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 Jul 11, 2:15 AM CST, 12 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 315 AM CDT THU JUL 11 2002 LATEST SFC ANALYSIS CONTINUES TO SHOW A SLIGHTLY STRONGER RIDGE TO THE ENE THAN WHAT THE MODELS ADVERTISE FOR 06Z. FURTHER EAST RIDGE AXIS HAS SHIFTED FURTHER S WITH WEAK HIGH PRES DOMINATING AT THE SFC OVER MUCH OF THE FL PEN. TO THE N WEAK LOW PRES HAS BEGUN TO DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL MS RR VALLEY AS UPPER TROF OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. CONTINUES TO DIG BUT SLOWER THAN YESTERDAYS RUNS. ALOFT HAVE NOTED A CLOSED LOW NOW AT THE BASE OF THIS TROF WELL N OVER THE UPPER MS RVR VALLEY WITH TEMPS ALOFT IN THE VICINITY OF THIS LOW STILL NOT VERY IMPRESSIVE. TO THE S MID LEVEL LOW CENTER NOW OVER THE EASTERN GULF CONTINUES TO TRACK WSW WITH LITTLE TO NO INFLUENCE ATTM ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST. LATEST THINKING DEEPENING TROF WILL DROP SOUTHWARD OVER THE CENTRAL GULF STATES THROUGH EARLY SAT THEN LIFT OUT QUICKLY AS BERMUDA HIGH WINS AND BECOMES THE DOMINATE FEATURE FOR MUCH OF THE LOWER SE U.S. WITH THIS BELIEVE LOWER POPS WILL BE IN STORE FOR MUCH OF THE CWFA ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN HALF AND NEAR THE COAST. A DEEP FLOW OUT OF THE WSW OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL GULF REGION BY FRI AFT ALSO SUPPORTS THIS REASONING. LATEST MODEL SOLUTIONS BASICALLY LEANING TOWARD THE AVN AND CAN SOLUTIONS SHOW A MORE ZONAL FLOW SOUTH OF THE UPPER TROF TO THE N FRI AND SAT SUGGESTING INCREASED SUBSISTENCE NEAR COAST WILL BE LIKELY AS MEAN FLOW BECOMES MOSTLY WSW. OVER THE GULF MID LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO TRACK SW AND FILL WITH WEAK SFC LOW/TROF QUICKLY FILLS ALSO AS ITS SHEARED AND ABSORBED AS IT NEARS THE COAST. FOR NOW WILL CONTINUE WITH SCATTERED POPS ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWFA FOR FRI...CUTTING BACK ONCE AGAIN TODAY FOR MOST AREAS. BELIEVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT PRECIP WILL BE FRI NIGHT AND EARLY SAT MAINLY TO THE NORTH AWAY FROM THE COAST. WITH THIS WILL BEGIN TO TRIM POPS CAREFULLY AND INTRODUCE A SWLY WIND FLOW FOR MOST AREAS BEGINNING ON FRI. MARINE...CONTINUED FLOW FROM THE EAST SOUTHEAST TODAY THEN QUICKLY TURNING SW EARLY FRI AS WEAK SFC LOW LIFTS N AND BECOMES ABSORBED. SWLY WINDS AND SEAS WILL STAY UP AND POSSIBLY INCREASE SLIGHTLY OVER THE WEEKEND AS BERMUDA HIGH INTERACTS WITH TROFING TO THE N. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET AT LEAST OR SLIGHTLY BETTER THROUGH THE WEEKEND. FIRE...NO REQUIREMENTS...ATTM. DISPERSIONS THOUGH MAY HAVE TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY OVER THE WEEKEND AS GRADIENT NEAR THE COAST REMAINS IN PLACE. /32 PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... MOB BE 092/073 091/074 089 32213 PNS BE 089/075 090/076 089 32213 DTS BE 089/077 088/078 087 32213 GZH BE 093/072 090/072 089 32324 2R0 BE 093/073 090/073 090 32324 61A BE 093/072 090/073 089 32324 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-112300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 600 AM CDT THU JUL 11 2002 A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD FIRE UP TODAY MOSTLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. BECAUSE OF A LACK OF MID LEVEL FORCING AND LESS HUMID AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHEAST...LESS COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS MOST OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SPOTTERS IS NOT EXPECTED.
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:12 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down by high winds from a thunderstorm near Camden.
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