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 Nov 10, 1:11 PM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 111 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002 CURRENTLY ALOFT...A WELL DEFINED MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE IS OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS WITH THE ASSOCIATED 100-130 KT H3 JET STRETCHING BACK INTO THE PACIFIC. THE SHORTWAVE FEATURE WILL AMPLIFY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AS A 130-140 KT JET MAX ROTATES FROM THE BASE TO EAST SIDE OF THE SHORTWAVE TROF...WHILE ANOTHER PIECE OF ENERGY WILL MOVE THE DEEP SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION INTO QUEBEC. THE TRAILING COLD FRONT FROM THIS SURFACE LOW WILL MEANWHILE ADVANCE INTO NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BY MONDAY MORNING. THE ENTRANCE REGION OF THE 130-140 KT JET MAXIMA ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE H5 TROF...THE APPROACHING SURFACE FRONT AND MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL CREATE DEEP LAYER LIFT WHICH WILL BE STEADILY ADVANCING INTO THE FORECAST AREA FROM THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH TONIGHT. EXPECT THAT A SQUALL LINE...THE INCIPIENT PORTION OF WHICH HAS NOW FORMED OVER ILLINOIS/MISSOURI...WILL ADVANCE INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND THEN BECOME CENTERED OVER THE FORECAST AREA BY 12Z MONDAY. AHEAD OF THIS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL PERSIST DURING THE EVENING HOURS OVER THE FORECAST AREA. WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING...CAPE VALUES WILL BE DECREASING ALTHOUGH HELICITY VALUES WILL MANAGE TO CLING TO 150...WITH AN H85 JET INCREASING TO 40-50 KNOTS...THUS SUPPORTING THE SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THROUGH TONIGHT AS OUTLOOKED BY SPC. ON MONDAY...THE H5 TROF WILL CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY OVER THE CENTRAL STATES AS ANOTHER 130 KT JET MAX DIVES DOWN THE BACK SIDE OF THE H5 TROF...AND EVENTUALLY COUPLES WITH THE JET MAX ON THE LEADING SIDE OF THE TROF...WITH THE BEST UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE FROM THESE TWO JET MAXIMA AFFECTING THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE SQUALL LINE OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA AS OF 12Z MONDAY IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT EASTWARD OUT OF THE AREA DURING MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT COMING TO LAY NEAR THE CENTRAL GULF COAST. A SURFACE WAVE MAY DEVELOP ON THE FRONT SOMEWHERE NEAR THE LOUISIANA COAST ON MONDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AFFECTING THE AREA...AND YET ANOTHER POWERFUL H3 JET...120-130 KT...WILL DIVE DOWN THE H5 TROF...RESULTING IN DEEP LAYER LIFT...AND APPARENTLY ELEVATED CONVECTION CONSIDERING THE PLACEMENT OF THE LOW LEVEL COOL AIR...WHICH WILL SHIFT INTO THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY NIGHT...WITH THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW ZIPPING UP THE FRONT AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING MONDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH THIS CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO BE MOSTLY ELEVATED INITIALLY...THE SURFACE LOW MAY TRACK INTO THE FORECAST AREA AND BRING THE WARM SECTOR WITH IT ON MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR THE CONVECTION TO BECOME SURFACE BASED OVER THE AREA...WITH THE 40-50 KT H85 JET HELPING TO PROVIDE HELICITIES AT LEAST IN THE 200-250 RANGE. ALTHOUGH MORE TIME WILL BE NEEDED TO PROPERLY ASSESS THIS POSSIBILITY...THE POTENTIAL REMAINS FOR ACTIVE AND POSSIBLY SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AND POSSIBLY INTO TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE THE SYSTEM FINALLY SHIFTS EAST OF OUR FORECAST AREA. AS THE H5 TROF CONTINUES TO PROGRESS EASTWARD WITH THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW/TROF CONTINUING EASTWARD WITH IT...COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER WILL ENSUE FOR THE AREA AT LEAST BY TUESDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. A SURFACE LOW MOVING ACROSS QUEBEC ON THURSDAY MAY BRING A TRAILING WEAK FRONT INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY...ALONG WITH A CHANCE FOR RAIN. CONSIDERING CLIMATOLOGY AND ABSENCE ANY DEFINITE WEATHER SYSTEM...WILL LEAVE SUNDAY DRY. MARINE...SOUTH WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS CURRENTLY OVER THE MARINE AREA SHOULD INCREASE TO AROUND 20 KNOTS THIS EVENING...THEN SUBSIDE ON MONDAY AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES. FOR MONDAY NIGHT...THE SOUTHERLY WINDS AGAIN INCREASE TO AROUND 20 KNOTS AS THE SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND APPROACH FROM THE WEST...WITH WINDS THEN SWITCHING TO THE NORTHWEST BY TUESDAY AS THE SURFACE LOW/FRONT FINALLY MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. FIRE...BREEZY...BUT OTHERWISE NO CONCERNS. PRELIMINARY CCF NUMBERS...AM GOING TO TRUST THE GFS TO BRING IN WARM SECTOR ON MONDAY NIGHT. MOB TT 069/079 058/061 043 297786 PNS TT 072/079 062/065 045 296787 DTS TT 073/079 064/066 048 295777 GZH TT 067/077 057/057 041 297787 2RO TR 063/072 049/053 039 298585 61A TT 065/074 053/055 042 298686 .MOB... AL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT GMZ630-650-670. FL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT GMZ655-675. MS...NONE.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-102300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED FOR RIP CURRENT THREAT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1205 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. ...SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT... ...HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY AND TONIGHT... THERE IS A SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LATER TODAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OUT AHEAD. THE STORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AS A SQUALL LINE DEVELOPS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AND PUSHES THROUGH A WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION. STRONG MID AND UPPER LEVEL WESTERLY WINDS OVERRIDING 20 MPH PLUS SOUTHERLY WINDS NEAR THE SURFACE WILL FAVOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS. IF SUPERCELL STORMS DEVELOP...THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING ISOLATED TORNADOES...DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...THEN SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND INTO PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DURING THE EVENING AND LATE NIGHT HOURS. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDES MOST OF SOUTWEST ALABAMA AND ALL OF THE EXTREME WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE MODERATE RISK AREA EXTENDS INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...PRIMARILY ALONG ALONG AND NORTH OF A WIGGINS...CHATOM...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN LINE. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY 5 AM EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS THE DRIVING UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT PULLS OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THE VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL RESULT IN A HIGH LIKELYHOOD OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES FOR THE REST OF THE DAY TODAY...CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. BEACHGOERS SHOULD HEED WARNINGS FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS REGARDING THE RIP CURRENT POTENTIAL. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...STORM SPOTTERS AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. .MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THE COLD FRONT WILL SAG NEAR THE COASTAL SECTIONS EARLY ON MONDAY. THE FRONT WILL BECOME THE FOCUS FOR WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AS A SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT JUST SOUTH OF LOUISIANA BY MONDAY EVENING...AND TRACK NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE MONDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE COOL NORTHERLY WINDS NEAR THE SURFACE SHOULD HINDER SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT...A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH AS THE SURFACE LOW PUSHES TOWARD THE AREA. THE MAIN THREAT WILL LIKELY BE CONFINED TO THE COASTAL COUNTIES MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE EVENING...THEN SPREAD WELL EAST OF THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT...HIGH PRESSURE AND NORTH WINDS WILL SPREAD COOL...DRY AIR OVER THE REGION. THEREFORE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down by high winds from a thunderstorm just west of Gilbertown.
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