1 funnel cloud, 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 Oct 19, 6:55 AM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 755 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 .SYNOPSIS...HAVE UPDATED CURRENT ZONE PACKAGE MAINLY TO MENTION A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN THE FIRST PERIOD. CURRENT LAPS DATA INDICATED HELICITIES AROUND 200 M2/S2 OVER INLAND AREAS OF SW AL. MODELS DEPICT VERTICAL SHEAR SHOULD WEAKEN LATER TODAY. && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. && /32
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 540 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-191800- 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- 540 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MOIST SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW AND UNSTABLE LOW LEVEL CONDITIONS... COMBINED WITH THE APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY AT THE SURFACE AND DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT...WILL ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND STORMS TODAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY DROPS SOUTH INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA BY THIS EVENING. WHILE THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA... THEY WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA HAVE BEEN OUTLOOKED FOR A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THIS EVENING... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF ROUGHLY A LUVERNE... MONROEVILLE...CHATOM...WAYNESBORO LINE. WHILE THE CHANCES OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE MORE LIKELY OVER THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE AREA LISTED ABOVE...A FEW STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE CLOSER TO THE COAST AS WELL. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY...ESPECIALLY FOR THE INLAND COUNTIES OF THE FORECAST AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 4 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:56 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A funnel cloud was observed for several minutes near Earlville. The funnel never touched the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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