1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Feb 15, 3:05 PM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 305 PM CST SAT FEB 15 2003 LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WITH A EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXHIBITING ISOLATED BOW STRUCTURE PATTERNS NOW LINED UP FROM SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. RADAR DESK IS GOING TO GET A BIT MORE ACTIVE WATCHING SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AFTER 4 PM...THEN INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA BY AROUND 6 PM. RAOB DATA HAS SUGGESTED MARGINAL SETUP FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WITH SFC BASED CAPES RUNNING AROUND 1000 J/KG AND HELICITY VALUES STAYING IN THE 100-150 M2/S2 RANGE. APPARENT MESOLOW NOW TRACKING FROM MCB AREA HAS ENHANCED SHEAR/LIFT SETUP LOCALLY AND A LITTLE BETTER THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS APPEARS TO BE TAKING SHAPE IN AN AREA NORTH/WEST OF A WIGGINS TO CHATOM TO BUTLER LINE NEXT FEW HOURS. MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS APPEAR TO BE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS...WITH ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADOES POSSIBLE. NEW TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. OTHERWISE...COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE ACROSS 12-15Z TOMORROW WITH RAIN CLEARING OUT TO THE EAST. LOW CLOUD WILL REMAIN IN PLACE BEHIND THE FRONT IN THE WRAP AROUND ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM. WONT CLEAR SKIES OUT UNTIL MONDAY. NEXT SHOT AT RAIN (SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS) LOOKS TO BE COMING IN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. 05/GARMON FIRE...SEE LITTLE PROBLEM THROUGH TOMORROW...EXCEPT FOR POSSIBLE HIGH WIND INDUCED DSI VALUES OVER FL TODAY. RH LEVELS SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM...THOUGH...WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE THROUGH TOMORROW. FRONTAL PASSAGE MID-DAY SUNDAY WILL START SLIGHTLY COOLER...DRIER AIR FILTERING INTO THE AREA...BUT DO NOT SEE ANY RH PROBLEMS FOR MONDAY ATTM. MARINE...MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW WILL SWITCH TO MODERATE OFFSHORE MIDDAY SUNDAY AS TRAILING COLD FRONT MOVES OVER COASTAL WATERS. WINDS WILL APPROACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS...BUT WILL LIKELY GO WITH SMALL CRAFT CAUTION...WITH CAVEAT TO CHANGE MY MIND. REST OF FORECAST WILL SEE OFFSHORE FLOW THROUGH LATE MONDAY...SWITCHING TO EASTERLY TO ONSHORE TUESDAY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST OF FORECAST COASTAL WATERS. 16/MILLER PRELIMINARY CCF NUMBERS... MOB RE 064/067 040/055 034 05+70 PNS RE 063/069 044/056 038 0579- DTS RE 063/068 047/057 040 05690 GZH RE 061/067 042/052 030 05790 2R0 RE 059/062 037/051 031 05+60 61A RE 059/063 036/051 031 05+90= MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-160000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 300 PM CST SAT FEB 15 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...(THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT) SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF A SQUALL LINE MOVING ACROSS MISSISSIPPI DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AS THE LINE PASSES OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI INTO SOUTHWEST ALABAMA TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY RISK WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS HAS INCREASED THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...STORM SPOTTERS AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
MSZ067-075-076-078-079-160300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
354 PM CST SAT FEB 15 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 9 PM CST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
PERRY...WAYNE...STONE...GEORGE...AND GREENE.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES TO CLOSELY WATCH A LINE OF
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ADVANCING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI WEST OF HATTIESBURG. THESE STORMS HAVE SHOWN
INDICATIONS OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH. SOME
OF THESE STORMS COULD AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THEY ADVANCE EASTWARD...PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED TORNADOES.
STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND BULLETINS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.ALZ051>057-160400-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
542 PM CST SAT FEB 15 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 10 PM CST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH ALABAMA...
CHOCTAW...CLARKE...WASHINGTON...MONROE...WILCOX...
BUTLER...AND CONECUH.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES TO CLOSELY WATCH A LINE OF
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ADVANCING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE SHOWN INDICATIONS ON RADAR
OF PRODUCING ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA LATER THIS EVENING AS THEY ADVANCE EASTWARD.
STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND BULLETINS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.The Mobile radar (KMOB), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:42 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees just north of Needham.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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