1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Aug 3, 3:26 AM CST, 8 hours 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 423 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003 .SHORT TERM...NOTHING REALLY NEW TO REPORT IN THE SHORT TERM. SERIES OF SUBTLE SHORTWAVES EMBEDDED IN NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO ROUND THE BASE OF THE EAST CONUS UPPER TROUGH THROUGH MID WEEK. TROPICAL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN AS A SOUTHERLY FLOW IS MAINTAINED IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER BY SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC INTO THE CENTRAL GULF. IR SAT AND LIGHTNING PLOT SHOWING RAPIDLY DEVELOPING CONVECTION UPSTREAM OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA INVOF 80 KTS H25 JET ALONG WESTERN EDGE OF UPPER TROUGH. MEANWHILE CLOSER TO HOME...THE REGIONAL RADAR MOSAIC SHOWS A SMATTERING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAND AND SEA. LOOKS LIKE A CONTINUATION OF A SOGGY FORECAST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK. GFS PAINTS A WETTER PATTERN ACROSS THE CWA COMPARED TO THE ETA THROUGH 60 HOURS. GFS SQUEEZES OUT BETWEEN 0.6 AND 1 QPF THROUGH 12Z TUE...WITH ETA BETWEEN 0.2 AND 0.6. JUST A BLEND OF POPS BETWEEN THE TWO MODELS AS NEITHER REALLY STICKS OUT AS SUPERIOR. GFS HAVING SOME FEEDBACK PROBLEMS UPSTREAM DAY 1 AND ETA POPS A BIT LOW DAY 2 LIKELY ATTRIBUTED TO A DRY H70 FRONT IT WANTS TO DROP INTO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. AT THE MOMENT MY FAITH IS IN THE GFS MAINTAINING PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES >2 THROUGH MID WEEK. THEREFORE WILL HIT AT LEAST 50% POPS SUN AND MON AS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH BEGINS ITS SOUTHWARD MIGRATION. UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE PATTERN ALSO FAVORS SUSTAINED CONVECTION. WILL ONLY NEED TO MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENT TO RAISE TEMPS A DEGREE TODAY...AND LOWER COASTAL ZONES A DEGREE OR TWO TONIGHT. 60% POPS CURRENTLY IN FORECAST FOR TUE AND WILL LEAVE AS IS BECAUSE BOTH THE GFS AND ETA REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVING OVER THE AREA AS MAIN UPPER TROUGH SWINGS EAST. WILL NEED TO UNDERCUT MAV TEMP GUID DAY 3 FOR ANTICIPATED BROKEN CLOUD DECK. .EXTENDED...NO MAJOR CHANGES NEEDED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER THE GFS GETS VERY INTERESTING BY LATE IN THE WEEK AS UPPER TROUGH BECOMES HIGHLY AMPLIFIED AND DEVELOPS A SURFACE LOW OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA BY THU EVENING. .MARINE...VERY LITTLE CHANGE TO WIND AND SEAS AS SURFACE RIDGE REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK. .FIRE...NO CONCERNS. .PRELIMINARY TEMPS / POPS... MOBILE 88 73 89 74 / 50 30 50 20 PENSACOLA 88 75 88 76 / 50 30 50 20 DESTIN 87 77 88 77 / 50 30 50 20 EVERGREEN 89 70 89 72 / 50 30 50 20 WAYNESBORO 90 71 91 72 / 50 30 50 20 CAMDEN 90 70 89 72 / 50 30 50 20 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. 22/
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-031700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 515 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDS FROM THE WESTERN ATLANTIC INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. HIGHER IN THE ATMOSPHERE...A TROF OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO SEND WEAK...MID LEVEL DISTURBANCES ACROSS THE AREA. THESE DISTURBANCES WILL INTERACT WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS...ALLOWING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM. DURING THE DAY...AT TIME OF MAXIMUM HEATING BETWEEN NOON AND 600 PM...STRONGER STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW...HOWEVER... THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) THE POSITION OF PRESSURE SYSTEMS CHANGES LITTLE THROUGH MID WEEK. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SINKS INTO THE SOUTHEAST ON THURSDAY... ALLOWING A WEAK FRONT TO SETTLE INTO THE DEEP SOUTH. THUS...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH...SOME DRIER AIR MAY FILTER INTO THE NORTHERN SECTIONS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...A SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS IN THE FORECAST...AS THE FRONT SLOWS ITS SOUTHWARD PROGRESS ACROSS THE GULF COAST. WHILE SOME STORMS MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BECOMING STRONG...NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGER AND STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE REQUIRED FOR SEVERE WEATHER PURPOSES TODAY AND TONIGHT.
ALZ059-062-064-FLZ001>003-031830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1213 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING DETECTED OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA JUST AFTER THE NOON HOUR... ....NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS BALDWIN COUNTY WILL MOVE EAST AROUND 15 MPH OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO ESCAMBIA COUNTY OF FLORIDA AND ALABAMA BEFORE 1 PM AND INTO SANTA ROSA COUNTY BY 130 PM. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE STRONG WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. OTHER STORMS WERE MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY AND WILL BE IN OKALOOSA COUNTY BEFORE 1 PM. ALTHOUGH THE STORMS ARE CURRENTLY BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEY COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY...AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN COULD RESULT IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING...FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees near Excel. Three outbuildings also suffered minor damage from the high winds. No one was injured.
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