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 13, 2:10 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 310 PM CDT SAT JUL 13 2002 THE OFFSHORE SURFACE LOW IS NOW JUST AN ELONGATED TROUGH EXTENDING EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS FROM LOUSIANA TO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. CONSEQUENTLY...THIS IS ENHANCING SEA BREEZE ACTIVITY ACROSS THE COASTLINE THIS AFTERNOON. FURTHER INLAND...A BOUNDARY EVIDENT ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF STATES LAST NIGHT HAS RETROGRADED NORTH. UNLIKE YESTERDAY...NO STRONG SHORT WAVE IS MOVING TOWARD THE AREA FROM UPSTREAM. THUS LITTLE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS FORMED OVER THE INLAND COUNTIES THUS FAR. IT STILL IS POSSIBLE TO SEE SOME CONVECTION THIS EVENING OVER INLAND COUNTIES...BUT THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH LATE EVENING WILL BE ALONG THE COAST. FOR SUNDAY THROUGH MIDWEEK...MOIST DEEP SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL BE THE MAIN REGIME AS THE TROUGH THAT NOW EXTENDS FROM THE OHIO VALLEY TO TEXAS CUTS OFF OVER THE ARLATEX AREA...AND THE STANDARD SUMMERTIME HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE RESULTE WILL BE CONTINUE WARM AND MOIST...BUT WITH LOWER RAIN CHANCES THAN TODAY AND YESTERDAY. THE CURRNT JUICY PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OVER TWO INCHES WILL DECREASE A LITTLE BIT AS THE SUBSIDENT HIGH PRESSURE AIRMASS BUILDS OVER THE AREA...LEAVING SEA BREEZE/DIURNAL HEATING FACTORS THE MAIN WEATHER MAKERS. FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK...MID RANGE MODELS NOT SHOWING ANYTHING BUT HIGH PRESSURE SQUATTING OVER THE AREA THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. THIS WILL MEAN THE STANDARD SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...BUT WITH HOT DAYTIME TEMPERATURES...REACHING INTO THE MID 90S. MARINE...SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. WINDS WILL PICK UP A LITTLE TOMORROW INTO MONDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. /13 PRELIM NUMBERS MOB BB 073/090 074/091 076 13442 PNS BB 075/091 076/091 077 13542 DTS BB 077/088 077/089 078 13531 GZH BB 071/091 072/091 072 13452 2RO BB 071/091 072/091 072 13563 61A BB 072/090 072/091 073 13463 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down by high winds from a thunderstorm.
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