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NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 15, 1:44 PM CST, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 244 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 SCATTERED CONVECTION OVER MAINLY THE WESTERN AND COASTAL ZONES SHOULD CONTINUE TO PUSH NE THRU THE EVENING. THE NUMEROUS STORMS PUSHING ACROSS LA AND MS WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA BY EARLY EVENING. WILL SHOW HIGHEST EVENING POPS OVER THAT AREA WITH SLIGHTLY LESS POPS TO THE EAST. THE AIRMASS IS PLENTY MOIST THRU THE MID LEVELS AND HAS HINDERED THE DOWNBURST THREAT. HOWEVER THE SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR NOTED ON SATL WV ADVECTING IN FROM THE WEST MAY INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE DOWNBURST OVER MAINLY THE W-NW PORTIONS OF THE CWA DURING LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. SHOULD SEE SOME PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR THOSE RAIN SOAKED AREAS. OTHERWISE...SEE LITTLE CHANGE THRU AT LEAST WEDNESDAY AS THE BERMUDA RIDGE MAINTAINS A MOIST/UNSTABLE SLY FLOW NEAR THE SURFACE WHILE A BROAD UPPER TROF OVER THE TX-AR-LA REGION MAINTAINS AN ACTIVE DIFFLUENT SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. EMBEDDED DISTURBANCES EJECTING UP THE TROFS EAST SIDE WILL HELP PROVIDE THE SPARK FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS THAN GUIDANCE AND WORD FOR SCATTERED EVENING ACTIVITY DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. IN THE EXTENDED...MAY SEE INCREASED RAIN CHANCES WED-THU AS THE GFS-MRF CONTINUE TO BRING A POTENTIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE NORTHWARD FROM THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN INTO THE NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHEAST GULF BY LATE THU. IF VERIFYS...COULD SEE DIMINISHED RAIN CHANCES BY FRI AND POSSIBLY INTO THE WEEKEND AS THE FORECAST AREA GETS ON THE DRIER WEST SIDE OF THE LOW AS IT PUSHES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. STILL A LONG WAY OUT SO WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW SCATTERED STORMS EACH DAY. MARINE...A WEAK GRADIENT WILL MAINTAIN A LIGHT TO MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW...WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN SEAS EXPECTED. EXPECT WINDS AND SEAS TO BE HIGHER ONLY NEAR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FIRE...WET AND HUMID CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO RESULT IN FEW CONCERNS. PRELIM NUMBERS... MOBILE 73 89 73 89 / 40 50 30 50 PENSACOLA 75 88 75 88 / 30 50 30 50 DESTIN 75 87 75 87 / 20 50 30 50 EVERGREEN 68 89 68 89 / 40 60 40 60 WAYNESBORO 70 88 69 88 / 60 60 40 60 CAMDEN 69 88 69 88 / 50 60 40 60 39/DARBE .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-151700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 600 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXISTS TODAY ALONG AREA BEACHES FROM DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA EASTWARD TO DESTIN FLORIDA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERALLY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE. HOWEVER...A SLIM CHANCE DOES EXIST FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THAT EXCEED 57 MPH. THE THREAT AREA IS MAINLY WEST OF I-65 AND INLAND...AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY.
ALZ052-053-154000- THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 154 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 ...THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR WASHINGTON AND CLARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCINTOSH TO 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEER PARK...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR... MCINTOSH...DEER PARK...TOPTON...TOINETTE...SEABOARD AND HAWTHORN THROUGH 300 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
ALZ056-059>062-152100- THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 246 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 ...THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR ESCAMBIA...COVINGTON...CONECUH...BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM MOBILE TO BREWTON...MOVING NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR...APPLETON...US 29 AND CR 43...I65 AND AL 41...PLEASANT HOME...JEDDO...HUXFORD...I65 AND CR 6 AND CASTLEBERRY THROUGH 400 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND RAINFALL TOTALS UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
ALZ056>058-060-152315- THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 455 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 ...THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR COVINGTON...CONECUH...BUTLER AND CRENSHAW COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO EASTERN CONECUH COUNTY. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR... MCKENZIE...GEORGIANA...SOUTH...AVANT...CHAPMAN AND BOLLING THROUGH 615 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE STRONG WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND SMALL HAIL. THOUGH THEY ARE STILL BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THESE STORMS COULD STILL BRING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. THE HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS COULD ALSO RESULT IN SOME MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
MSZ075-076-078-079-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 609 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI EARLY THIS EVENING... AT 609 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH ACROSS WESTERN STONE COUNTY. AS THESE STORMS TRACK TO THE EAST...THEY WILL BRING PERIODS OF GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS TO PORTIONS OF STONE...SOUTHERN PERRY...SOUTHWESTERN GREENE AND WESTERN GEORGE COUNTIES THROUGH 8 PM. THE GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MPH MAY BRING DOWN A FEW SMALL LIMBS...IN ADDITION TO BLOWING AROUND SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. HEAVY RAINS TOTALING 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND ROADWAYS.
ALZ054-160015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 622 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM GATHERING STRENGTH OVER WESTERN WILCOX COUNTY... AT 622 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN WILCOX COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM NOTED ON RADAR WAS DETECTED NEAR KIMBROUGH... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR... LAMISON...CANTON BEND...PRAIRIE...MILLERS FERRY AND CATHERINE THROUGH 715 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY CONCERNS WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM ARE STRONG WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SOME SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
ALZ051-160130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 728 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CHOCTAW COUNTY THIS EVENING... AT 728 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ISNEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR... MELVIN...PARAGON...WATER VALLEY...GILBERTOWN...TOXEY...HODGEWOOD AND WIMBLY THROUGH 830 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY CONCERNS WITH THIS STORM ARE STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE ALSO BEING DETECTED WITH THIS STORM. THE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES COULD RESULT IN OCCASIONAL POWER OUTAGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF CHOCTAW COUNTY . THIS STORM COULD ALSO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:36 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds from a thunderstorm blew down a few trees and power lines near Gilbertown.
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