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NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 24, 1:55 PM CST, 6 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 255 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 .SYNOPSIS...UPPER AIR CHARTS SHOW UPPER RIDGING OVER NORTHERN MEXICO INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST...WHILE A LARGE UPPER CYCLONE WAS RETROGRADING WESTWARD OVER NEW ENGLAND. A WEAK SURFACE HIGH WAS POISED OVER THE CENTRAL GULF WITH A DECAYING SURFACE FRONT/TROF INTO THE NORTHERN GULF. && .SHORT TERM...INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS UPSTREAM BRING A TRICKY FORECAST EARLY ON IN THE SHORT RANGE. WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM (MCS)...ROUNDING THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF SOUTHWEST STATES UPPER RIDGE. THIS MCS FEATURE WAS BEGINNING TO DROP SOUTHEAST INTO ARKANSAS. IN ADVANCE...INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...CONVECTION HAS BEEN INITIATING AND TRANSLATING SOUTHEAST. LATEST SOUNDING OUT OF KJAN 18Z SHOWS MODEST CAPE 1900-2000 J/KG WITH STEERING FLOW FROM THE NORTHWEST 15 KNOTS OR SO. THIS CONVECTION IS FORMING WITHIN A REGION OF LOW LEVEL MAXIMUM THETA-E FROM ARKANSAS INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THIS COULD EVENTUALLY EVOLVE INTO ANOTHER MCS. WE ALSO NOTICE...A DEWPOINT GRADIENT INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA...WHICH SHORT RANGE MODELS TAKE THROUGH TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL HAVE A BEARING ON HOW FAR EAST THUNDERSTORMS GO. THE WAY WE SEE IT NOW...HAVE SLIGHTLY HIGHER COVERAGES OVER THE SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH ANY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY BEING SHUNTED SOUTHWARD DUE TO THE MEAN FLOW AROUND NEW ENGLAND STATES LOW AND RIDGING TO THE WEST. NOTE: MAY HAVE TO ADJUST PRELIMINARY COVERAGES TONIGHT OVER THE WESTERN ZONES JUST BEFORE ZONE ISSUANCE TO ACCOUNT FOR TRENDS UPSTREAM. THURSDAY...ATMOSPHERE IS FORECAST TO BE CAPPED. THUS...DOESNT OFFER MUCH IN THE WAY OF RAIN RELIEF THURSDAY. GUIDANCE IS COMING IN SEVERAL DEGREES LOWER ON DAYTIME MAXIMUMS WEDNESDAY. WITH SUCH A HIGH DEGREE OF VARIABILITY...WILL LIKELY TAKE A BLEND OF THESE. TEMPERATURES ALSO A FUNCTION OF CIRCULATION AROUND LARGE LOW OVER THE EAST/NORTHEAST U.S. /10 && .LONG TERM...MAIN POINT OF INTEREST IS WHEN THE RAIN POTENTIAL RISES REMAINS CONSISTENT. LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. CONTINUE TO SEE RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY IN THE MEDIUM RANGE WITH A CHANGE IN THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN OVER THE GULF STATES...FAVORING AN ATMOSPHERE MORE CONDUCIVE FOR THUNDERSTORM INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE. THE HIGHLY AMPLIFIED HEIGHT FIELD WE HAVE SEEN OF LATE AND DURING THE SHORT TERM PERIOD OF THIS FORECAST...BROADENS. THIS PLACES THE FORECAST AREA UNDER A MORE ACTIVE ZONE OF THE WESTERLIES AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES TRANSLATE EASTWARD ACROSS THE GULF STATES. MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW SMALL TEMPERATURE/DEWPOINT SPREADS THROUGH A CONSIDERABLE DEPTH OF THE ATMOSPHERE FOR THESE DISTURBANCES TO WORK WITH OVER THE WEEKEND. LOOKS LIKE SEABREEZE AND LEFT OVER CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL ALSO PLAY A ROLE AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR THUNDERSTORMS. AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES ARE CONCERNED...LITTLE CHANGE FROM WHAT WE INHERITED ON THE PREVIOUS PACKAGE. /10 && .MARINE...A SURGE OF MID LEVEL ENERGY AIDS IN MOVING A WEAK TRAILING FRONT THROUGH THE MARINE AREA LATE TONIGHT. DEVELOPING CONVECTION OVER WESTERN MISSISSIPPI MAY EVOLVE INTO A MCS AND TREK SOUTHEASTWARD NEAR THE FRONT AND BRING SCATTERED CONVECTION MAINLY TO THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE MARINE AREA OVERNIGHT. GENERALLY LIGHT OFFSHORE WINDS PREVAIL ON WEDNESDAY THEN GRADUALLY SWITCHES TO A LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW ON THURSDAY AS A SURFACE RIDGE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. ANOTHER WEAK FRONT/TROF SETTLES INTO THE SOUTHEAST STATES ON THURSDAY THEN LINGERS NEAR THE COAST THROUGH SUNDAY WITH SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OVER THE MARINE AREA THIS WEEKEND. /29 && .FIRE...DAYTIME RH REMAINS WELL ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. NO HEADLINES AT THIS TIME. /10 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 67 84 61 86 / 20 40 05 05 PENSACOLA 66 82 62 84 / 10 40 05 05 DESTIN 68 82 65 82 / 10 30 05 05 EVERGREEN 64 82 55 84 / 10 20 05 05 WAYNESBORO 64 83 57 84 / 20 20 05 05 CAMDEN 62 83 56 84 / 20 10 05 05 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 530 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-241830- 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- 530 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY FOR MUCH OF REGION. ISOLATED CASES OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO SEVERE OR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... FURTHER ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE NECESSARY THROUGH THE REST OF TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 723 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 MSZ067-250100- WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAYNESBORO... 723 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER WAYNE COUNTY... AT 717 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODWARDS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... WINCHESTER AND DENHAM THROUGH 800 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 751 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ALZ051-052-MSZ067-250130- WASHINGTON-CHOCTAW-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATOM AND WAYNESBORO... 751 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING DETECTED OVER WASHINGTON...CHOCTAW AND WAYNE COUNTIES... AT 747 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES WEST OF BOICE TO 2 MILES EAST OF CHATOM...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... DENHAM...YARBO...BOICE AND LOPER THROUGH 830 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. 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.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:10 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees and power lines near Atmore.
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