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 4, 9:50 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1050 AM CDT MON AUG 4 2003 UPDATED ZONES TO REFRESH WORDING AND ADD STRONG TO NORTHWEST AND NORTH ZONES FOR THIS AFTERNOON. AIR MASS IS A LITTLE DRIER ALOFT THOSE AREAS...MAY SEE A FEW STORMS SIMILIAR TO YESTERDAYS. .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-041700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 535 AM CDT MON AUG 4 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) A PASSING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO THE NORTH...COMBINED WITH A DEEPLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE...WILL LEAD TO THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY INTO TONIGHT. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE WINDS GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WHICH...GIVEN THE OVERLY SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS...COULD BLOW DOWN A FEW TREES IN ISOLATED OCCURRENCES. STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES WHICH COULD RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES AND DANGERS TO THOSE IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS TOTALING NEAR 2 INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN A GOOD POSSIBILITY ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A WEAKENING FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH TO NEAR THE COAST THURSDAY...AND STALL JUST OFFSHORE BY FRIDAY. DRY AIR BEHIND THE FRONT MAY RESULT IN DIMINISHED COVERAGES OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE INLAND AREAS BY FRIDAY. OTHERWISE...NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGER AND STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE REQUIRED FOR SEVERE WEATHER PURPOSES TODAY AND TONIGHT.
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 Lisman.
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Every storm in Alabama in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, August 2003
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