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 30, 2:45 AM CST, 7 hours 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 345 AM CDT TUE JUL 30 2002 ACTIVE CONVECTIVE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM WITH A DEEPLY TROPICAL AIRMASS AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COAST AND OFFSHORE THIS MORNING WILL DEVELOP INLAND DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY...LIKE YESTERDAY...LIKE THE DAY BEFORE...ETC. PERSISTENCE OR MAYBE SLIGHTLY BETTER COVERAGE-WISE SEEMS TO BE A GOOD FORECAST AGAIN TODAY. WE ARE SEEING A CHANGE ON THE SYNOPTIC SCALE WHICH COULD HELP BETTER FOCUS AND INCREASE THE COVERAGES OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. MID/UPPER LOW OFF THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF FLORIDA CONTINUES MOVING NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF. AVN HAS HAD GOOD PROGRESSION ON THIS SYSTEM PAST SEVERAL RUNS...AND STILL ADVERTISES IT TO ELONGATE SOMEWHAT NEXT 24 HOURS AS IT SITS JUST EAST OF OUR AREA...THEN SLOWLY SHEARS THE SYSTEM OUT TO THE NORTHEAST BY THE WEEKEND AS RIDGE ALOFT TAKES HOLD. NET RESULT OF ALL OF THIS...SLIGHTLY BETTER COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. AS RIDGE AND WARMING TEMPS ALOFT WORK IN BY THE WEEKEND...COVERAGES OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE A BIT...GOING MORE SCATTERED TO ISOLATED. WILL ALSO SEE A BIT OF A WARMUP OVER THE WEEKEND AS WELL. CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE ALREADY HAS THIS BASIC PREMISE GOING. /05 ...PRELIM CCF... MOB TT 089/074 088/073 088 05647 PNS TT 089/075 088/075 088 05647 DTS TT 088/079 088/079 088 05647 GZH TT 090/072 088/072 089 05647 2RO TT 091/072 089/072 089 05647 61A TT 091/072 089/072 089 05647 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-301700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 600 AM CDT TUE JUL 30 2002 ...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY... MODERATE ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE GULF WATERS AND COASTAL AREAS THIS MORNING WILL DEVELOP FURTHER INLAND DURING THE COURSE OF THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. REMEMBER...IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE RAINING FOR LIGHTNING STRIKES TO OCCUR. AT THE FIRST SIGN OF DARK CLOUDS OR THE FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER TAKE COVER INSIDE A BUILDING. IF YOU ARE NOT NEAR A BUILDING A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE IS AN EXCELLENT SHELTER FROM LIGHTNING STRIKES. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SPOTTERS FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS WILL NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down near Vinegar Bend by high winds from a thunderstorm.
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