1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Nov 5, 3:00 PM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 300 PM CST TUE NOV 5 2002 FOR THE CURRENT PACKAGE...ONGOING WEATHER WILL DOMINATE FIRST PART OF SHORT TERM...WITH NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN THE EXTENDED. ONGOING WEATHER IS BEING SET OFF BY UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH GETTING DEFLECTED NORTH AROUND UPPER HIGH PRESSURE OVER GULF. ELSEWHERE...ALSO HAVE ANOTHER SHORTWAVE SYSTEM POISED TO MOVE OVER THE WESTERN US COAST...AND ANOTHER HEADING OFF OVER EASTERN CA/WESTERN ATLANTIC. GOOD MOISTURE AVAILABLE FOR CURRENT WEATHER...WITH PRECIP H2O VALUES OF 1.4(KFFC) - TO NEAR 2.1(KLCH) ON THIS MORNINGS UPPER AIR ANALYSIS. SHORTRANGE MODELS MOVE SYSTEM AXIS THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH SURFACE FRONT ENTERING NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE FA SHORTLY AFTER 06Z...AND THROUGH THE MARINE AREAS BY 13Z. WILL HAVE SOME LINGERING SHOWERS OVER SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF FA WED MORN...BUT EXPECT MOST OF FA TO BE PRECIP FREE BY WEDNESDAY MORN. REST OF SHORT TERM WILL SEE COOLER..DRIER AIR MOVING IN...WITH SEASONABLY COOL DAYS...AND UNSEASONABLY COOL NIGHTS. IN THE EXTENDED...NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN LOOKS TO BE THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK...AS UPPER SYSTEM PLAYS PUSH AND SHOVE WITH GULF HIGH. MODELS INCONSISTENT WITH SPEED OF SYSTEM...WITH 00Z UKMO/12Z GFS FASTER THAN 00Z ECMWF/00Z GFS. WITH ONGOING WEATHER...DONT HAVE TIME TO ANALYZE THE ENSEMBLES...SO EXPECT TO MAKE FEW CHANGES. FIRE...NO CONCERNS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOME CONCERN THURSDAY WITH RH VALUES...BUT WITH CURRENT NCF DATA TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS...CANT ANALYZE SITUATION AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE. MARINE...STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL SWITCH TO MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY. SURFACE HIGH WILL MOVE EAST OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER EARLY FRIDAY...WITH WINDS SWITCHING TO EASTERLY THE END OF THE WORKWEEK...THEN SOUTHEASTERLY THIS WEEKEND. PRELIM NUMBERS... MOB 053/068 043/067 047 61000 PNS 058/070 045/068 050 81000 DTS 061/070 048/067 051 92000 GZH 054/065 039/065 039 31000 2RO 049/062 038/064 040 2-000 61A 051/065 037/064 039 3-000 .MOB... AL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT GMZ630-650-670. FL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT GMZ655-675. MS...NONE. 16/MILLER
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-051700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 520 AM CST TUE NOV 5 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .TODAY... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM LOUISIANA TO THE EASTERN STATES TODAY AND BRING A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE ABUNDANT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...BUT NO WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS NEAR THE BEACHES TODAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD BE READY FOR ACTIVATION IN THE EVENT SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS OVER THE AREA. .WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL USHER COOLER AND DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AND BECOME SOUTHERLY BY SATURDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE PLAINS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...BUT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-052100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 950 AM CST TUE NOV 5 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES VALID UNTIL 3 PM CST TODAY... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... WAYNE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE...AND GEORGE. IN SOUTH ALABAMA... CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...CLARKE...WILCOX...MONROE... BUTLER...CRENSHAW...CONECUH...COVINGTON...ESCAMBIA... BALDWIN...AND MOBILE. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-052100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1230 PM CST TUE NOV 5 2002 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... WAYNE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE...AND GEORGE IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... WASHINGTON AND CHOCTAW. THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... CLARKE...WILCOX...MONROE...BUTLER...CRENSHAW...CONECUH... COVINGTON...ESCAMBIA...BALDWIN...AND MOBILE. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...AND OKALOOSA.
ALZ058-060-FLZ003>006-052300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 253 PM CST TUE NOV 5 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE TORNADO WATCH THROUGH 5 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... COVINGTON AND CRENSHAW COUNTIES. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm produced a weak tornado just North and East of Bagdad that resulted in some minor roof damage to several structures, as well as some downed trees and power lines.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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