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 Apr 29, 1:41 PM CST, 14 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 241 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)...LATEST SURFACE AND UPPER AIR ANALYSES SHOW COLD FRONT ALONG THE PECOS RIVER AND WARM FRONTOGENESIS OVER THE GULF WHICH TIES INTO A STALLED FRONT EXTENDING INTO THE TENESSEE VALLEY AND THE MIDSOUTH. ETA40 WAS BRINGING THE COLD FRONT THROUGH OUR CWA 6 TO 12 HR LATER THAN GFS BUT THE MODELS ARE WITHIN 3 TO 4 HOURS OF EACH OTHER AS OF 12Z RUN. RESPECTIVELY WE ARE NOW TIMING FROPA LATE TOMORROW NEAR SUNSET. ACTIVE SUBTROPICAL JET MAY BRING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY PCPN AND POSSIBLY SEVERE WX...TO THE GULF COAST. THE WAY THINGS WANT TO PLAY OUT IS THAT TONIGHT THE FRONT WILL MAKE A RUN AT US OVERNIGHT AND THEN STALL UNTIL THE BIG TROUGH GETS BY US LATER ON SATURDAY. ATTENDANT FRONTOGENESIS FORECAST WITH A FINAL PUSH SOUTHEAST WOULD MEAN A CLEAN SWEEP CLEARING OUT THE SKY ON SUNDAY THUS SALVAGING PART OF THE WEEKEND FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. AS EVAPOTRANSPIRATION MUST BE CONSIDERED OVER 36 TO 48 HR AS WELL AS SIMPLE EVAPORATION... WE EXPECT PATCHY FOG MONDAY MORNING. && .LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...NO CHANGES TO BE MADE RIGHT NOW. INDICATIONS ARE THAT A HIGH WILL BUILD UP OVER THE SOUTHEAST AND KEEP IT SETTLED AWHILE. OUR CONFIDENCE IS SHAKEN THOUGH...DUE TO A LARGE DEVIATIONS AMONG THE NCEP ENSEMBLE MEMBERS. NONETHELESS... NCEP CITES THAT A MAJORITY OF ENSEMBLE MEMBERS INDICATES GRADUALLY RISING HEIGHTS IN THE SOUTHEAST. && .MARINE...FRONT IS SCHEDULED TO PASS OVER MARINE AREAS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING TIME FRAME. WITH THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE TIMING...OPTED FOR A BLEND OF GFS/ETA. TIL FROPA...A STEADY SOUTH WIND WILL KEEP SEAS HIGH...ESPECIALLY OFFSHORE AREAS...SO PUT OUT A SEAS BASED SCA FOR LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. AFTER FROPA...WINDS WILL TRANSITION FROM OFFSHORE TO EASTERLY INTO THE COMING WORK WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE GETS SQUEEZED EASTWARD OVER THE EASTERN CONUS. ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVING OVER THE CENTRAL US EARLY IN THE WEEK WILL SWITCH WINDS BACK TO ONSHORE LATE MONDAY INTO MID-WEEK...INCREASING A BIT AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES AND A FRONT APPROACHES THE NORTHERN GULF COAST LATE WEDNESDAY...BUT STALLS. && .FIRE WEATHER...DRY AIR ARRIVING BEHIND THE FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT UNLIKELY TO BRING RH TO THE POINT OF A FIRE WEATHER WATCH BEFORE THURSDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. RH CAN QUICKLY REBOUND AS OFFSHORE FLOW WEAKENS AND BECOMES DOMINATED BY LOCAL EFFECTS. DISPERSION WILL BE MODERATELY HIGH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 67 79 55 78 / 60 70 20 20 PENSACOLA 70 77 57 77 / 60 80 40 20 DESTIN 69 78 59 74 / 30 80 40 20 EVERGREEN 66 78 57 76 / 60 80 20 10 WAYNESBORO 64 74 49 76 / 80 50 10 10 CAMDEN 65 76 54 75 / 70 80 10 10 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...SCA INTO SATURDAY GMZ650-670. FL...SCA INTO SATURDAY GMZ655-675. MS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 200 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2005 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-300000- BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-BUTLER-CHOCTAW-CLARKE-CONECUH- COVINGTON-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-GEORGE- GREENE-MOBILE COASTAL-MOBILE INLAND-MONROE-OKALOOSA COASTAL- OKALOOSA INLAND-PERRY-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-STONE- WASHINGTON-WAYNE-WILCOX- 200 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS AN UPPER SYSTEM MOVES TOWARDS THE AREA. THE MODERATE SOUTH WINDS ACCOMPANYING THIS SYSTEM WILL CREATE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA COASTLINE INTO SATURDAY. A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER EAST TEXAS WILL ADVANCE NORTHEAST OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY IN RESPONSE TO A DEEPENING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM TRACKING EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY. AHEAD OF THE LOW INCREASING ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH HIGH LEVELS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND VERTICAL SHEAR WILL HELP GIVE WAY TO STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND CENTRAL GULF STATES TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA LATE TONIGHT. AT THIS THE...STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN HAS PLACED SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING WITH A FRONT CROSSING THE AREA LATE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A MODERATE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:48 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds from a thunderstorm blew down trees and power lines in the south part of the county. Most of the downed trees were around Gilbertown.
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