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 Apr 6, 11:50 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1250 AM CDT MON APR 7 2003 WILL UPDATE PACKAGE SHORTLY TRIMMING TORNADO BOX A BIT FURTHER TO THE NORTH...AND TRIMMING POPS A BIT ACROSS THE SOUTH. MARINE LAYER KEEPING AIRMASS A BIT MORE STABILIZED OVER THE SOUTHERN ZONES. 05/GARMON .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-070600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 910 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...(TONIGHT) THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA TONIGHT. PERSONS ACROSS THESE AREAS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS. THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA...MAINLY FROM LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL DIMINISH EARLY ON TUESDAY AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES TO THE COAST AND THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTER OFFICIALS FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER...CONCERNED PARTIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG STORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING.
ALZ051-MSZ067-070400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 848 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2003 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING... AT 845 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THIS STORM WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AROUND 40 MPH. ON THIS PRESENT MOTION...THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF ENTERING WEST TO NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF WAYNE COUNTY BETWEEN 930 AND 1030 PM...THEN INTO SOUTHERN TO CENTRAL SECTIONS OF CHOCTAW COUNTY BETWEEN 1030 AND 1130 PM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DOING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES. STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND WARNINGS.
ALZ051>064-070800-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
100 AM CDT MON APR 7 2003
THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
OF SOUTH ALABAMA...
MOBILE...BALDWIN...ESCAMBIA...COVINGTON.
THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN SOUTH ALABAMA...
WASHINGTON...CHOCTAW...WILCOX...CLARKE...MONROE...CONECUH...
BUTLER...AND CRENSHAW.The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:11 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak tornado briefly touched down near Millers Ferry. The tornado blew down several trees and damaged a large storage building.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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