1 hail, 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 Aug 2, 1:43 PM CST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 243 PM CDT FRI AUG 02 2002 AFTER AN ACTIVE DAY...SATELLITE SHOWS CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURES BEGINNING TO WARM OVER THE FORECAST AREA AND RADAR SHOWS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING ISOLATED. THUS...WILL DO A QUICK UPDATE TO ZONES AND DROP OFF THE SCATTERED NATURE OF PRECIPITATION AND CALL FOR A GENERAL ISOLATED COVERAGE THROUGH THE EVENING. /10 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Nickel size hail was reported from a thunderstorm near Butler. Winds from the storm also blew down a few trees.
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