Late afternoon storms blew some trees down.
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Late afternoon storms blew some trees down.
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 Jan 7, 2:55 PM CST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
255 PM CST SUN JAN 7 2007
.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)COLD FRONT OUT TO THE WEST
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN ADVANCE...SOME MAY
BE SEVERE THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT THE LINE OF STORMS
PRECEDING THE FRONT TO BE FROM NEAR MOBILE TO CAMDEN LINE AROUND 330
PM WITH FRONT NEAR THE SAME AREA AROUND 8 PM. RUC/NAM IS SHOWING THE
WIND SHIFT AT 9 PM. MAY BE ABLE TO CLEAR MY MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES
FROM THE WATCH WITH THE ZONE RELEASE. DRIER AND COOLER AIR COMING IN
BEHIND THE FRONT WILL NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTEDS THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. WILL BE SOME TEMPERATURES
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNINGS FREEZING AND BELOW FROM THE INTERIOR
OF THE COASTAL ZONES NORTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA.
.LONG TERM...NO CHANGES MADE...SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN FORECAST
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE REMIANDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. LOW
LEVEL FLOW RETURNS TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST WITH PRECIPITABLE
WATER VALUES BETWEEN AN INCH AND A INCH AND A HALF BY LATE WEEK INTO
NEXT WEEKEND. GFS AT THIS EARLY STAGE IS SHOWING ANOTHER FRONT WITH
BAND OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR NEXT SUNDAY...WELL SEE. /11
&&
.MARINE...FORECASTERS HAVE BEEN CONTENDING WITH A MARINE LAYER OF
LOW STRATUS AND DENSE FOG WHICH EXTENDS INTO SOME OF THE BEACH
COMMUNITIES AS WELL. THIS HAS FORMED IN RESPONSE TO WARM MOIST LOW
LEVEL SOUTHERLY FLOW ATOP COOLER SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE
NORTHERN GULF AND AREA BAYS. MEANWHILE...COLD FRONT IS PROGGED TO
PASS ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THIS EVENING...BRINGING A WIND SHIFT
AND AN INCREASE IN NORTHERLY FLOW. SEA STATES ALSO BUILDING AS WELL.
DID NOT MAKE MUCH CHANGE TO WINDS WITH ONLY A FEW MINOR TWEAKS TO
SEAS GIVEN FETCH CONSIDERATIONS. COVERAGES OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS DECREASE WITH THE WIND SHIFT. STILL COULD BE SOME FOG
AROUND TONIGHT DESPITE THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. /10
HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE MOVES EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES BY THE
MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AND THEN INTO THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES BY
WEEKS END. THUS...A MODERATE RETURN FLOW SETS UP LATE IN THE
FORECAST. /10
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...DRIER AIR ON MONDAY MAY REACH RED FLAG CONDITIONS
OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...BUT THE LAST FEW LOW HUMIDITY EPISODES
HAVE NOT MET THE 4 HOUR DURATION. THINK THAT WILL BE THE CASE MONDAY
WITH THE LOW SUN ANGLE AND COOL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED. TUESDAY MAY
REQUIRE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH WITH THE SLIGHTLY WARMER
TEMPERATURES.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE 46 61 33 64 / 100 05 00 00
PENSACOLA 48 60 36 61 / 90 05 00 00
DESTIN 52 63 42 60 / 80 05 00 00
EVERGREEN 46 59 30 58 / 90 05 00 00
WAYNESBORO 43 57 29 56 / 100 05 00 00
CAMDEN 46 57 30 55 / 100 05 00 00
&&
.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
LOWER BALDWIN...AND LOWER MOBILE.
FL...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...AND COASTAL SANTA
ROSA.
MS...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 7 PM SUNDAY TO 6 AM MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: AND MOBILE BAY.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 7 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL
OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA
MS OUT 20 NM...WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20
TO 60 NM...AND WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS
FROM 20 TO 60 NM.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1240 PM CST SUN JAN 7 2007 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-079- 081200- COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- MOBILE BAY-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- 1240 PM CST SUN JAN 7 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A WARM AND MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS COOLER SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES OVER THE NORTHERN GULF AND AREA BAYS LOOK TO RESULT IN A CONTINUATION OF LOW STRATUS AND AREAS OF DENSE FOG ALONG THE COASTAL ZONES AND ADJACENT GULF WATERS. FOG POSES A HAZARD FOR MOTORISTS AND MARINE INTERESTS. TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOME THE MAIN FOCUS. AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST TO EAST IS FORECAST AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM WEST. THE AIRMASS IS FORECAST TO BECOME MORE UNSTABLE. THUS...SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME BRIEFLY SEVERE ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING... STRENGTHENING OFFSHORE WIND FLOW IN ITS WAKE BRINGS AN END TO THE FOG AND THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...BUT WILL MAKE FOR BUILDING SEAS. THUS...HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A STRONG OFFSHORE WIND FLOW WILL MAKE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS WILL BE REQUIRED THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:53 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees just north of Monroeville.
High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees and power lines near Greenville.
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