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 19, 12:45 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 145 PM CDT FRI JUL 19 2002 FOR THE CURRENT PACKAGE...LOOKS LIKE HOT CONDITIONS OVER THE AREA WILL BE GIVING WAY TO A RETURN TO PRECIP THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...WITH NEAR NORMAL CONDITIONS IN THE EXTENDED. FIRST...LOOKING AT THE CURRENT SITUATION...WATER VAPOR LOOP BEARS OUT THIS MORNINGS UPPER AIR SOUNDINGS. SEVERAL SHORTWAVE TROUGHS OVER EASTERN CA/US ARE TRYING TO PHASE WITH EACH OTHER AS THEY MOVE EAST/SOUTHEAST... WITH TAIL END OF SOUTHERN TROUGH GETTING CAUGHT IN RIDGE OVER GULF. OUT WEST...SEVERAL OTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGHS STRETCHED FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA TO THE GREAT BASIN...WITH RIDGE RUNNING NORTH OVER THE ROCKIES SEPARATING THIS PAIR AND EASTERN CA/US PAIR. SEVERAL OTHER SHORTWAVES WERE NOTED MEANDERING AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF GULF RIDGE...WITH AN EASTERLY WAVE HEADING OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA/LATIN AMERICA. IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE TROPOSPHERE... WITH SHORTWAVE TROUGH TRYING TO MOVE SOUTH OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS GETTING SQUEEZED...WITH HIGH SHIFTING OVER THE WESTERN GULF AT 17Z/NOONTIME. A BIT OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS POPPING UP OVER THE CENTRAL GULF...ALONG SOME ACTIVITY JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE FA. LOOKING AT THE PRECIP H20 AMOUNTS FROM THIS MORNINGS SOUNDINGS...DRY POOL IN EVIDENCE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS...WITH KFFC REPORTING 1.11/78% OF NORM. CLOSER TO THE FA...KSIL AND KTLH REPORTED 1.7 (NEAR NORMAL). GULF BREEZE A LITTLE SLOW TO GET STARTED...BUT RADAR LOOP SHOWS ITS GETTING STARTED. THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...ETA/AVN/NGM KEEP UP THE STRUGGLE WITH THE TAIL END OF SOUTHEASTERN TROUGH AND GULF RIDGE. MODELS VARY IN THE DETAILS OF HOW CLOSE SHORTWAVE GETS...WITH ETA PUSHING IT SOUTH OF I-20. NGM/AVN KEEP RIDGE CENTERED OF FA...WITH SHORTWAVE GETTING SHUNTED AROUND. TRANSLATED INTO EACH MODELS MOS PRODUCT...ETA MOS 20-30% GREATER THAN NGM/AVN MOS. AM GOING TO LEAN TOWARDS NGM/AVN SOLUTION FOR UPPER DYNAMICS. ALL MODELS MOVE DRY POOL EAST...SO LOOKS LIKE DRY AIR(AT LEAST RELATIVELY DRIER) WONT BE A PROBLEM...MODELS EVEN TRY TO PUSH A WET POOL INTO EASTERN LA/MS IN THE LOWER LEVELS...THE PUSH OF THE UPPER TROUGH TOWARDS THE GULF COMBINED WITH TROPICAL WAVE CROSSING THE YUCATAN MAKES A SURFACE WIND FORECAST A BEAR OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES OF SURFACE TROUGH OVER NORTHEASTERN GULF. AM GOING WITH A MORE BLENDED FORECAST...WITH GULF BREEZE BECOMING MORE PRONOUNCED THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS CARIBBEAN HIGH PRESSURE GETS SHOVED EAST. FOR THE FORECAST...AM GOING TO INCREASE PRECIP CHANCES THROUGH THE WEEKEND TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS...WITH A TEMPERING OF THE HOT TEMPS. MARINE...SURFACE HIGH CENTERED OVER THE GULF STATES WILL WEAKEN TODAY AHEAD OF A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. HOWEVER...THE HIGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL GULF BRINGING A WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND ABOUT 10 KT THROUGH MIDWEEK. SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS...PROTECTED WATERWAYS A LIGHT CHOP WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FIRE...HUMIDITY AND DISPERSION WILL BE MODERATE TO HIGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. WIND WILL REMAIN BELOW 15 MPH. IN THE EXTENDED...STARTING OUT WITH A WEAK SHORTWAVE INLAND OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER GULF REBOUNDING. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS KEEP MOST SHORTWAVES DANCING AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE GULF. BASICALLY GOING CLIMO. PRELIM NUMBERS... MOB 076/095/075/094/074 -2131 PNS 078/096/076/094/075 -2131 DTS 079/093/077/092/076 -2131 GZH 072/094/072/093/072 14242 2R0 073/095/072/095/072 14241 61A 073/094/073/095/072 14342 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. 16/77
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down near Berrydale by high winds from a thunderstorm.
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