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NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 3, 3:10 PM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 410 PM CDT THU AUG 3 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)...LITTLE CHANGE IN OVERALL PATTERN THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. BERMUDA SFC HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE REMAINS OVER COASTAL AREAS OF THE SERN STATES AND THE NORTHERN AND EAST GULF OF MEXICO. WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS PROGGED TO DROP SOUTH INTO THE SERN STATES BY LATE FRIDAY AND LINGER ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY THEN LIFT BACK SLOWLY NORTHWARD AWAY FROM THE AREA SUNDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE WESTARD ACROSS THE GULF. ALL OF THESE FACTORS WILL RESULT IN A BETTER CHANCE OF MAINLY DIURNAL AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. USED MAVMOS FOR TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE...WHICH WAS NEAR CLIMO NORMS. /12 && .LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY)...DIDNT MAKE ANY SIGNIFCANT CHANGES TO PREVIOUS FCST LONG TERM FCST. DID TWEAK THE TEMPERATURES AT DESTIN TO MATCH THE 00Z MEX AND REWORKED THE RH, HI, WCHILL AND TD CHECKS FOR ADJUSTMENTS. OTHERWISE LEFT PREVIOUS GRIDS/FCST AS WAS. /12 && .MARINE...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN GULF WILL WEAKEN AND SHIFT EASTWARD THROUGH THIS WEEKEND AS A WEAK FRONT APPROACHES. THE FRONT WILL APPROACH BY LATE FRIDAY AND STALL ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LIFT BACK TO THE NORTH BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK OVER THE REGION. A UPPER LEVEL LOW LOCATED JUST EAST OF MIAMI WILL PASS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS COMBINED WITH AN APPROACHING FRONT WILL LEAD TO A SLIGHT INCREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS ALONG WITH A BETTER COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND. T.S CHRIS CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE TO THE EAST OF THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS WITH UPPER LEVEL SHEAR...AND IF IT SURVIVES AND DOES MANAGE TO MAKE IT INTO GULF...THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF OUR MARINE AREA BUT WILL POSSIBLY INCREASE SELY FLOW TO AROUND 10 TO 15 BY MONDAY AND TUESDAY. /13 && .FIRE WEATHER...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE REMAINS OVER COASTAL SECTIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BUT A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL DRIFT SOUTH INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...THEN LIFT BACK NORTHWARD AWAY FROM THE AREA SUNDAY. WITH THIS...WILL SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE IN MOSTLY DIURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS THROUGH THE PERIOD. NO MAJOR CONCERNS. /12 /01 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 75 93 72 91 / 20 30 30 30 PENSACOLA 76 91 75 88 / 20 30 30 40 DESTIN 80 90 77 89 / 20 30 30 40 EVERGREEN 72 93 73 93 / 20 30 30 40 WAYNESBORO 72 96 74 94 / 20 20 30 40 CAMDEN 75 93 75 97 / 20 30 30 30 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 130 PM CDT THU AUG 3 2006 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-041100- 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- 130 PM CDT THU AUG 3 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 CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WHILE NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH WIND GUST OF 35 TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL WEAKEN LATER THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS OR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 317 PM CDT THU AUG 3 2006 ALZ058-060-032115- COVINGTON-CRENSHAW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDALUSIA... 317 PM CDT THU AUG 3 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER COVINGTON AND SOUTHERN CRENSHAW COUNTIES... AT 315 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF DOZIER...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... CLEARVIEW...ROSE HILL...GANTT AND HEATH THROUGH 415 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE BRIEF WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 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 TWO 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 402 PM CDT THU AUG 3 2006 FLZ003-032200- INLAND SANTA ROSA- 402 PM CDT THU AUG 3 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER NORTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY... AT 358 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF MUNSON...AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... MUNSON THROUGH 500 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE BRIEF WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 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 TWO 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
413 PM CDT THU AUG 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0355 PM TSTM WND DMG ANDALUSIA 31.31N 86.48W
08/03/2006 COVINGTON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
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JCSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 445 PM CDT THU AUG 3 2006 ALZ059-FLZ003-032245- ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BREWTON... 445 PM CDT THU AUG 3 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA AND NORTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTIES... AT 442 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DIXONVILLE...AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... DIXONVILLE...ROCK HILL...KEEGO AND EAST BREWTON THROUGH 545 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE BRIEF WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 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 TWO 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 501 PM CDT THU AUG 3 2006 FLZ001>004-032300- COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PENSACOLA... 501 PM CDT THU AUG 3 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES... AT 459 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER JAY...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... JAY...BERRYDALE...CHUMUCKLA AND ALLENTOWN THROUGH 600 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE BRIEF WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 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 523 PM CDT THU AUG 3 2006 ALZ060-FLZ005-006-032330- COVINGTON-COASTAL OKALOOSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRESTVIEW... 523 PM CDT THU AUG 3 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING DETECTED OVER SOUTHERN COVINGTON AND NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTIES...AND ARE MOVING SOUTHWARD... AT 520 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF SVEA TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOOD HOPE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... SVEA...LAUREL HILL...PEADEN...BLACKMAN...CANNON TOWN...DORCAS AND BAKER THROUGH 630 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE BRIEF WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 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.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:44 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees and damaged some farm machinery just south of Jay.
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