1 lightning, 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 Jun 5, 1:35 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 235 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2003 SHORT TERM...FORECAST FOR THE END OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND IS TRANSITIONING INTO A WET PATTERN. WEATHER MAPS TODAY SHOW VERY LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE TO THE HEIGHT FIELD. ORIENTATION IS WEST TO SOUTHWEST AS BROAD UPPER TROF ENCOMPASSES THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE NATION. AT THE SURFACE...WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING A FRONTAL ZONE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF...RETURNING NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT. THIS FEATURE ADVANCES INLAND WITH DEEP SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW OVERSPREADING THE AREA WITH A WARM AND DEEPLY MOIST AIRMASS. WEATHER FEATURES THAT WILL CAUSE LIFT NECESSARY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WAVES OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY FRONTAL ZONE AND THE PASSAGE OF MID LEVEL DISTURBANCES. THIS TYPE OF AIRMASS WILL BE WITH US FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...WHICH UNFORTUNATELY CARRIES US INTO THE WEEKEND. RAINS COULD BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY EARLY ON IN THE FORECAST. RAIN EVENT AMOUNTS THAT COULD FALL IN AREA RAIN GAUGES LOOK TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. THIS IS EXCEPTIONALLY LOWER THAN THE GFS MODEL SOLUTION WHICH CONTINUES TO SUFFER FROM GRID SCALE CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK PROBLEMS WHICH CORRUPTS THE PRECIPITATION SCHEME USED BY THE MODEL. WILL LEAN CLOSE TO HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER FORECAST RAIN AMOUNTS. LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE TO SHORT TERM TEMPERATURE FORECASTS. LOWER DAYTIME MAXES ON FRIDAY ARE A FUNCTION OF CLOUDS AND RAIN. BREEZY CONDITIONS FRIDAY AS BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS INCREASE AHEAD OF SURFACE WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE. EXTENDED...HIGH ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE CONTENT...WITH PRECIPITABLE WATERS AT OR ABOVE 2 INCHES...CONTINUES TO STREAM ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY. SOUTHWEST UPPER LEVEL FLOW IS FORECAST TO REMAIN QUITE ACTIVE WITH UPPER DISTURBANCES TRAVERSING THE AREA. THUS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A CONTINUATION IN THE RAIN CHANCES SUNDAY AND MONDAY. HEADING INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK... ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO PASS ACROSS THE AREA... CAUSING A DECREASE IN ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE. THUS...RAIN COVERAGES DROP OFF TO ONLY ISOLATED IN NATURE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY. SLIGHTLY COOLER NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES OVER THE INTERIOR DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. OTHERWISE...NO MAJOR CHANGES TO TEMPERATURES. MARINE...LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE TO CURRENT PACKAGE. SOUTHERLY WINDS AND SEAS FORECAST TO COME UP. FIRE...NO CONCERNS. /10 .PRELIMINARY TEMPS / POPS... MOBILE 71 81 72 85 / 100 90 60 60 PENSACOLA 74 80 74 85 / 100 90 60 60 DESTIN 75 81 75 84 / 100 90 60 60 EVERGREEN 69 81 72 85 / 100 90 60 60 WAYNESBORO 70 81 72 85 / 100 90 60 60 CAMDEN 69 81 72 85 / 100 90 60 60 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-051700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 600 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) A WEAK FRONT ALONG THE COAST WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL TOTALS WILL LIKELY BE ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) HEAVY RAINS WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AS THE FRONT SLOWLY MOVES NORTH. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A spotter observed a funnel cloud for about five minutes near Duke Field. The funnel cloud dissipated and never touched down.
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