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, 11:05 AM CST, 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1130 AM CDT SUN AUG 25 2002 NO CHANGE TO BUMPED UP POPS TODAYS FORECAST...MERELY MENTIONED SCT CONVECTION THIS MORNING ALLOWING FOR SHRA/TSRA FORMING UP AHEAD. WE THOUGHT EARLIER THAT VIGOROUS OUTFLOW WOULD PROMOTE SINKING AHEAD OF THE LARGE MCS WHICH CONTINUES MOVING SOUTHEAST. UNOFFICIAL RAIN GAGE CLICKED ONCE FOR ONE ONE-HUNDREDTH GIVING US AN UNOFFICIAL RAIN EVENT. SO APPARENTLY CONVECTION FROM SFC HEATING IS OVERCOMING ANY PRE-MCS SUBSIDENCE. MCS STILL HANGING TOGETHER PRETTY WELL CURRENTLY LOCATED IN NW MISSISSIPPI MOVG PAST JAN NOW TWD PIB...MEI...AND INTERSTATE 59 AND IN FACT HAS CLEARED JCT OF I-55 AND I-20 VCNTY OF FLORENCE AND CRYSTAL SPRINGS IN E CNTRL MS. MCS SHUD TOUCH OUR NORTHWEST CWA NET 1300 CDT. TIMING STILL LOOKS GOOD. WET MICROBURST RISK FROM JAN SDG UPGRADED TO CHC RISK. EARLIER RUC 40 MODEL DERIVED GAVE SLIGHT RISK. SPC REVIEWING SITUATION...LATEST SWOMCD GERMANE. /77 .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 thunderstorm blew down several trees just west of Citronelle.
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Every storm in Alabama in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, August 2002
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