1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 19, 5:12 PM CST, 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
512 PM CST THU DEC 19 2002
DUE TO CONVECTION DYING OFF AND FRONT PUSHING THOUGH THE AREA...
TORNADO WATCH 794 NO LONGER EFFECTIVE FOR CHOCTAW...WAYNE...
GEORGE...GREENE...MOBILE INLAND...PERRY...STONE... AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES. TORNADO WATCH 794 CONTINUES EFFECTIVE UNTIL 6 PM FOR
BALDWIN INLAND...CLARKE...MONROE...BALDWIN COASTAL...MOBILE
COASTAL...AND WILCOX COUNTIES. TORNADO WATCH 795 CONTINUES EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 9 PM FOR ALL REMAINING COUNTIES.
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PRELIM NUMBERS...
MOB...
AL...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 6 PM ALZ053>055 AND ALZ 062>064.
TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9 PM ALZ057-058-060.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY OUT TO 60 NM INCLUDING MOBILE BAY.
FL...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9 PM FLZ001>006
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY OUT TO 60 NM.
MS...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 6 PM MSZ067-075-076-078-079.ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-192100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1025 AM CST THU DEC 19 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .TODAY INTO TONIGHT... ...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING NUMEROUS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. LIFTED INDEX INDICATES STABILITY WAS MODERATE AS OF THIS MORNING...BUT THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE AND CONVECTIVE ENERGY AVAILABILITY INDICATES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WITH DYNAMIC FORCING. TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THIS SITUATION AS WELL AS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END OVERNIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES TO BE THE GREATEST OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...STORM SPOTTERS AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .FRIDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY... DRY AND SOMEWHAT COOLER CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...BUT ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED SHOWERS. DRY AND COOLER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO THE REGION FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY IN THE WAKE OF THIS NEXT FRONT. YET ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THROUGH THE REGION ON TUESDAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS RETURNING FOR CHRISTMAS DAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:21 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees just south of Monroeville.
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