1 tornado, 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 Oct 14, 4:16 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 516 PM CDT MON OCT 14 2002 WILL DO A QUICK BUT MINOR UPDATE TO ADD A MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS IN PRIMARILY THE COASTAL ZONES. RADAR ONE HOUR PRECIP ESTIMATES SUGGESTS THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN ACCUMULATION WAS OCCURRING OUT OVER THE FLORIDA WATERS BETWEEN SHORE AND 20 NM OUT. RADAR TRENDS SHOW THIS LARGE SHIELD OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTHWARD OFF THE GULF...INTO THE COASTAL SECTIONS. THIS AREA WAS OCCURRING IN RESPONSE TO A FRONTAL WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTH. THIS LOW TRACKS NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TONIGHT...THEN INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA BY DAYBREAK. BEST COBCENTRATION OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE LOWS TRACK. /10 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-141800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...AMENDED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 625 AM CDT MON OCT 14 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE... FOR TODAY...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING MOST NUMEROUS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE MUCH LESS WIDESPREAD TODAY OVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. RAINFALL TOTALS OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA BY THIS EVENING WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM BETWEEN ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS RECEIVING UP TO NEAR 1 INCH...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST. FOR TONIGHT...RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EVEN MORE WIDESPREAD...COVERING MOST OF THE REGION. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT COULD APPROACH 1 INCH OVER ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND UP TO AROUND ONE HALF INCH OVER SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. ISOLATED AMOUNTS COULD BE LOCALLY HEAVIER IN SOME LOCATIONS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME ISOLATED MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE THE PRIMARY WEATHER THREAT...ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. AT THIS TIME...NO SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE ANTICIPATED...BUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT AND MORE LIKELY ON TUESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WIDESPREAD RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CONTINUING OVER MOST OF THE REGION EARLY TUESDAY...BUT WILL END FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. DRY...BUT COOLER... WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY NIGHT FRIDAY. SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BY NEXT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...ALONG WITH THE NEXT POSSIBLE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. BUT SOME OF THE RAINFALL OVER THE REGION TUESDAY MORNING WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak tornado moved ashore near Destin. The tornado downed some trees and caused roof damage to a condo. A screen room was also damaged at a home. No injuries were reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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