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 20, 2:20 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 320 PM CDT SAT JUL 20 2002 FOR THE CURRENT PACKAGE...LOOKS LIKE WE ARE TENDING BACK TO A CLIMO FORECAST WITH RESPECT TO TEMPS AND POPS. MEAN TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL PROVIDE SOME UPPER INSTABILITY THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...WITH UPPER RIDGE OVER CARIBBEAN/GULF OF MEXICO INTO THE SOUTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS WILL HELP TO KEEP TAIL END ANCHORED. PRECIP H20 LEVELS ACROSS THE FA WERE IN THE 1.6 (ALONG I-20) TO 2 RANGE ALONG THE FL COAST (NEAR TO 120% OF NORM FOR THE AREA). MODELS KEEP LEVELS IN THIS RANGE OVER THE FA THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. BIGGEST PROBLEM WILL BE WINDS ALONG COAST AND OVER COASTAL WATERS. ETA/NGM/AVN ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH RESPECT TO SURFACE HIGH ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER RIDGE....WITH CENTER OF CIRCULATION SOMETIMES OVER THE EASTERN GULF...SOMETIMES CENTRAL...SOMETIMES WEST...WITH LITTLE SOME AGREEMENT AMONGST THE MODELS...BUT NOT MUCH. MOS GUIDANCE FOR EACH MODEL TEMPER THE DIFFERENCES A BIT...WITH LIGHT WINDS INLAND... DRAINAGE WIND ALONG COAST...AT NIGHT...AND SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW DURING THE DAY. DURING THE DAY...MOS IS ADVERTISING GENERALLY WESTERLY WINDS NORTHERN HALF OF THE FA...VARIABLE ALONG COAST BEFORE GULF BREEZE KICKS IN. FOR THE HEAT PROBLEM WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS...THE NEAT HEAT ADVISORY LEVELS WILL COOL A BIT...WITH MAX DAYTIME HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 100 TO 105 RANGE. FOR THE FORECAST...AM BASICALLY TRENDING TOWARDS CLIMO THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. SEE LITTLE TO DIFFERENTIATE FROM SUCH AT THIS TIME. MARINE...HIGH PRESSURE OVER GULF WILL KEEP CIRCULATION CENTER OF WINDS AROUND SURFACE HIGH DANCING AROUND THE GULF...PROVIDING LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE COAST IN THE AFTERNOON. FIRE..MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY REMAINS AROUND 40 PERCENT OVER THE WEEKEND...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BOTH AFTERNOONS. EXTENDED...MAY SEE AN INCREASE IN CONVECTION TOWARD MID WEEK AS BASE OF ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH SWINGS EAST ACROSS FORECAST AREA...INTO UPPER WEAKNESS MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONSISTENTLY DRAPE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS INTO THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. BASICALLY GOING WITH CLIMO FORECAST THROUGH THE EXTENDED. PRELIM NUMBERS... MOB 075/095 073/094 072 14242 PNS 076/094 074/094 074 14242 DTS 077/094 076/093 075 14242 GZH 072/095 071/094 071 24131 2R0 072/094 071/094 072 24131 61A 073/095 072/095 072 24131 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. 16/12
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL
955 PM CDT FRI JUL 19 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0745 PM 4 N BELLEVILLE MS WIND DAMAGE
07/19/02 PERRY NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG
OLD RIVER ROAD AND
MCKENZIE ROADThe Mobile radar (KMOB), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:48 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees near Barlow Bend.
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