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 21, 1:46 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 245 PM CDT SAT JUL 20 2002 FOR THE CURRENT FORECAST...WE ARE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH SEVERAL STRONGER THAN EXPECTED SHORTWAVES DANCING OF THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS. THESE SHORTWAVES ARE LYING IN A MEAN TROUGH STRETCHING FROM OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST TO OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS TO THE TX GULF COAST. THIS TROUGH IS STILL HAVING A SHOVING MATCH WITH RIDGE OVER THE GULF...THOUGH A DECENT SHORTWAVE TROUGH WAS MOVING OVER THE CA/US ROCKIES ON THIS MORNING. THIS WESTERN TROUGH IS HELPING TO PUSH YESTERDAYS ROCKIES RIDGE TO OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS STATES/MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. IN RESPONSE TO BETTER THAN ANTICIPATED MID/UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS...SURFACE TROUGH HAS FORMED OFF THE MS/AL/NORTHWEST FL GULF COAST. PRECIP H20 LEVELS SOUTH OF I-20 ARE STILL PRETTY MOIST...WITH AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 1.8 TO 2.0...BUT HAVE A BIT OF A DRY POOL DANCING AROUND NORTHERN AL(SHOWING UP QUITE NICELY ON THE WATER VAPOR LOOP). ETA/AVN/NGM NOW ADVERTISING THESE SHORTWAVES DANCING AROUND OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS THROUGH F48/TUESDAY MORN...BEFORE NORTHERN END OF ROCKIES TROUGH SWINGS EAST AND PHASES WITH FLOW...DRAWING SOME OF THE ENERGY EAST AS THE NORTHERN END CONTINUES ITS EASTWARD PROGRESSION. RESULT IS A WEAK TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN CONUS BY F72/WEDNESDAY MORN...GULF RIDGE SPLIT WITH RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN CONUS...AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC. ALL MODELS ARE KEEPING GOOD DYNAMICS OVER/NEAR THE FA...ENOUGH TO WARRANT SCATTERED OVERNIGHT/LIKELY DAYTIME POPS IN EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE MOS. DO SEE A WEAKENING TREND THROUGH THE SHORT TERM AS UPPER DYNAMICS WEAKEN A BIT THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...THOUGH. AM BASICALLY GOING TO KEEP THE FORECAST PRETTY WET THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...WITH BEST POPS NEAR COAST. TEMPS...GOING WITH A NEAR OR BELOW CLIMO FORECAST...AS INCREASED CLOUD COVER SHOULD KEEP OUT SOME OF THE DAYTIME HEATING. MARINE...GENERALLY WEST WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS DURING THE DAY WILL CONTINUE. WILL MENTION WINDS AND WAVES/SEAS HIGHER NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. FIRE..NO HIGH LIGHTS. HUMIDITY REMAINS ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. EXTENDED...UPPER TROF TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREA WEATHER...WILL CONTINUE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PRELIM NUMBERS... MOB 073/091 073/092 073 46352 PNS 075/091 074/092 074 46352 DTS 076/089 076/090 076 46352 GZH 069/092 069/093 070 46242 2R0 070/091 070/093 071 36242 61A 069/091 069/093 070 36242 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. 16
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down near Gulf Breeze by high winds from a thunderstorm.
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