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NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 20, 2:32 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 332 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)...THE LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A SEA BREEZE FRONT ALONG THE COAST AND CREEPING NORTHWARD WITH NARROW RIDGING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA/MISSISSIPPI. SUBTLE REMNANTS OF THE PREVIOUS DAYS SURFACE TROF LINGERED OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA EXTENDING INTO GEORGIA. THE LATTER FEATURE HAS INITIATED SCATTERED STRONG STORMS OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE AREA...WITH SCATTERED STRONG STORMS ALONG THE SEA BREEZE FRONT...AIDED BY A MILD MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA. DRIER AIR ALOFT SEEN IN THE WATER VAPOR LOOP HAS BEEN AIDING IN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE CONVECTION WILL FOLLOW A TYPICAL DIURNAL CYCLE AND GRADUALLY WEAKEN DURING THE EVENING HOURS. DEEP LAYER RIDGING BRIEFLY REBUILDS OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN RETREATS ON FRIDAY AS A SERIES OF STRONG SHORTWAVE SYSTEMS FLOW SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WITH AMPLIFICATION OF 500 MB TROF OVER THE EASTERN STATES. ANOTHER MILD WESTWARD MOVING SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY...BUT THE LESS FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT WILL RESULT IN JUST ISOLATED CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...SAVE FOR THE COASTAL AREAS WHERE THE SEA BREEZE FRONT WILL AID IN CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. DRY SUBCLOUD AIR AND DRY AIR ALOFT WILL ALLOW FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION THAT DOES DEVELOP TO PRODUCE STRONG OUTFLOWS AND HAIL...SO WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS ON LATER SHIFTS. A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS ON AN OLD FRONT OVER KANSAS/OKLAHOMA MEANWHILE AND MOVES OFF ALONG THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH A TRAILING FRONT SETTLING INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER SURGE OF MID LEVEL ENERGY FLOW OUT OF MANITOBA AND DOWN THE BACK OF THE 500 MB TROF...RESULTING IN FURTHER AMPLIFICATION...WITH THE SURFACE TROF/FRONT SHIFTING FURTHER SOUTH INTO THE FORECAST AREA. WILL CONTINUE WITH HIGH END CHANCE POPS FOR NOW WITH THIS PATTERN. ANOTHER HOT DAY IS IN STORE FOR FRIDAY...WITH MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. /29 && .LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...THE SHORTWAVE ENERGY IN THE UPPER TROF OVER THE EASTERN STATES EJECTS OFF TO THE NORTHEAST ALLOWING FOR DEEP LAYER RIDGING TO GRADUALLY REBUILD OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES THROUGH THURSDAY. THE SURFACE TROF OVER THE AREA WEAKENS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...BUT WILL STILL SUPPORT SCATTERED CONVECTION AS A SUBTLE SHORTWAVE MOVES AFFECTS THE AREA ON TUESDAY. TYPICAL AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE CONVECTIVE INITIATION WILL FOLLOW FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR SEASONABLE LEVELS. /29 && .MARINE...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM THE WESTERN ATLANTIC INTO THE EASTERN GULF WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE OVER THE WEEKEND AS A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES IN FROM THE NORTHWEST AND SETTLES OVER CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER THE MARINE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND. /13 /01 && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. /29 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 74 95 74 92 / 20 30 20 40 PENSACOLA 75 93 76 91 / 20 30 20 30 DESTIN 78 92 78 91 / 20 30 20 30 EVERGREEN 71 96 72 93 / 20 20 20 40 WAYNESBORO 71 97 73 93 / 20 20 20 50 CAMDEN 71 97 71 93 / 10 20 20 50 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. && 29/EVERSOLE 13/CULLEN 01/BEELER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 500 AM CDT THU JUL 20 2006 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-202300- 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- 500 AM CDT THU JUL 20 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES SOUTHWEST ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA. A FEW STORMS WILL BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SUDDEN DOWNBURST WINDS NEAR 50 MPH...IN ADDITION TO PRODUCING FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND SMALL HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WILL BE THE MOST NUMEROUS IN COVERAGE AND THE STRONGEST IN INTENSITY DURING THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A WEAKENING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STALL ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH SOMEWHAT GREATER COVERAGES OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. WHILE ORGANIZED DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE STORMS IS NOT ANTICIPATED...A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS OVER THE WEEKEND ARE POSSIBLE. GENERALLY...HOWEVER...THE PROBABILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE EXPECTED BRIEF AND ISOLATED NATURE OF ANY SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON...ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS OR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL FOR SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 138 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2006 ALZ064-201945- LOWER BALDWIN- 138 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY... AT 137 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR FOLEY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... FOLEY...ELBERTA...SUMMERDALE...ROBERTSDALE AND ELSANOR THROUGH 245 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE BRIEF WIND GUSTS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. BRIEF STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS ARE PRESENTLY BELOW SEVERE LEVELS...WIND GUSTS FROM THESE STORMS CAN DOWN TREES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED WEAKENING FROM PAST HURRICANES OR ARE DEAD BUT STILL STANDING. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. THESE STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
225 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0210 PM HAIL NICEVILLE 30.50N 86.46W
07/20/2006 E0.75 INCH OKALOOSA FL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
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JCSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 245 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2006 ALZ064-202045- LOWER BALDWIN- 245 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER SOUTHWEST BALDWIN COUNTY... AT 242 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF CLAY CITY...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... HOUSTONVILLE...BATTLES WHARF...FAIRHOPE...MONTROSE AND DAPHNE THROUGH 345 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE BRIEF WIND GUSTS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. BRIEF STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS ARE PRESENTLY BELOW SEVERE LEVELS...WIND GUSTS FROM THESE STORMS CAN DOWN TREES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED WEAKENING FROM PAST HURRICANES OR ARE DEAD BUT STILL STANDING. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. THESE STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 250 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2006 ALZ056-060-202045- COVINGTON-CONECUH- 250 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER COVINGTON AND CONECUH COUNTIES... AT 246 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR RED LEVEL...AND MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... RED LEVEL...SOUTH...LOANGO...COHASSETT AND BROOKS THROUGH 345 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE BRIEF WIND GUSTS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. BRIEF STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS ARE PRESENTLY BELOW SEVERE LEVELS...WIND GUSTS FROM THESE STORMS CAN DOWN TREES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED WEAKENING FROM PAST HURRICANES OR ARE DEAD BUT STILL STANDING. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. THESE STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 304 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2006 FLZ005-006-202100- COASTAL OKALOOSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRESTVIEW... 304 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER OKALOOSA COUNTY... AT 259 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR CRESTVIEW...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... MILLIGAN...BAKER...CANNON TOWN...PEADEN AND BLACKMAN THROUGH 400 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE BRIEF WIND GUSTS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. BRIEF STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS ARE PRESENTLY BELOW SEVERE LEVELS...WIND GUSTS FROM THESE STORMS CAN DOWN TREES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED WEAKENING FROM PAST HURRICANES OR ARE DEAD BUT STILL STANDING. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. THESE STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 341 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2006 ALZ061-062-202145- UPPER BALDWIN-UPPER MOBILE- 341 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES... AT 339 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHICKASAW...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... HURRICANE THROUGH 445 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE BRIEF WIND GUSTS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. BRIEF STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS ARE PRESENTLY BELOW SEVERE LEVELS...WIND GUSTS FROM THESE STORMS CAN DOWN TREES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED WEAKENING FROM PAST HURRICANES OR ARE DEAD BUT STILL STANDING. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. THESE STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY.
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1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees near Patsburg.
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