A thunderstorm produced high winds that downed trees and power lines in portions of southwest Alabama.
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A thunderstorm produced high winds that downed trees and power lines in portions 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 Jan 6, 2:15 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
215 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009
.UPDATE...PACKAGE UPDATE TO INCLUDE TOR WATCH NUMBER 3 IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7PM/01Z. FRONT TO OUR WEST IS STARTING TO SHOW SIGNS OF
GETTING PUSHED EAST AS THE UPPER DYNAMICS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
APPROACH THE LOWER MISS RIVER VALLEY. 18Z LIX SOUNDING SHOWS A GOOD
NOSE OF WARM AIR ABOVE THE SURFACE ..HELPING TO LIMIT THE
INSTABILITY...WHILE KBMX SOUNDING IS PRETTY RIPE TO GO.
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.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...
COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...
UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON...AND WILCOX.
FL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...AND
INLAND SANTA ROSA.
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE...AND
WAYNE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 9 PM WEDNESDAY 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....MOBILE BAY.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1152 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-079- 071200- 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 PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 1152 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES FOR LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND SURFACE COLD FRONT APPROACH FROM THE WEST. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...FILLING IN FROM THE WEST AND BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MOST OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE FORM OF A SQUALL LINE MOVING INTO NORTHERN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...THEN MOVING TO THE I-65 CORRIDOR STRETCHING SOUTHWARD TO THE ALABAMA COAST AND OFFSHORE BY AROUND 7 PM. THIS SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND EARLY MORNING HOURS...MOVING EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY AROUND 2 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE MAIN THREAT ALONG THE SQUALL LINE WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WITH THE CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO OF TWO NEAR BOWING STRUCTURES ALONG THE LINE. OUT AHEAD OF THE LINE A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM WITH THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES MOSTLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THE SQUALL LINE POSSIBLY GIVING WAY TO SOME FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS LAST WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND. RAINFALLS TOTALS WILL LIKELY REACH 1 TO 2 INCHES AREA WIDE WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. A STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING BECOMING WEST AND BUILDING BEHIND THE SQUALL LINE LATE TONIGHT...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE WAY TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTIVATION FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS IS EXPECTED TO BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 241 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 ALZ051-062130- CHOCTAW- 241 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY... AT 237 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF HINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR YANTLEY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...HINTON...CYRIL...ROCK SPRINGS...PUSHMATAHA... LISMAN...CROMWELL...YANTLEY AND HALSELL THROUGH 330 PM CST. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 346 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 ALZ051>053-MSZ067-062230- WASHINGTON-CLARKE-CHOCTAW-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAYNESBORO AND BUTLER... 346 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 ...A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT WASHINGTON...CLARKE...CHOCTAW AND WAYNE COUNTIES... AT 342 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAVACA TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF DENHAM...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WITHIN THE LINE ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 TO 60 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... SOUWILPA...WOMACK HILL...SILAS...WOODS BLUFF...MORVIN...CULLOMBURG AND HOLTAMVILLE THROUGH 430 PM CST. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:58 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and power lines were downed by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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