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 Apr 29, 9:41 AM CST, 5 hours 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 941 AM CST MON APR 29 2002 CONCUR WITH SPC ON REDVLPMNT OF WDLY SCT CONVCTN ALG FRONTAL AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES LATER TODAY BUT WUD NEED TO GET RID OF MARINE ST LYR SITTING ON US NOW. THIS HAS NORMALLY HAPPENED ABT MIDMRNG AND SINCE THE SOLAR ANGLE IS AN HOUR BEHIND US NOW HEATING WUD HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO GET UNDERWAY. CONVECTION IN AR ALREADY MASSING AT THE BORDER AS INDCD SWOMCD ISSUED AT 0941...SO ANTICIPATING A MOVE ESE. THUS WE SEE NO HARM IN UPPING THE ANTE TO 40 PERCENT...STILL KEEPING IT A CHC POP. KINEMATICS VS Q-VECTORS...UPWARD Q-VECTOR FORCING APPEARS TO BE LESS FROM THE THERMAL TERM THAN FROM DIFRNTL PVA THRU LYR. THUS THE DRIVING DYNAMICS SEEMS TO BE SHORT WV RELATED BUT WITH THE NW FLOW ALF...CONCERN HERE IS FOR A DMGNG LONG LIVED BOW ECHO...I.E..A DERECHO LIKE EVENT IN WHICH RIGHT MOVERS WOULD TURN INTO THE WARM SECTOR S OF THE QSTNRY FRONT N OF HERE. THE HODOGRAPHS R NEARLY LINEAR AND POINT ESE...AND THE MOISTURE AT SIL AND TLH LOOKS HIGHER THRU A DEEPER LYR TODAY THAN ON SUNDAY. THETA-E PROGS FROM ETA SUITE INDCD A SMALL RIDGE ALG COAST THIS AFTN. WNW LYR SHEAR IN EXCESS OF 40 KTS R INDCD BY TLH AND LIX HODOGRAPHS...MAYBE ALLOWING A FEW TO ORGANIZE WITH RISK OF WIND GUST OR HAIL. SPC INDCD THEY WUD BE MULTICELLULAR TSTMS IN THIS CWA...AND WE CUD NOT AGREE MORE. CONVECTION WUD LIKELY COLLAPSE AFTER SUNSET...NOT XPCTG NOCTURNAL CONVECTION ATTM. /77 .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.
Trees and power lines were blown down by high thunderstorm winds near Needham. Golfball size hail was also reported in the area.
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