1 tornado, 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 Nov 24, 3:15 AM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 315 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...NOT MUCH TIME THIS MORNING WITH ACTIVE WEATHER MOVING INTO AREA. BIG PROBLEM WILL BE TIMING OF SEVERE WEATHER MOVING ACROSS CWA. CURRENT THINKING IS SQUALL LINE MOVING INTO WEST PART OF CWA FROM BUTLER TO NEAR LUCEDALE BY SUNRISE. THE LINE WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST AND BE FROM CAMDEN TO NEAR MOBILE BY 800 AM AND FROM GREENVILLE TO PENSACOLA BETWEEN 1000 AM AND NOON. EXPECT THE LINE OF STORMS TO SLOW DOWN JUST A LITTLE AS IT NEARS OUR AREA. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE LINE OF STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT ALONG THE LINE OF STORMS. WILL LEAVE IN FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL LINE OF STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. THE LINE OF STORMS SHOULD CLEAR MOST OF THE CWA BY SUNSET. WILL LEAVE IN LINGERING SHOWERS UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE COLD FRONT PUSHING THE LINE OF STORMS WILL ARRIVE 4 TO 6 HOURS AFTER THE LINE OF STORMS MOVE THROUGH. MUCH COOLER AIR WILL FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. COULD SEE SOME PATCHY FROST WITH TEMPS POSSIBLY NEAR FREEZING ACROSS THE FAR INLAND COUNTIES (GENERALLY NORTH OF US HIGHWAY 84). WILL HOLD OFF WITH ANY FREEZE WATCHES OR WARNINGS BUT THESE MAY BE NEEDED BY THURSDAY. && .EXTENDED...(SATURDAY THROUGH THROUGH TUESDAY)...MADE ONLY MINOR CHANGES IN EXTENDED. UPPER FLOW FLATTENS OUT QUICKLY BY SATURDAY WITH ANOTHER WEAK SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH SATURDAY...THEN A BREAK SUNDAY...THEN ANOTHER WEAK SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH BY TUESDAY. TIMING ISSUES COULD BE NOTED WITH SUCH A PROGRESSIVE PATTERN...BUT OVERALL LEFT A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN FOR SATURDAY...SLIGHT CHANCE SUNDAY...THEN BACK TO A CHANCE FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. UPPED THE TEMPS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. && .MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY. OFFSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP BEHIND COLD FRONT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. WINDS WILL RAPIDLY TURN AROUND AND DECREASE IN SPEED AS ANOTHER SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST OVER THE WEEKEND. && .FIRE...NO CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY TEMPS / POPS... MOBILE 76 45 61 37 / 99 20 10 10 PENSACOLA 76 51 63 40 / 99 30 10 10 DESTIN 75 53 64 44 / 99 30 10 10 EVERGREEN 75 48 56 33 / 99 20 10 10 WAYNESBORO 74 44 56 32 / 99 10 10 10 CAMDEN 74 46 56 32 / 99 20 10 10 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...FLOOD WATCH ALZ051>056. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ALL ZONES. FL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ALL ZONES. MS...FLOOD WATCH ON WED MSZ067-075-076. && 01/29
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...COR HEADER TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1002 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-241200- BUTLER AL-CHOCTAW AL-CLARKE AL-COASTAL ESCAMBIA FL- COASTAL OKALOOSA FL-COASTAL SANTA ROSA FL-CONECUH AL-COVINGTON AL- CRENSHAW AL-ESCAMBIA AL-GEORGE MS-GREENE MS-INLAND ESCAMBIA FL- INLAND OKALOOSA FL-INLAND SANTA ROSA FL-LOWER BALDWIN AL- LOWER MOBILE AL-MONROE AL-PERRY MS-STONE MS-UPPER BALDWIN AL- UPPER MOBILE AL-WASHINGTON AL-WAYNE MS-WILCOX AL- 1002 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT... CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE AND POSSIBLY TORNADIC WILL MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF ALABAMA OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY MOVE AS FAR SOUTH AS THE NORTHERN EXTREMES OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...OR ACROSS CHOCTAW AND WILCOX COUNTIES. IF THIS OCCURS IT SHOULD BE LATE TONIGHT...BETWEEN 3 AND 6 AM. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THE MAIN THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY...BETWEEN 6 AM AND 6 PM. A WELL DEVELOPED LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI NOT LONG AFTER SUNRISE AND MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST ALABAMA BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON. THE LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AFTER NOON. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE ISOLATED...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY TOTAL 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH A FEW 4 INCH AMOUNTS BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10. THIS COULD BRING A RESPONSE TO SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AND BRIEF FLOODING FROM INUNDATION OF LOW LYING AREAS. A FROST OR LIGHT FREEZE CAN BE EXPECTED OVER INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA ON FRIDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES DUE TO RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS DEVELOPING BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...THEY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS BEGINNING EARLY WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY LATE AFTERNOON.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 103 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004 ALZ051>055-061>064-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-240900- BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-CHOCTAW-CLARKE-GEORGE-GREENE- MOBILE COASTAL-MOBILE INLAND-MONROE-PERRY-STONE-WASHINGTON-WAYNE- WILCOX- 103 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 893 IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...WASHINGTON... MONROE...WILCOX...MOBILE AND BALDWIN. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATED STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MOBILE.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:40 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak tornado briefly touched down just southeast of Silas. The weak tornado damaged several trees.
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