A thunderstorm produced high winds that caused damage in parts of southwest Alabama.
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A thunderstorm produced high winds that caused damage in parts of southwest Alabama.
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 3, 2:35 AM CST, 11 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 335 AM CDT MON AUG 3 2009 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)...ATMOSPHERE IS SLOWLY DRYING OUT AS UPPER TROUGH AXIS THAT WAS IN THE VICINITY WAS SLOWLY MOVING NORTHEAST AND FLATTENING OUT A BIT. STILL ENOUGH MOISTURE LEFT IN THE LOWER LEVELS THAT SHOULD BE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AROUND TODAY...WITH THE BETTER CHANCES ALONG THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS WITH THE SEA BREEZE AND OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS CLOSER TO THE DEPARTING UPPER TROUGH AND A BIT DEEPER MOISTURE. AS A CONSEQUENCE...HIGHEST TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI WHERE WE SHOULD SEE A FEW MID 90S IN THE SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR MASS AND NEAR 90 TO THE LOWER 90S ALONG THE COAST AND THE EASTERN SECTIONS. /11 .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...THE PERSISTENT TROUGH ACROSS THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH MID WEEK. IN THE WAKE OF THIS TROUGH UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BUILD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. MEANWHILE...A DRIER MID AND UPPER LEVEL AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO ADVECT INTO THE AREA WITH PRECIP WATER VALUES FALLING TO AROUND 1.6 INCHES. THIS DRIER AIR ALONG WITH THE BUILDING RIDGE WILL DECREASE POPS TO ISOLATED THROUGH MUCH OF THE EXTENDED ALONG WITH ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO INCREASE. THE GLOBAL MODELS AGREE ON BUILDING THE UPPER RIDGE EVEN FURTHER LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH 500MB HEIGHTS NEAR 600 DM CENTERED ON TOP OF THE AREA. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES...HIGH TEMPS WILL HAVE TO BE INCREASED AND POPS LOWERED FOR THE END OF THE EXTENDED. /13 && .AVIATION...SOME PATCHES OF DENSE FOG AROUND JUST BEFORE SUNRISE WILL PRODUCE SOME LIFR CONDITIONS DUE TO VISIBILITY. THESE SHOULD BE MAINLY AWAY FROM THE COASTAL AIRPORTS AND CONDITIONS IMPROVE QUICKLY WITH SUNRISE. GENERALLY VFR TODAY EXCEPT FOR SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS. MVFR TO POSSIBLY BRIEF IFR IN AND NEAR CONVECTION. PRECIPITATION SHOULD END BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH A VFR NIGHT EXCEPT FOR THE USUAL FOGGY PATCHES OVER THE INTERIOR ZONES. /11 && .MARINE...LITTLE DAY TO DAY CHANGE OCCURRING OVER THE MARINE FORECAST AREA WITH THE CUSTOMARY DIURNAL PATTERN CONTINUING IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY FRONTS OR TROPICAL WAVES AFFECTING THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. WAVE HEIGHTS GENERALLY 3 FEET OR LESS THROUGH THE WEEK WITH THE EXCEPTION BEING NEAR AND IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...MOSTLY LATE NIGHT AND MORNINGS. /11 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 92 74 95 73 / 30 10 20 10 PENSACOLA 90 76 93 74 / 20 10 20 10 DESTIN 89 78 88 78 / 30 10 20 10 EVERGREEN 91 71 92 70 / 30 10 20 10 WAYNESBORO 95 71 94 69 / 10 10 20 10 CAMDEN 93 72 96 70 / 10 10 20 05 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 600 AM CDT MON AUG 3 2009 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-041100- CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-MOBILE BAY-COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 60 NM- WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 600 AM CDT MON AUG 3 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TODAY...MAINLY ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE OUTLOOK PERIOD...MOST LIKELY OCCURRENCE WILL BE IN THE AFTERNOONS WITH LIGHTNING THE GREATEST HAZARD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE REQUIRED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 235 PM CDT MON AUG 3 2009 ALZ061>064-032015- UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOWNTOWN MOBILE... 235 PM CDT MON AUG 3 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES... AT 226 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... DOWNTOWN MOBILE...PINTO ISLAND...MOBILE INFIRMARY...LADD STADIUM... AIRPORT AND GOVERNMENT AND FOREST HILL THROUGH 315 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BRING DOWN DEAD OR DISEASED TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. LOCAL LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER MAY RESULT FROM DOWNED POWER LINES. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...OR SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 257 PM CDT MON AUG 3 2009 ALZ062-064-FLZ001-002-032045- INLAND ESCAMBIA-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA- 257 PM CDT MON AUG 3 2009 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BALDWIN AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES... AT 255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM BAY SPRINGS TO 4 MILES EAST OF MONTROSE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... LOXLEY...ROSINTON...SILVERHILL...ROBERTSDALE AND BARRINEAU PARK THROUGH 345 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BRING DOWN DEAD OR DISEASED TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. LOCAL LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER MAY RESULT FROM DOWNED POWER LINES. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...OR SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 6 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds estimated at 60 mph damaged a shed and downed a 50 foot tree near the intersection of Bit and Spur and Airport Blvd.
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