 297342 DTS TB 084/076 086/076 087 296232 GZH TE 084/072 088/071 090 297242 2R0 TE 082/073 089/072 092 29+363 61A TE 082/073 089/072 092 299353 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
ALZ039-051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-261800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 608 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2001 ...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... ...WATERSPOUTS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE ALABAMA COASTAL WATERS AND COASTAL COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WILL GENERATE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD OVER INTO THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DURING THE DAY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF BY THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA MAY RECEIVE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. RAINFALL MAY BE EXTREMELY HEAVY AT TIMES IN THIS AREA AND IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THE LONGEST DURATION RAINS. INCREASED LOWER ATMOSPHERIC WIND SPEEDS EAST OF THE SURFACE LOW WILL ALSO INCREASE THE CHANCES FOR WATERSPOUTS...OR SHORT-LIVED TORNADOES GENERALLY OVER THE ALABAMA COASTAL WATERS AND WITHIN 20 MILES OF THE ALABAMA COAST. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTER PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS 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 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
A waterspout was observed offshore, south of Mary Esther. The waterspout remained over open water and dissipated after a few minutes.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 2001
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