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 Mar 26, 8:58 AM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 858 AM CST TUE MAR 26 2002 MORNING RADAR SHOWS LARGE SHIELD OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PROPAGATING EAST 25-30 KNOTS. LATEST DOPPLER ONE HOUR PRECIP ESTIMATES INDICATE LOCAL AMOUNTS ABOVE ONE INCH ON THE LEADING EDGE. STILL QUITE A BIT OF HIGH REFLECTIVITY...SO WILL WORD FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...MAINLY FOR THE EASTERN ZONES AS WELL AS SOME STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE AS STORMS MOVE INTO FAVORABLE INSTABILITIES WITH CAPES 1000-1500 J/KG . INCLUDED IN THE UPDATE IS TO BOOST THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE PRECIPITATION PROBABILITIES TO CATEGORICAL LEVELS. OTHER UPDATES WILL BE DICTATED BY SURFACE OBSERVATIONS. UPDATES OUT SOON. /10 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-261800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 515 AM CST TUE MAR 26 2002 A WEAKENING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE TROUGH AND IN ADVANCE OF A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST OVER THE REGION FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO THIS AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS THIS MORNING. THE STORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AT SUNRISE WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA LATER THIS MORNING AND THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT SOUTH ALABAMA COUNTIES AROUND NOON. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND STORM SPOTTERS FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MOB.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were blown down east of Milton.
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