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 Jul 22, 9:53 AM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1053 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003 MORNING SATL SHOWS LARGE STRONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY PUSHING SOUTH FROM NORTH CENTRAL MS AND AL WITH AMPLE HEATING OUT AHEAD. LAPS SHOWS CAPES ALREADY 2800 TO 3500 J/KG ACROSS MUCH OF THE INTERIOR SECTIONS. MORNING SOUNDING AND MICROBURST ANALYSIS SHOWS LIKELY CHANCE OF STRONG DOWNBURST THREAT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COUPLED WITH INLAND AREAS IN A SLIGHT RISK THREAT WARRANTS A ZONE UPDATE TO ADD MENTION OF POSSIBLE SEVERE STORMS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE LIKELY POPS ALL ZONES WITH BEST COVERAGE ACROSS INLAND AREAS. THIS LOOKS GOOD THUS FAR...SO ZONE UPDATE WILL BE MAINLY TO ADD SEVERE WORDING AND TWEAK INLAND HIGHS UP TO AROUND 90. UPDATE WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. 39/DARBE .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-221700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 600 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION AGAIN TODAY. A LINE OF STRONG STORMS WILL BE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AT SUNRISE THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. SCATTERED STORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 98 AND INTERIOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-65 THIS MORNING AS WELL. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH WILL AID IN THE REDEVELOPMENT OF OTHER THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE REGION BY AROUND NOON. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL SLOWLY END ACROSS THE REGION FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS ALONG THE COAST. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAINFALL...AND SMALL HAIL. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE... ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THROUGH EARLY EVENING PRIOR TO DIURNAL WEAKENING OF THE STORMS AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) AFTER THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES THROUGH...DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...WITH ONLY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND STORMS EXPECTED. BY MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK...STORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS THE REGION ONCE AGAIN. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGER AND STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED FOR SEVERE WEATHER PURPOSES TODAY.
ALZ052-053-055>057-221845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1248 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003 ...A THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WASHINGTON...CONECUH... MONROE...BUTLER AND CLARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF I65 AND AL 185 TO 4 MILES WEST OF WAGARVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... TUNNEL SPRINGS...MANILLA...SUNFLOWER...I65 AND AL 10...PINE ORCHARD...PETERMAN...WALD AND TOINETTE THROUGH 145 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE STRONG WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN...UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. ALTHOUGH JUST BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THESE STORMS 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:33 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees near Monroeville. A citizen also measured 65 mph gusts.
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