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 28, 2:10 AM CST, 10 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 310 AM CDT SUN JUL 28 2002 PERSISTENCE SEEMS TO REMAIN A FAIRLY GOOD FORECAST AS SYNOPTIC PATTERN HAS SEEN ONLY MINOR CHANGES. SFC/MIDLEVEL HIGH PRES CENTERED OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD WITH SFC TO 700 MB MOISTURE IN PLACE TO FUEL MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION. SOUNDINGS LOOK TO HAVE DRIED A SLIGHT BIT IN THE MID LEVELS...BUT STILL SEEING PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ABOVE 2 INCHES. ISOLATED NOCTURNAL SHOWERS/TSTMS OVER THE GULF WATERS AND ALONG THE COASTAL WILL DEVELOP INLAND AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...MUCH LIKE YESTERDAY. MAIN FOCUSING MECHANISMS WILL BE REMNANT MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES...SEABREEZE/BAYBREEZE ETC. MODERATE INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH LIGHT WINDS/WEAK VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL SET THE STAGE FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS OVER THE NEARSHORE COASTAL WATERS. ON THE LARGER PICTURE...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY STILL SHOWING A DECENT MIDLEVEL LOW NOW APPROACHING THE EASTERN TIP OF CUBA. AVN INITIALIZED THIS FEATURE...AND MAINTAINS CONSISTENCY OF PAST SEVERAL RUNS BRINGING THIS UPPER SYSTEM NORTHWEST ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF INTO OUR REGION BY TUE. ETA ALSO INITIALIZED THE MID/UPPER LOW...BUT TENDS TO WEAKEN IT AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF. BOTH MODELS DO NOT SHOW A SIGNIFICANT SURFACE REFLECTION WITH THIS SYSTEM. CURRENT FORECAST MAINTAINING AT LEAST SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS THROUGH MIDWEEK STILL LOOKS GOOD. /05 ...PRELIM CCF... MOB 090/075 090/075 090 05525 PNS 090/077 089/077 089 05525 DTS 090/082 089/081 089 05525 GZH 092/072 092/072 092 05525 2R0 092/072 092/072 092 05425 61A 092/072 092/072 092 05425 .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.
Several trees were blown down by high winds from a thunderstorm just north of Booneville.
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