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NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 22, 2:45 AM CST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 245 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2003 FOR THE CURRENT PACKAGE...BIGGEST PROBLEM IN THE SHORT TERM IS SHAPING UP TO BE PRECIP AND TEMPS RELATED TO SYSTEM ROLLING OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN CONUS. AT MIDNIGHT...SURFACE LOW (ASSOCIATED WITH PRETTY DECENT SHORTWAVE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY) WAS LOCATED OVER KMLU AND HEADING NORTHEAST AS UPPER DYNAMICS SWING AROUND BASE OF UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS AND MOVE NORTHEAST. LINE OF TSRA IS SPLITTING THE FA IN HALF AT MIDNIGHT...WITH A SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA AHEAD AND AN AREA OF RAIN OVER CENTRAL/NORTHERN MS. WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS ABUNDANT DRY AIR BEING DRAWN INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS BY UPPER DYNAMICS...WITH LINE CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THIS DRY PLUME. WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM HAS PUSHED INTO NORTHERN MS/AL...WITH SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEX AND LA. THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...UPPER SHORTWAVE CONTINUES TO PULL NORTHEAST...PUSHING SURFACE LOW AHEAD. RESULT IS A SLOW FRONTAL PASSAGE TODAY....WITH WINDS TODAY STARTING OUT STRONG SOUTHERLY...WEST-NORTHWEST AT 00Z THIS EVENING...THEN LIGHT NORTHWEST BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. REASON FOR QUICK DROP-OFF IS SECOND SHORTWAVE SYSTEM MOVING FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...DUE TO UPPER RIDGE OVER THE CARIBBEAN MAINTAINING ITS STRENGTH. ETA/GFS PROGNOSTICATING WEAK SURFACE FRONT PUSHING TO NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FA BY MONDAY MORN...WITH GFS INDICATING THAT FRONT WILL STALL ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST MONDAY NIGHT. FOR PRECIP TIMING...AVN IS HANGING ON TO THE PRECIP THE LONGEST...WITH ALL MODEL PHYSICAL SOLUTIONS INDICATING WRAP-AROUND RAIN TO SOME DEGREE OVER THE FA. FOR THE SHORT TERM...AM GOING WITH MAV TEMPS TO START WITH...DUE TO ETA/NGM STARTING OUT TOO FAR ON THE COOL SIDE. WITH WARM ADVECTION PRETTY STRONG THROUGH THE MORNING...THEN TAPING OFF IN THE AFTERNOON...FEEL MAV HAS BEST GRIP...THOUGH STILL LOOKS A BIT COOL. WITH SYSTEM STILL DEEPENING AS IT HEADS NORTH....EXPECT WINDS TODAY TO START IN THE BREEZY RANGE...SETTLING DOWN THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER A BRIEF...LIGHT NORTHWEST PUSH TONIGHT...WINDS WILL SWITCH BACK TO SOUTHERLY FOR SUNDAY. FEEL MET GUIDANCE IS OVERDOING THE WARMING FROM THE SOUTHERLY FLOW A BIT...SO WILL LIKELY LEAN TOWARDS THE MAV NUMBERS. FOR THE LAST TWO PERIODS OF THE SHORT TERM...MET/MAV NUMBERS PRETTY CLOSE...SO WONT DEVIATE TO MUCH. IN THE EXTENDED...GFS STARTS THE EXTENDED WITH SURFACE FRONT ALONG THE COAST...WITH STRONGER SYSTEM MOVING OVER CA TUESDAY MORN...THEN GETTING SHOVED QUICKLY NORTHEAST AS SEVERAL STRONG SHORTWAVES DANCE AROUND IT. TAKING A LOOK AT LATEST CANADIAN AND NOGAPS...EARLIEST PRECIP COULD START IS THIS COMING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. CURRENT EXTENDED PRETTY MUCH IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS...SO OTHER THAN A DROP IN POPS FOR WEDNESDAY DAYTIME...AM LEAVING EXTENDED BASICALLY AS IS. MARINE...FORECAST WILL START OUT WITH WINDS WESTERLY IN THE SMALL CRAFT RANGE...BECOMING NORTHWEST/CAUTION LEVELS THIS EVENING. WITH WEAK FRONT PUSHING TO THE COAST MONDAY NIGHT...MAY SEE SMALL CRAFT CAUTION LEVEL WINDS FROM THE NORTHEAST MONDAY NIGHT...BUT THESE WILL SETTLE A BIT AND SWITCH TO ONSHORE BEFORE INCREASING MIND WEEK AS NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA. FIRE...NO CONCERNS. A BIT COOLER AIRMASS WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA...BUT ONLY TEMPORARILY...SO DONT SEE ANY PROBS WITH THE RH LEVELS...THOUGH WINDS COULD BE A PROBLEM TODAY. TONIGHT...THESE WILL SETTLE AS THEY SWITCH TO NORTHWEST...WITH NO PROBLEMS SEEN INTO MONDAY PRELIM NUMBERS... MOB 070/043 067/049 068 30000 PNS 071/045 066/050 068 40000 DTS 070/046 063/052 067 90000 GZH 069/039 067/045 068 80000 2R0 065/040 068/047 063 30000 61A 067/040 066/045 065 80000 .MS...NONE .AL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY GMZ630-650-670. .FL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY GMZ655-675. 16 MILLER
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-220400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 225 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...(THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT) SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THESE WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND SOME PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADS. AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM AND SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS EVENING OVER INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST ALABAMA BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT AND INTO THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ALABAMA COUNTIES TO THE NORTH BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE ALABAMA COUNTIES...GENERALLY TO THE WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...INCLUDING BALDWIN COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT ON TOP OF THE 1 TO 2 INCHES THAT FELL TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING AT SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...STORM SPOTTERS AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1245 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2003
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 AM...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH THIS MORNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
STONE...GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...AND WAYNE.
IN SOUTH ALABAMA...
MOBILE...BALDWIN...WASHINGTON...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...WILCOX...
MONROE...CONECUH...BUTLER...CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...AND
COVINGTON.
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...AND OKALOOSA.
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION
THROUGH DAYBREAK. THE ATMOSPHERE THIS MORNING REMAINS VERY
UNSTABLE...AND IS FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES.
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.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. Some of the trees fell on a couple of homes and caused minor damage to them.
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