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NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 31, 4:45 AM CST, 6 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 445 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005 .SHORT TERM...06Z SFC MAP SHOWS STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM EAST TX TO N CENTRAL MS WITH PREFRONTAL TROF FROM NW AL TO NEAR MORGAN CITY LA. ALOFT RRQ OF STRONG UPPER JET WAS LOCATED NEAR THE TROF GIVING WAY TO A BAND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MS STRETCHING NE INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF AL. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO CLIP EXTREME NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE CWFA...GIVING WAY TO LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. HAVE HAD A REPORT OF LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLFBALLS WITH SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. FOR TODAY EXPECT THIS BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE MOVING ENE AWAY FROM THE REGION IN RESPONSE TO STRONG SFC LOW MOVING FROM THE MID MS RVR VALLEY TO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. FURTHER WEST MAIN H5 TROF OVER N TX WILL BEGIN TO MOVE EAST BY EARLY TONIGHT...GIVING WAY TO ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND EARLY FRI. BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE CWFA WILL BE LATE THIS EVE CONTINUING TO AROUND 12Z FRI THEN LIFTING OUT TO THE NE THROUGH 18Z FRI. WITH HELICITIES CLIMBING TO TO WELL ABOVE 150 M2/S2 AND CAPES UP TO AROUND 1000 J/KG2 COMBINE WITH STRONG UPPER DIVERGENCE WELL ALOFT BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A GOOD CHANCE TO SEE A FEW STRONG SUPERCELLS BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OUT. CURRENT FORECAST TEMPS LOOK GOOD. .LONG TERM...BY 12Z FRI GFS HAS SURFACE LOW OVER WEST CENTRAL AL WITH MID TO UPPER TROF OVER NE TX AND AR. BEST LIFT OR OMEGAS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS PROGGED TO BE JUST EAST OF THE SFC LOW OVER MOST SECTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL AL. FURTHER SOUTH ANOTHER AREA OF INCREASED LIFT OR OMEGAS WAS NOTED OVER THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS OF LA AND MS STRETCHING EASTWARD INTO EXTREME SW AL. WITH THIS BELIEVE AN AREA OF WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS...MOST LIKELY SEVERE...WILL BE MOVING NEWARD OUT OF NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CWFA DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON FRI WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE COAST MOVING INLAND THROUGH ABOUT 21Z FRI. BY 00Z FRI STRONG COLD FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE ACROSS THE CWFA GIVING WAY TO UNSEASONABLE COOL TEMPS FOR FRI NIGHT AND SAT. GUSTY NW TO N WINDS ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT DIMINISHING SLOWLY BY SAT AFTERNOON. DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TUE AS SFC HIGH BUILDS OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF AND SE STATES. && .MARINE...A LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTH WIND WILL PREVAIL THROUGH EARLY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING WEST THEN NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY AS STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MARINE AREA BY AROUND 00Z SAT...GIVING WAY TO A STRONG NORTHERLY WIND FLOW THROUGH LATE SAT MORNING. NORTHERLY WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SAT. OTHERWISE...LITTLE CHANGE IN WIND SPEEDS AND SEAS CAN BE EXPECTED SUN THROUGH MON. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS THROUGH FRI. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL HAVE TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED SAT THROUGH TUE AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE REGION. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 76 66 74 44 / 70 90 70 10 PENSACOLA 75 67 74 50 / 70 80 80 10 DESTIN 74 67 74 51 / 70 70 90 10 EVERGREEN 76 64 76 45 / 70 90 80 10 WAYNESBORO 78 65 72 45 / 70 90 60 10 CAMDEN 76 64 74 44 / 70 100 90 10 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 600 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-312000- 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- 600 AM CST THU MAR 31 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... A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TODAY. SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE OFF TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS POSTED A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR TODAY OVER ALL THE FORECAST AREA WITH A MODERATE RISK OVER THE EXTREME NORTHERN COUNTIES...GENERALLY NORTH OF WAYNESBORO TO CAMDEN LINE. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREAT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT HAVE BEEN OBSERVED BY RADAR OVER WAYNE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI AND CHOCTAW COUNTY ALABAMA. THIS AREA AND AREAS TO THE EAST HAVE THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS MORNING IF HEAVY RAIN PERSIST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION ON FRIDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT MAY STILL BE PRODUCING SOME SEVERE WEATHER. BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE OVER SOUTHWEST... SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FRIDAY MORNING. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS POSTED A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS TIME FRAME. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS FORECAST SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS MAY BE NECESSARY TODAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 710 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005 ALZ053-054-311345- CLARKE-WILCOX- 710 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CLARKE COUNTY...MOVING INTO WILCOX COUNTY... AT 708 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER ROUNDHILL...OR JUST SOUTHEAST OF THOMASVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... PINE HILL...KIMBROUGH...ANNE MARIE...ROCKWEST...PRAIRIE AND MILLERS FERRY THROUGH 745 AM CST. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL UP TO AROUND ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 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. THIS STORM 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 922 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005 ALZ061>063-MSZ079-311600- UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-UPPER MOBILE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAY MINETTE... 922 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING DETECTED OVER GEORGE...BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES... AT 917 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF VAUGHN TO 9 MILES WEST OF MOVELLA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... WILMER...SALCO...VAUGHN...LOTT AND COLEMAN DAIRY ROADS...STOCKTON... OAK GROVE...TANNER WILLIAMS AND SEMMES THROUGH 1000 AM CST. 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. JC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 947 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005 ALZ059-061>064-FLZ001-311630- UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-UPPER MOBILE-ESCAMBIA-INLAND ESCAMBIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAY MINETTE AND DOWNTOWN MOBILE... 947 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING DETECTED OVER ESCAMBIA...BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES... AT 943 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 3 MILES SOUTH OF LOTTIE TO 3 MILES WEST OF TANNER WILLIAMS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... I65 AND CR 1...SARALAND...FREEMANVILLE...SNOW AND TANNER WILLIAMS ROADS...ATMORE...MALTA...SPRING HILL COLLEGE AND SCHILLINGER AND THREE NOTCH RDS THROUGH 1030 AM CST. 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. JC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1042 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005 ALZ056-059-060-311715- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-CONECUH- 1042 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST ESCAMBIA COUNTY AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST CONECUH AND WESTERN COVINGTON COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR... AT 1040 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF US 29 AND CR 43...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... JOHNSONVILLE...BROOKLYN...PAUL...LOANGO AND COHASSETT THROUGH 1115 AM CST. 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. THIS STORM 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. JC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1119 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005 FLZ003>006-311800- COASTAL OKALOOSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRESTVIEW... 1119 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER OKALOOSA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES... AT 1114 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES WEST OF MUNSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... GALLIVER...HOLT...CANNON TOWN...BAKER...PEADEN...MILLIGAN AND CRESTVIEW THROUGH NOON CST. 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. THIS STORM 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1125 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005 ALZ064-FLZ002-004-311800- LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PENSACOLA... 1125 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING DETECTED OVER BALDWIN...ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES... AT 1123 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 3 MILES WEST OF PACE TO NEAR TURKEY BRANCH...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... GONZALEZ...TURKEY BRANCH...BEULAH...SEMINOLE...PACE AND MOUTH OF WEEKS BAY THROUGH NOON CST. 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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Three people were working outside when lightning struck near them. Two of the people were treated at the scene and one was transported to the hospital and kept for a couple of hours and then released.
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