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, 3:02 PM CST, 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 212 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2002 REDVLPMNT OF WDLY SCT CONVCTN ALG FRONTAL AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES NOW OCCURRING ON OUR WRN DOOSTEP AS SUSPECTED PER MIDNIGHT SHIFT. STARTED W/ A GREAT FCST FROM MID SHIFT...HAD EVERYTHING PRETTY WELL COVERED. MERELY NEEDED TO MOVE ALL EVENTS BACK A TAD UNTIL EARLY THIS EVE. FINALLY MARINE ST LYR SITTING ON US EARLIER BROKE UP AS XPCTD GIVING US SOME HEATING. WITH SUN ANGLE BEING HIGH UNTIL ABT 1800 CDT... HEATING SHUD STILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO REMAIN UNDERWAY. CONVECTION IN AR MOVG THRU NRN MS EARLIER THSI AM WAS NOT PANNING OUT AS XPCTD EARLIER AND CONSIDERED ASSESMENT THAT MODEL PHYSICS CANNOT PICK UP EVERY DETAIL...BUT LATER LIT UP SOME CU AHEAD OF AN OLD OUTFLOW AFTER BRKG UP AS IT MOVED SE. THE NEW CONVCN RESTARTED SE OF JAN ABT MIDDAY. MESO ETA SHOWED A THETA-E RIDGE ALG WHICH THE MCS WAS PROPAGATING AND THEN SHOWED SIGNS OF REBUILDING ITSELF...THE PROSPECT WAS FRPMERLY GOOD CHC FOR PCPN IN NRN ZONES. AS WE GOT FURTHER INTO THIS AFTERNOON THE MESO-ETA SOLN INDCD A THETA-E RIDGE ALG THE NRN REACHES WHILST THE WS-ETA WAS SHOWING AN INTRUSION FURTHER SOUTH. LOOKS LIKE THE WINNER IS...WS-ETA. ATTM GOING TO LIKELY CAT FOR POP WITH SAW3 IN EFFECT UNTIL 0100Z. WAITING PROVED THIS RUN DID PICK UP THE CONVECTION AND RIGHT ON TIME. SEEING NO HARM IN BUMPING TO LIKELY POPS WUD KNOCK SEQUENCE THIS EVE NOT TOO LONG AFTER SUNSET...AND NO NOCTURNAL TSTMS XPCTD ATTM. EXTENDED...MRF HAS STARTED TO CATCH UP WITH ITSELF NOW...THE PHASING IS ONLY ABOUT 60 DEG OUT VICE YDAYS 180 DEG OUT...BUT THATS ALL TO THE S...NRN REACHES OF MDL DOMAIN ARE STILL 180 DEG APART. STILL XPCT FROPA FRI AND THINKING IS TO BE STEADY ON UNTIL THE 5 TO 7 DAY REACH SETTLES OUT...WHICH WE ARE HOPING COULD HAPPEN AS THE 240 HR LOOKS BETTER PHASED FROM RUN TO RUN...ENDING OUT WITH A NEGATIVELY TILTED TROF IN THE NRN PLAINS. HOWEVER SHUD NOT GO ANY FURTHER W/ SPCULTN ON THAT ONE... FIRE...NO CONCERNS. MARINE...WIND SW THRU THU BCM N 15 W/FROPA FRI. GRADFIENT STEEPENING WITH BLDG SEAS THRU WED. /77/10 PRELIM NUMBERS... MOB TB 067/087 068/086 074 77720 PNS TB 071/086 071/083 075 77720 DTS TB 071/084 071/083 075 77720 GZH TB 062/080 063/087 072 77720 2R0 TB 064/088 066/089 072 77720 61A TB 061/080 063/088 072 77720 .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 were blown down near Dixie as thunderstorms moved through the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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