1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 22, 10:50 AM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...SPELLING CORRECTION ALL PARAGRAPHS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1150 AM CDT SUN JUL 22 2002 PRECIP A LITTLE SLOW TO GETTING GOING...BUT STILL FEEL LIKELY POPS STILL GOOD WEST(BOUNDARY RUNNING ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL MS FROM ACTIVITY THERE) AND COAST (GULF BREEZE SHOWING ON RADAR FL COAST). WILD CARD IN THE WHOLE UPDATE IS A COUPLE OF SHORTWAVES...ONE OFF GULF COAST...AND ANOTHER EAST OF THE FA OVER SE GA/E FL. QUICK LOOK AT LATEST MODEL DATA SHOW EASTERN SHORTWAVE STAYING EAST AND GULF SHORTWAVE STAYING OVER NORTHERN GULF. RUC HAS CIRCULATION CENTER TOO FAR WEST. ETA TOO FAR NORTH. WILL TAKE SHORT TERM GUIDANCE WITH A LARGE GRAIN OF SALT AT THIS POINT. BASICALLY SLOWED CLOUD DEVELOPMENT WORDING IN ZONES...AND BUMPED DOWN POPS NORTHEAST GROUPING. TEMPS STILL LOOKING GOOD...WITH COOL POOL NORTHEAST HELPING TO KEEP TEMPS DOWN A BIT. 16 ************************ PREVIOUS *************************** FOR THIS MORNING...A WET AND RAIN COOLED GROUND WITH NOW CLEAR SKIES ABOVE IS RESULTING IN LIGHT FOG AROUND THE AREA. THIS SHOULD BURN OFF FAIRLY QUICKLY AFTER SUNRISE. THE MAIN FORECAST ISSUE TODAY WILL AGAIN BE THE EXTENT AND INTENSITY OF RAINFALL AROUND THE AREA. THE WEATHER MAPS SHOW AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDING THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST...WITH SOME EVIDENCE THAT ITS CLOSING OFF JUST OFF THE GEORGIA COAST. A CONTINUOUS MOIST ATMOSPHERE IS SETTING THE STAGE FOR MORE RAIN TODAY WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REMAINING NEAR THE TWO INCH MARK OVER THE AREA. THE TWO MAIN WEATHER MAKERS THROUGH MIDWEEK WILL BE THE UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHEAST FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT THAT WILL ATTEMPT TO PENETRATE THE DEEP SOUTH BY WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES AT 500 MB ARE MINUS TEN OR SO NEAR THE CENTER OF THE CUTOFF LOW...ENOUGH TO SPARK GOOD AFTERNOON CONVECTION. FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT...WHILE TEMPERATURES WERE SUPPRESSED A LITTLE YESTERDAY BY EARLY MORNING CLOUD COVER...EXPECT TODAY WILL SEE THE SEASONABLE WARM LOWER TO MID 90S. HEAT INDICES WILL APPROACH 105. WILL MENTION NUMEROUS AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN ALL AREAS TODAY...MORE OR LESS IN LINE WITH MAV/MET GUIDANCE...WITH SCATTERED EVENING ACTIVITY. FOR TUESDAY...WILL FAVOR THE EASTERN ZONES OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR HIGHER RAIN CHANCES UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER LOW. FOR WEDNESDAY...THE LOW WILL OPEN UP AGAIN AS THE SURFACE FRONT STALLS OVER THE MID GULF STATES...ENHANCING THE DIURNAL SEA BREEZE CONVECTION. MARINE...NO HIGHLIGHTS. LIGHT WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN INCREASING WITH TIGHTENING GRADIENT AS FRONT MOVES SOUTH INTO SURFACE RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF. FCSTID = 13 MOB 91 72 92 73 / 70 30 60 30 PNS 91 74 91 74 / 70 30 60 30 DTS 90 76 90 76 / 70 30 60 30 GZH 92 71 92 72 / 70 40 60 30 2R0 92 71 93 72 / 60 30 50 30 61A 92 71 91 72 / 70 40 60 30 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down along State Highway 285 east of Duke Field by high winds from a thunderstorm.
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