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 Aug 25, 12:30 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 130 PM CDT SUN AUG 25 2002 MCS STILL STILL KEPT TOGETHER PRETTY WELL ALL DAY WHICH WILL AFFECT POPS TOINGHT AS WELL AS OVERNIGHT FOG. WET MICROBURST RISK FROM JAN SDG UPGRADED TO CHC RISK. EARLIER RUC 40 MODEL DERIVED GAVE SLIGHT RISK BUT AS FAR AS FORECASTING POPS AND TIMING THEREOF...IT DID WELL IN THE SHORT TERM THIS LATEST OF A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES KICKING UP REGIONAL OUTFLOW ARCS BRINGING TSTM ACTIVITY FROM N TX THRU SRN LA THRU ERN MS AND FROM THERE THRU WRN FL PANHANDLE AND INTO SE GA. IT APPEARS OUR ARC PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO SWEEP THRU SOUTH ALABAMA... SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. A SECOND JET STREAK OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WILL RENDER A CUTOFF LOW OVER OH VALLEY TONIGHT. QG FRONTOGENETIC FUNCTION AND Q-VECTOR DIVG VALUES ALIGNING WITH MDT/STG VORTICITY ABT 20E-5 S(-1) WITH COOLING TEMPERATURES AT 500. THIS WILL ADVECT INTO THE DEEP SOUTH ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW AND PUSH A WEAK FRONT INTO THE AREA LATE MON. DRY AIR ALOFT WILL DOUSE RAIN CHANCES AS OF MON. FOR THE FORECAST...WILL GO WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN TONIGHT MOST AREAS WITH MONDAY HAVING A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EASTERN AREAS...ISOLD TO NONE WEST...THRU TUESDAY QND STAYAING THAT WAY THRU MOST OF THE WEEK. THE MRF STILL SHOWS POSSIBILITY OF A TROUGH IN STATE OF YUCATAN BY THIS WEEKEND. WILL STAND FAST FOR NOW...NO CHANGES TO EXTENDED AT THIS TIME. FIRE...SEE LITTLE PROBLEM INTO MONDAY...WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND PREVALENT. THEREAFTER...DRIER AIRMASS WILL PUSH INTO AREA...WITH RH LEVELS FALLING INTO THE 35 TO 40% RANGE OVER MOST OF THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NO WIND PROBLEMS SEEN ATTM...WE MAY SEE SOME PROBLEMS WITH HUMIDITY LATE THIS WEEK...WILL KEEP ALL ADVISED. MARINE...COASTAL WATERS WILL BE DOMINATED BY SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTHEASTERN US THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH LIGHT WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS COASTAL WATERS SWITCHING TO NORTHWESTERLY. GRADIENT WILL WEAKEN WEDNESDAY ONWARD...WITH WINDS/SEAS WEAKENING. 77/16 MOB BE 076/089 075/088 072 77521 PNS BE 076/090 076/089 072 77521 DTS EE 075/089 075/089 071 77521 GZH EE 072/091 073/089 069 77421 2R0 EB 073/091 071/089 067 77321 61A EB 073/088 072/088 068 77421= .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-260300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...AMENDED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 600 AM CDT SUN AUG 25 2002 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH THE DEEP SOUTH TODAY WILL BRING NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE REGION BEGINNING SHORTLY BEFORE NOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE FIRST CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE AREA AROUND NOON. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF BRINGING SEVERE WEATHER TO OTHER PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AND THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE SITUATION FOR POSSIBLY ISSUING A WATCH THIS AFTERNOON. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THIS ANTICIPATED EPISODE OF WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TODAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds from a line of thunderstorms moving through the area damaged a restaurant along Cotton Bayou. The restaurant is located on the water and high winds blew part of the roof off. A nearby marina also suffered some damage and a couple of boats were blown around and damaged.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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