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 Jun 5, 1:57 PM CST, 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 257 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2002 UPPER LOW AND WESTWARD MOVING SURFACE TROUGH HAVE RESULTED IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MAINLY THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA AND FLORIDA PANHANDLE RESPECTIVELY. OUTFLOWS FROM NW FLORIDA ACTIVITY WILL HELP SPREAD STORMS NORTH AND WESTWARD ACROSS THE FA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WILL HOLD ONTO CHANCE AND GOOD CHANCE POPS MOST AREAS FOR THIS EVENING...THEN EXPECT ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH/DISSIPATE A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNSET. COULD SEE SOME ISOLATED STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY OVER INLAND AREAS WHERE MID LEVEL DRY AIR AND 90 TEMPS ARE NOTED. MAIN FCST PROBLEMS IN THE NEAR TERM (THU-FRI) ARE APPRAOCHING SURFACE FRONT TOWARD THE COAST BY EARLY FRIDAY AND AVNS EAST GULF LOW DEVELOPING AND MOVING NORTHWARD...RESULTING IN AN EASTERLY SURFACE FLOW HERE ON FRIDAY VERSUS ETA AND NGMS WEST-SW FLOW. ALTHO SATL SHOWS CONVECTION IN EASTERN GULF...THIS IS LARGELY DUE TO UPPER LOW AS NOTED ON WATER VAPOR. HAVE LESS CONFIDENCE IN AVNS EAST GULF LOW SINCE THE DRIVER...THE UPPER LOW...WILL LIKELY GET ABSORBED BY APPROACHING SHORT WAVE TROUGH ON THURSDAY. THEREFORE... PREFER THE ETA/NGM SOLUTIONS THRU 60 HOURS. SHOULD SEE LIKELY COVERAGE ON THURSDAY AS APPROACHING SHORT WAVE TROUGH AND SURFACE FRONT INTERACT WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA. THE FRONT STALLS OVER THE AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING AND GRADUALLY WASHES OUT AS THE DRIVING SHORT WAVE PUSHES EAST AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BECOMES ESTABLISHED BY LATE FRIDAY. EXPECT DRIER CONDITIONS AND LESS POPS FOR FRIDAY...THEN AVN SHOWS SURFACE RIDGE SETTLING OVER THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WITH MOIST EASTERLIES AND SEA BREEZE WARRANTING AT LEAST SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER THE WEEKEND. APPEARS RIDGING AND DRIER CONDITIONS DOMINATE BY MONDAY...SO NO MENTION OF POPS MON-TUE AT THIS TIME. MARINE...AROUND 15 KNOTS AND 2-5 FT SEAS EXPECTED THRU THURSDAY MORNING...THEN WINDS AND SEAS DIMINISH INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AS GRADIENT WEAKENS WITH APPROACHING SURFACE TROUGH/FRONT FROM THE NORTH. THEN...AROUND 10 KNOTS AND 2-3FT SEAS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WILL STALL THE FRONT JUST INLAND AND HOLD ONTO MAINLY W-SW WINDS BY FRIDAY. FIRE...RAIN AND AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE EQUATE TO NO CONCERNS. /39 PRELIM NUMBERS... MOB TE 072/086 071/088 070 39463 PNS TE 074/085 073/087 072 39563 DTS TE 075/084 074/085 074 39563 GZH TE 069/086 068/089 068 39564 2R0 TE 070/087 069/088 068 39363 61A TE 069/087 069/088 068 39363 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-052-052030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 120 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2002 A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND A WESTWARD MOVING SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL TOTALS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. WIND GUST TO NEAR 40 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTERS FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS OUTLOOK IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MOB.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees and power lines were blown down by high winds from a thunderstorm between Andalusia and River Falls.
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