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 6, 1:46 PM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 246 PM CDT SAT JUL 6 2002 VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THE FORECAST AREA SPECKLED WITH THE FORMATION OF CU. EXPECT TO SEE CONVECTION WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS UNDER A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WHERE CAPES RANGE FROM 3500 TO AS HIGH AS 5000 J/KG OVER THE INTERIOR. WILL CARRY A SMALL CHANCE OF RAIN INTO THE EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR LEFTOVER DAYTIME CONVECTION. FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY...FORECAST AREA WILL BE INFLUENCED BY THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF A LARGE UPPER RIDGE...EXTENDING FROM THE PLAINS INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. LOWER HEIGHTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN UPPER TROF WILL CONTINUE OVER THE EASTERN STATES. SOUTH AND WESTWARD PROPAGATING MID LEVEL DISTURBANCES APPEAR WEAK. HOWEVER...SHOULD BE ENOUGH DAYTIME INSOLATION AND DESTABILIZATION FOR DIURNAL TYPE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO INITIATE EACH AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING. VERY LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE IN NIGHTTIME MINS. AFTERNOON MAXES WILL BE A FUNCTION OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST FLOW WHICH WILL MODERATE COASTAL TEMPERATURES MORE THAN IN THE INTERIOR. A WEAK AND BROAD TROF OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DRAPED OVER THE CENTRAL AND EAST GULF...WILL BE A NON-PLAYER AS UPPER RIDGE TO THE NORTH PUSHES IT SOUTH AND WEST. EXTENDED RANGE...LOOKS LIKE WE CONTINUE IN THE EASTERLIES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH TYPICAL DIURNAL POPS EXPECTED. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES FOR THE LATTER HALF AS A SURFACE TROF AND A WEAKNESS IN THE UPPER HEIGHT FIELD SETTLES INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. MARINE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW REMAINS THE DOMINANT FLOW. AT THIS TIME...WE ARE DISCOUNTING THE AVN SOLUTION OF SPINNING UP A LOW OVER THE EAST AND CENTRAL GULF DAYS 4 AND 5 AND GO WITH A MORE PERSISTENT APPROACH. FIRE...NO CONCERNS. /10 PRELIM NUMBERS... MOB 72 93 73 90 / 20 30 20 40 PNS 74 91 75 89 / 20 30 20 40 DTS 77 89 77 88 / 20 30 20 40 GZH 72 95 72 92 / 30 30 20 40 2R0 73 95 73 92 / 30 30 20 40 61A 72 95 72 92 / 30 30 20 40 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-062300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED TO ADD ADDITIONAL COUNTIES... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 145 PM CDT SAT JUL 6 2002 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS LATE TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE HEAT OF THE MID AFTERNOON OVER INTERIOR PORTIONS OF BOTH SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE DUE TO HIGH LEVELS OF INSTABILITY AND ABUNDANTLY DEEP LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. THE COUNTIES MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE SEVERE STORMS ARE BUTLER... CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...MONROE... WASHINGON AND WILCOX OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND GREENE...PERRY AND WAYNE OF INTERIOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 57 MPH AND LARGE HAIL DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF DRY AIR ALOFT. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THEIR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL AROUND 4 PM AND LATER INTO THE EVENING AS THEY MOVE WESTWARD AROUND 20 MPH. CLOSER TO THE COAST...THE AIRMASS IS UNSTABLE ...BUT NOT AS UNSTABLE AS OVER INLAND AREAS. THE WIND GUST POTENTIAL SHOULD BE LIMITED TO 45 MPH...EXCEPT WHERE STORMS COLLIDE AND INTERACT TO PROVIDE FOR STRONGER OUTFLOWS. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTER OFFICIALS IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS IS NECESSARY FOR SOME AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DUE TO COMPUTER PROBLEMS...THE EXPERIMENTAL GRAPHICAL WEB BASED VERSION OF THIS OUTLOOK HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED.
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.
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