1 tornado, 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 Jun 24, 8:09 AM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED...ITS MONDAY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 909 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2002 EARLY MORNING LOW CLOUDS ARE MIXING OUT LEAVING TEMPORARY MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. 13Z RUC MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW CAPE VALUES AROUND 3300 TO BE REALIZED BY 18Z OVER THE COASTAL AND INLAND AREAS. 06Z ETA...AND TO A LESSER DEGREE THE 00Z MM5...BOTH INDICATE GOOD CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ON A SEA BREEZE FRONT MAINLY OVER THE INLAND AREAS BY THAT TIME...MOVING NORTHWARD...ENHANCED BY VORT SEEN IN WV AND 13Z RUC DATA THAT WILL BE MOVING INLAND DURING THE DAY AS WELL. SCATTERED SHRA AND SOME TSRA OFFSHORE WILL SLOWLY WORK INTO THE COASTAL COUNTIES THIS MORNING. WILL UPDATE FOR CURRENT CLOUD COVER CONDITIONS WITH NO OTHER MAJOR CHANGES PLANNED. 29 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-241700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 605 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2002 SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND EXTREME NORTHWEST FLORIDA TODAY...BUT ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE...HEAVY RAINFALL RATES WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS...WITH PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING SPOTS AND ROADWAYS POSSIBLE. ALSO...A FEW WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST AND COASTAL WATERWAYS. MOTORIST ARE ENCOURAGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION...SLOW DOWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAIN AND BE PREPARED TO STOP WHEN APPROACHING WATER COVERED ROADWAYS OR UNDERPASSES. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THE GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED DUE TO HARDWARE UPGRADES. THE PRODUCT IS EXPECTED TO RESUME NO LATER THAN TUESDAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency management officials saw a very small pencil type tornado briefly touch down near the airport in a dirt pit. The tornado did no damage and dissipated almost as soon as it touched the ground.
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