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 Aug 29, 1:25 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 225 PM CDT FRI 29 AUG 2003 OUTER FRINGES OF DEEPER MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL WAVE MOVING OVER EASTERN FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON WILL SPREAD WEST WITH TIME. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH A BIT TONIGHT BUT REFIRE EARLY ON SATURDAY AS UPPER LOW MOVES ENOUGH WEST TO ALLOW SURGE OF TROPICAL MOISTURE TO MOVE NORTH INTO AREA. SHOULD BE EXCELLENT COVERAGE ON SATURDAY WITH SOME HEAVY RAINS LIKELY ESPECIALLY IF TRAINING OCCURS. WILL MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN ZONES FOR TOMORROW. SUNDAY AND MONDAY COULD BE PRETTY WET ALSO DEPENDING ON WHERE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION DEVELOPS AND WHERE IT GOES...LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE WEST OF FORECAST AREA BEFORE IT MAKES A TURN TO THE NORTHEAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. .EXTENDED...UPPER TROF FORECAST TO BE IN PLACE TUESDAY TO CATCH GULF LOW AND SEND IT NORTHEAST BY MID WEEK...WHICH WOULD PUT FORECAST AREA IN A DRIER AIR MASS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WILL LEAVE CHANCE TO ISOLATED IN FOR NOW AS FORECAST HINGES ON THINGS YET TO HAPPEN. .MARINE...SYSTEM WILL PASS SOUTHWEST OF FA TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY... COMING ONSHORE OVER THE W-LA/E-TX COASTLINE(A LEAN TOWARDS THE ETA)...THEN SWING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST NEXT WEEK. EXPECT SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS WEST LATER TONIGHT AS BEST WINDS MOVE AREA. DUE TO FETCH/DURATION CONCERNS...AM EXPECTING SEAS TO STAY UP LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED DUE TO INCREASED SWELL. EVERYTHING SHOULD BE BACK TO NORMAL BY MID WEEK...WITH LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER MARINE AREAS. RIP CURRENT RISK SHOULD BE HIGH ON SATURDAY AND COULD SEE NEED FOR HIGH SURF ADVISORY IF LONG PERIOD SWELLS DEVELOP. .FIRE...DISPERSIONS WILL APPROACH WATCH/WARNING GUIDELINES FOR PANHANDLE DUE TO HIGHER TRANSPORT WINDS THAN USUAL...BUT VEGATION SHOULD BE WET MOST OF THE TIME FROM SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .PRELIMINARY TEMPS / POPS... MOBILE 76 86 74 87 / 50 80 40 60 PENSACOLA 76 86 76 86 / 50 80 40 60 DESTIN 77 86 78 87 / 40 80 40 50 EVERGREEN 72 87 72 88 / 30 50 40 50 WAYNESBORO 73 85 73 89 / 30 70 50 60 CAMDEN 72 88 71 89 / 30 60 40 50 MS...NONE. AL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT GMZ650-670. FL...SMALL CRAFT CAUTION TONIGHT GMZ655-675. ( RESERVING RIGHT TO BUMP UP AT LAST MINUTE). 11/16
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-292000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1030 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND ALONG THE COAST AT MID MORNING WILL DEVELOP INLAND AND BECOME NUMEROUS IN COVERAGE BY THE AFTERNOON. THE MAIN RISKS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING...OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BE SLOWLY INCREASING OVER THE BEACHES TODAY... ALONG WITH AN INCREASING SURF. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY OVER THE AREA BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST OVER THE WEEKEND AS A STRONG TROPICAL WAVE PASSES ACROSS THE GULF TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. THIS TROPICAL WAVE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP AS IT MOVES NORTHWEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES ON SATURDAY. THE LOW PRESSURE AREA TO THE SOUTH WILL PRODUCE MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS AND INCREASING WAVE ACTION. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT EXPECTED ...BUT MAY BE REQUIRED DEPENDING ON ANY DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A large waterspout over Mobile Bay moved ashore near downtown Mobile and dissipated quickly. No damage occurred from the tornado. The large waterspout was visible over the Bay for several minutes. Several people from some of the taller buildings in downtown got an excellent view of the waterspout.
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