A line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved out of southern Choctaw county Alabama into northern Clarke county Alabama during the late afternoon hours. This line of storms produced several reports of tree damage.
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The episode as NWS MOB wrote it up.
A line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved out of southern Choctaw county Alabama into northern Clarke county Alabama during the late afternoon hours. This line of storms produced several reports of tree damage.
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 Oct 9, 2:42 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 342 PM CDT FRI OCT 9 2009 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)...HIGH PREVIOUSLY OVER THE CAROLINAS HAS MOVED EAST INTO ONLSOW BAY INTO WESTLANT. WEAK OPEN WAVE IN THE OHIO VALLEY FROMING ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A DEEP LOW OVER SOUTHERN HUDSON BAY. THAT OPEN WAVE IS PROVIDING A SLUGGISH IMPETUS TO A WEAK COLD FRONT STILL LINGERING OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION FROM SOUTHEAST AL TO INLAND SE MS. ALOFT MID TO UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS WILL DAMPEN AS IT MOVES EAST WEAKENING THE ADVECTIVE PROCESSES AND VERTICAL CIRCULATIONS OF COLD FRONT AHEAD OF IT. THAT FEATURE IN TURN WILL DRIFT EAST AND BECOME STATIONARY OVER CENTRAL AL OVERNIGHT. SLIGHTLY DRIED OUT ALOFT, PER MODEL DISTRIBUTION OF DEWPOINTS, TONIGHT. INCREASING VERTICAL WIND SHEAR IN THE LOWER LEVELS SO RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS SLIGHTLY ELEVATED BUT MORE TO SOUTHEAST MS AND NORTHWEST AL. THAT WOULD INCLUDE NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY MS TO NORTHWEST MONROE COUNTY AL, AND POINTS NORTHWEST. STRONGER CONVECTION TONIGHT WELL NORTH AND AWAY FROM THE COAST. /77 .LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...NO CHANGES. COLD FRONT WEST OF HERE WILL DRIFT SOUTH OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST AND STALL. THIS WILL BRING INCREASING CONVECTION THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH DECREASING CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER. UPPER DYNAMICS WILL WEAKEN AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. THE FRONT WILL RETURN NORTH AS A WARM FRONT MONDAY AS THE UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD BACK IN. THIS WILL BRING REBOUNDING TEMPS FOR THE START OF THE WORK WEEK. MOISTURE LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH AND LEAD TO CONTINUED HUMID CONDITIONS, THUS RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. && .MARINE...A MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW CAN BE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH OFF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND THEN MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY NIGHT. A LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL REDEVELOP LATE SUNDAY AS THE STALLED FRONT SHIFTS BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT. A SECOND WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE COAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AND AGAIN MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS AND STALL. /22 && .AVIATION (18Z/00Z ISSUANCES)...VFR TO OCCASIONAL MVFR CEILING AND VISIBILITY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL AT ALL TAF SITES THROUGH THIS EVENING. IFR CEILING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AFTER 10/04Z FOR ALL TAF SITES...WITH A 30 PROB GROUP FOR PASSING SHOWERS WITH GUSTY WINDS UP TO 25 KNOTS. /22 && .FIRE WEATHER...WARM AND HUMID TODAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES. THE FRONT WILL STALL ALONG THE COAST OVER THE WEEKEND AND BRING INCREASED ONSHORE WIND WITH INCREASED CHANCES OF RAIN AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY FAR ABOVE CRITERIA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 72 81 66 78 / 50 50 50 40 PENSACOLA 74 81 70 81 / 40 50 50 40 DESTIN 76 84 73 82 / 30 40 50 40 EVERGREEN 70 78 66 78 / 50 60 50 40 WAYNESBORO 66 72 61 74 / 80 60 40 30 CAMDEN 68 75 62 75 / 60 70 50 60 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 550 AM CDT SAT OCT 9 2009 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-111200- 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- 550 AM CDT SAT OCT 9 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY TODAY. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL ALONG THE GULF COAST LATER TODAY. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT ESPECIALLY EAST OF I-65 AND ALONG THE COAST. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MOSTLY ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG THE COAST THROUGH SUNDAY. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS FOR SEVERE WEATHER MAY BE REQUIRED FOR LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 403 PM CDT FRI OCT 9 2009 ALZ051-MSZ067-092215- CHOCTAW-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAYNESBORO AND BUTLER... 403 PM CDT FRI OCT 9 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CHOCTAW AND WAYNE COUNTIES... AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES WEST OF STRENGTHFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... WHISTLER...CLARA...WOODWARDS...WAYNESBORO...BOICE AND HIWANNEE THROUGH 515 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 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 THE STORM HAS PASSED. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT 1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2. PURDY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 442 PM CDT FRI OCT 9 2009 ALZ051>053-MSZ067-092230- WASHINGTON-CLARKE-CHOCTAW-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GROVE HILL... 442 PM CDT FRI OCT 9 2009 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST OUT OF WAYNE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI WILL AFFECT NORTHERN WASHINGTON...SOUTHERN CHOCTAW AND NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTIES OF ALABAMA THROUGH 530 PM... AT 439 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EVANSBORO TO 3 MILES WEST OF LOPER...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... EVANSBORO...MELVIN...WATER VALLEY...SOUWILPA...SILVER CROSS... GILBERTOWN...TOXEY AND HODGEWOOD THROUGH 530 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT 1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tree down blocking the west-bound lane of Highway 84 near Barrytown Road.
Trees blown down blocking County Road 9 near Chilton.
Three trees blown down blocking Highway 154 near Sand Flat Road.
Two small trees down on Old Highway 5 South near Liberty Baptist Church.
Trees reported blown down on Highway 5 south of Thomasville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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