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 15, 2:10 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 210 PM CST FRI NOV 15 2002 MAIN FORECAST ISSUE IN THE NEAR TERM REMAINS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND COASTAL ALABAMA AND FLORIDA PANHANDLE. BEYOND THAT...LOOKING AT A TEMPERATURE FORECAST. RIGHT NOW...SEEING A PAIR OF SHORT WAVES DEEPENING THE MAIN TROUGH OVER THE PLAINS...THE FIRST OF WHICH IS IN PHASE WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE FIRST SHORT WAVE IS IN PHASE WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. THERES ENOUGH JET DYNAMICS AND INSTABILITY AROUND TO SUPPORT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...BUT THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN THE FURTHER EAST THEY GO...WITH ONLY ISOLATED SEVERE IMPACTS THIS AFTERNOON EXPECTED. LIGHT RAIN AND SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO TOMORROW MORNING DUE TO WRAP AROUND MOISTURE AND LAYER LIFTING BEHIND THE FRONT IN ADVANCE OF THE SECOND STRONG SHORT WAVE NOSING IN FROM THE WEST. EXPECT RAIN TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST WITH GRADUAL CLEARING TO FOLLOW. STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION AND DOWNGLIDE WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH SUNDAY. AS FOR COLD OVERNIGHT TEMPS...THE MAIN COLD AIR PUSH BEGINS EARLY SUNDAY AS THE LONGWAVE TROUGH CLEARS THE AREA AND NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT PUSHES IN. THE COLDEST TEMPS ARE STILL FORECASTED FOR MONDAY MORNING...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA AND DECENT RADIATIONAL COOLING IS EXPECTED. MAV/MEX GUIDANCE STILL SHOW FREEZING TEMPS TO NEAR THE COASTLINE. EXTENDED...THE PATTERN WILL DEAMPLIFY STARTING MONDAY AS MAIN TROUGH MOVES EAST AND GENERALLY ZONAL FLOW ALOFT PREVAILS. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A LITTLE WARMING LOCALLY WITH FAIR SKIES. THE GFS SHOWS A REINFORCING BOUNDARY STARTING TO MOVE INTO THE DEEP SOUTH AS A SHORT WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE PLAINS. REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW MUCH OF COOLING EFFECT THIS WILL ACTUALLY HAVE...MEX GUIDANCE SHOWS CONTINUED CLIMATE-DRIVEN SEASONABLY MILD TEMPS. ALSO NCEP EXTENDED DISCUSSION POINTS OUT THAT THIS WILL BE MODIFIED PACIFIC MARITIME AIR AND NOT AN ARTIC BLAST. THUS NO MAJOR CHANGES TO EXTENDED...CONTINUED MILD AND DRY. MARINE...WINDS WILL RAMP UP AHEAD OF THE FRONT TONIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS STARTING LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. MAY SEE SOME GUSTS TO GALE FORCE AT TIMES SATURDAY...BUT OVERALL WINDS STRENGTHS WILL REMAIN AT THE SMALL CRAFT LEVEL. WINDS AND SEAS WILL RELAX AS THE GRADIENT RELAXES WHEN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA BY MONDAY. MODERATE NORTHERLY FLOW THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... MOB 051/056 036/054 034 137410 PNS 054/060 038/055 035 137710 DTS 058/062 042/054 038 13782- GZH 052/054 036/049 029 136510 2RO 045/049 032/047 028 1342-0 61A 053/055 036/048 029 136610 .MOB... AL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT GMZ650-670. FL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT GMZ655-675. MS...NONE.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-152200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1255 PM CST FRI NOV 15 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND PUSH ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...THEN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...MAINLY CLOSER TO THE COAST WHERE THE BEST INSTABILITIES WILL BE POOLED. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS TIME. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING...DOWNBURST WINDS. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...GUSTY 15 TO 20 KNOT SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON THE BEACHES DURING THE AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...STORM SPOTTERS AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... A COLD FRONT CROSSING THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT WILL USHER IN MUCH COLDER AIR FOR THE WEEKEND. LOW TEMPERATURES SUNDAY MORNING ALONG AND NORTH OF A GREENVILLE TO WAYNESBORO LINE WILL BE NEAR FREEZING SUNDAY MORNING. BY MONDAY MORNING...NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY BE POSSIBLE AS FAR SOUTH AS INTERSTATE 10...WITH INTERIOR LOCATIONS SEEING LOWS AROUND 30 DEGREES. OTHERWISE...NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:46 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down just north of Georgetown.
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