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NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 7, 3:20 AM CST, 6 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 420 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 2006 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT). LATEST SFC MAP SHOWS WEAK SFC BOUNDARY NOW WELL TO THE N OF CWFA STRETCHING FROM JUST SOUTH OF KANB TO JUST NORTH OF KMEI TO NORTH OF KJAN. THIS NORTHERN POSITION OF THE FRONT COULD LIMITED THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD CONVECTION WHICH IS DEPICTED BY THE MODELS LATER THIS MORNING. ALOFT LATEST RUC DATA OVERLAYED WITH IR/WV LOOPS SHOW NEXT S/W TROF MOVING ACROSS WESTERN LA WITH SIGNIFICANT VORT MAX NEAR THE BASE OF THE TROF TRACKING EASTWARD ALONG THE LA COAST. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS DEPICT BETTER LIFT AND FORCING ALOFT JUST NORTH OF THE AL/MS/NWFL COAST THIS MORNING AS THIS UPPER FEATURE CONTINUES TO TRACK EASTWARD...WITH THE ONSET OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY CONVECTION MOVING FROM SOUTHERN MS INTO SOUTHERN AL AROUND 12Z THIS MORNING...SHIFTING EASTWARD INTO THE NWFL THIS AFTERNOON. WITH MARGINAL CAPES UP TO 1500 J/KG INLAND...H8 JET AROUND 30 KNOTS GENERALLY FROM THE WEST AND MARGINAL SHEAR DEPICTED IN THE LOWEST 1KM A FEW STORMS MOVING FROM MS INTO AL THIS MORNING COULD PRODUCE STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZE HAIL. AS SFC TEMPS HEAT LATER IN THE DAY THE POTENTIAL FOR SOMEWHAT STRONGER STORMS EXISTS...ESPECIALLY OVER INLAND SECTIONS OF THE FL PANHANDLE STRETCHING NORTHWARD INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN AL. WITH THIS WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE TSTMS POSSIBLE IN THE WORDING OF THE FORECAST FOR TODAY. WILL GO WITH CURRENT MAV GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS THROUGH TONIGHT. /32 && .LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY). SLIGHTLY DRIER PATTERN CAN BE EXPECTED OVER MUCH THE CWFA FOR MONDAY AS MAIN S/W TROF MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. THIS PATTERN WILL HOLD THROUGH EARLY WED FOLLOWED BY INCREASING CLOUDINESS AND CHANCE POPS BY LATE WED INTO THU MORNING AS A SERIES OF VORTS MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION. THIS NEXT SYSTEM SHOWS A FAIRLY STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF STATES AND NORTHERN GULF OF MEX BY EARLY FRI GIVING WAY TO A PD OF MUCH DRIER WEATHER OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS ALL DEPENDS ON THE POSITION OF THE FRONT OVER THE GULF LATE FRI INTO SAT. /32 && .MARINE...LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWING SURFACE BOUNDARY WELL NORTH OF THE MARINE WATERS ACROSS THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE WILL INITIATE CONVECTION ACROSS THE MARINE AREAS THIS MORNING...WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS COVERAGE EXPECTED. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...SO MARINERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WINDS. A COLD POOL DEVELOPING NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY SHOULD PUSH TOWARD THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY MOVE OFF THE COAST OVERNIGHT...BRINGING A LIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW INTO MONDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF WILL MAINTAIN A LIGHT ONSHORE WIND FLOW OVER THE MARINE WATERS THROUGH MIDWEEK. MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL MONDAY AND TUESDAY A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS ALOFT. THE NEXT BEST CHANCE OF RAIN WILL OCCUR LATE IN THE FORECAST PERIOD AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE APPROACHES ON WEDNESDAY. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AS A MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW DEVELOPS PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF A COLD FRONT. THE COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY A MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW. /22 && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 83 65 88 66 / 70 20 20 10 PENSACOLA 80 68 85 68 / 70 30 30 10 DESTIN 78 70 83 70 / 70 40 30 10 EVERGREEN 81 62 86 60 / 70 30 20 10 WAYNESBORO 83 61 88 61 / 80 20 20 10 CAMDEN 84 61 86 62 / 70 20 20 10 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 615 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 2006 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-081100- 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- 615 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WILL MOVE EAST INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY...BRINGING A COOL FRONT NEAR THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON. AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE WILL INITIATE CONVECTION THIS MORNING ACROSS MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS COVERAGE EXPECTED BY NOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOS. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE OUTLOOK AREA MIDWEEK...BRINGING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. THE POTENTIAL OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE REQUIRED FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 818 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 2006 MSZ078-071415- STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WIGGINS... 818 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING STONE COUNTY... AT 818 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES WEST OF ROGERS LAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...ROGERS LAKE...PERKINSTON...AND WIGGINS THROUGH 915 AM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS FROM 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 935 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 2006 ALZ057-058-071530- BUTLER-CRENSHAW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUVERNE... 935 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING DETECTED OVER BUTLER COUNTY APPROACHING CRENSHAW COUNTY... AT 935 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES WEST OF HONORAVILLE TO 7 MILES WEST OF GEORGIANA...AND MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT 35 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... GEORGIANA...AVANT...HONORAVILLE...SAVILLE AND PIGEON CREEK THROUGH 1030 AM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND BRIEF STRONG WIND GUSTS FROM 40 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 THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds from a thunderstorm blew part of a roof off a home near Weed (near the intersection of State Highway 141 and County Road 43).
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