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 Aug 22, 2:30 AM CST, 8 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 330 AM CDT TUE AUG 22 2006 .SHORT TERM...SEE NO REASON TO DEVIATE FROM A PERSISTENCE FCST IN THE SHORT TERM AS OVERALL SYNOPTIC PATTERN HAS CHANGED VERY LITTLE OVER PAST 24 HOURS. CURRENT WEATHER MAPS INDICATE A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINING OVER THE TN VALLEY REGION WITH A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE TO THE SOUTH OVER THE EASTERN GULF. IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS...HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO RIDGE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST...WHICH WILL ALLOW MID/UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES TO ONCE AGAIN DROP SW ACROSS THE REGION AROUND EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE TODAY. THE WEAK SFC BOUNDARY WILL DROP SLOWLY SOUTH INTO AL/MS TODAY AND TONIGHT...PROVIDING A LOLVL FOCUS...ALONG WITH RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM YESTERDAYS CONVECTION. ALL OF THESE FACTORS SHOULD RESULT IN LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE REGION BY LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON TODAY AS DIURNAL HEATING OCCURS. ALREADY HAVE SOME ISOLATED SHRAS ALONG COASTAL SECTIONS ND JUST TO THE NW OF OUR FCST AREA AS OF THIS TYPING...AND JUST LIKE YESTERDAY...EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH LATE MORNING AND THEN BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND MOVE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. WITH CLOUD COVER AND PCPN COVERAGE...SHOULD SEE MAX TEMPS TODAY IN THE LOWER 90S MOST LOCATIONS (MAYBE EVEN SOME ISOLATED UPPER 80S) TODAY. LOWS TONIGHT IN THE GENERALLY IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. /12 && .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY). MID TO UPPER TROF BEGINS TO GRADUALLY LIFT NORTHWARD BY LATE WED INTO THU WITH REMNANT FRONTAL BOUNDARY BECOMING DIFFUSE NEAR OF JUST NORTH OF THE CWFA THROUGH SAT. LATEST PROGGS BOTH THE GFS AND NAM DEPICT MID TO UPPER RIDGE TO BUILD OVER MUCH OF THE SE CONUS AND N GULF ALLOWING FOR A GRADUAL DECREASE IN POPS LATE THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK MID TO UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SE BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN ALLOWING FOR INCREASED MOISTURE FROM THE EAST AND SOUTH. WITH THIS WILL STAY CLOSE TO CURRENT MAV AND MEX GUIDANCE FOR POPS IN THE EXTENDED PERIODS. AS FOR TEMPS SLIGHTLY COOLER AFTERNOON TEMPS ARE NOTED THROUGH THU MAINLY FROM EXTRA CLOUDS AND BETTER COVERAGE OF AFTERNOON CONVECTION. NIGHTTIME LOWS ARE ALSO AFFECTED COMING IN A LITTLE WARMER THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK MAINLY FROM EXTRA CLOUDS. /32 && .MARINE...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH MOST OF THE UPCOMING WEEK...AS A TROF OR WEAK FRONT REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY JUST INLAND OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED LIGHT WIND SPEEDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...WITH PREVAILING FLOW GENERALLY OUT OF THE SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...AND MORE VARIABLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. EXPECT LITTLE CHANGE IN SEAS...BUT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HIGHER SEAS...AND WINDS...THROUGH THE FCST PERIOD. /12 && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. /32 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 90 75 90 75 / 60 40 60 50 PENSACOLA 89 76 90 76 / 60 40 60 50 DESTIN 90 78 91 78 / 60 40 50 40 EVERGREEN 90 72 91 72 / 60 50 60 50 WAYNESBORO 90 72 91 73 / 60 50 50 40 CAMDEN 91 72 90 73 / 70 50 50 40 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 545 AM CDT TUE AUG 22 2006 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-221800- 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- 545 AM CDT TUE AUG 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ONCE AGAIN MOVE GENERALLY FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE AREA. THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE MORE LIKELY OVER THE GULF AND THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE EARLY THIS MORNING. BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE OCCURRING ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND INLAND SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT ANTICIPATED...AS WAS THE CASE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON...A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH NEXT MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS OR SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS OR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:59 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement saw a funnel cloud just north of Spanish Fort. A school in the area took cover for a possible tornado. The funnel cloud never touched down and no damage was found in the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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