Strong winds from a thunderstorm downed trees and power lines in Northwest Florida.
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Strong winds from a thunderstorm downed trees and power lines in Northwest Florida.
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NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 8, 2:43 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 343 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT) WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION WILL GRADUALLY SETTLE DOWN AS THE WEAKENING FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND SLIDE EAST. MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD REMAIN FREE OF SHOWERS THURSDAY AS SUPPORTING UPPER LEVEL 500 MB TROUGH SLIDES EAST...SO HAVE ONLY KEPT POPS ISOLATED TO SCATTERED NEAR THE COAST AND OVER SOUTHEASTERN ZONES. WITH DRIER AIR FILTERING INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL FALL INTO THE LOW TO MID 70S NEAR THE COAST AND MID 60S FURTHER INLAND. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S MOST AREAS TOMORROW WITH UPPER 80S ALONG THE COAST. /08 JW .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL PUSH IN FROM THE WEST HELPING CAP SHOWER ACTIVITY. ONE FLY IN THE OINTMENT IS THE GFS AND ECMWF PROJECTING A WEAK CUT OFF LOW (FROM THE TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER THE AREA) LINGERING OVER THE GULF THROUGH SATURDAY...HAVE KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE OF POPS ALONG AND NEAR THE COAST THOUGH SUSPECT MOST SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND EAST OF OUR AREA. DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION ALONG THE SEA BREEZE FRONT SHOULD REMAIN ISOLATED. THROUGH THE WEEKEND NORTHWESTERLY WINDS SHOULD PREVAIL DURING THE EVENING HOURS SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND GUSTY NEAR THE COAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE SEA BREEZE DEVELOPS AND PUSHES INLAND. HAVE TRENDED POPS TOWARD THE CHANCE CATEGORY EARLY NEXT WEEK AS ANOTHER WEAKENING FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES THE AREA. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL TREND A LITTLE WARMER THAN CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMS. /08 JW && .AVIATION (18Z TAF CYCLE)...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE SEABREEZE IN THE AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF IFR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. /13 && .MARINE...A SURFACE TROUGH WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. MEANWHILE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD WESTWARD ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL MAINTAIN A GENERALLY LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW INTO THE WEEKEND. SEAS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY 2 TO 4 FEET THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MARINE AREA EACH DAY. /13 && .FIRE WEATHER...DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN TO FILTER IN ACROSS THE REGION AS THE WEAKENING FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLIDES EAST. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP DOWN INTO THE LOW TO MID 40S DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS BUT REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 70 92 70 91 / 20 10 05 10 PENSACOLA 74 90 74 91 / 30 20 10 20 DESTIN 78 87 79 86 / 30 30 10 20 EVERGREEN 67 92 67 92 / 20 20 10 20 WAYNESBORO 66 94 66 93 / 20 05 05 05 CAMDEN 68 93 67 93 / 20 10 10 10 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 625 AM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-091200- 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- 625 AM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE GULF COASTAL WATERS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL DEVELOP INLAND LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON AS A MODERATELY STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST. A VERY MOIST LOWER LEVEL OF THE ATMOSPHERE...COMBINED WITH AN DRIER MID LEVEL AIRMASS AND INCREASING DYNAMICS ALOFT WILL RESULT IN THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND ALL OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE OUTLOOKED WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY. DONT EXPECT A WIDESPREAD SEVERE EVENT...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE THERE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH BY THE MIDDLE TO LATE EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MOST OF THE PERIOD. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE HIGHEST CLOSER TO THE GULF COAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 136 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 FLZ004-005-081915- INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRESTVIEW... 136 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT OKALOOSA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES... AT 135 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES WEST OF BLACKMAN TO 5 MILES WEST OF BAKER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... GALLIVER...ESCAMBIA FARMS...GOOD HOPE...BLACKMAN...HOLT...PEADEN AND MILLIGAN THROUGH 215 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT 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 THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 410 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 ALZ054-055-082200- MONROE-WILCOX- 410 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MONROE AND WILCOX COUNTIES... AT 410 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF PACKARDS BEND...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... TINELA...HYBART...BELLVIEW...FRANKLIN...KEITH AND VREDENBURGH THROUGH 500 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 519 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 ALZ051-052-082300- WASHINGTON-CHOCTAW- 519 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY OVER NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 516 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTH OF SILAS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... CULLOMBURG...HEALING SPRINGS...BLADON SPRINGS...MILLRY...KOENTON AND SILVER CROSS THROUGH 600 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. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 545 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 ALZ054-082330- WILCOX- 545 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 ...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN WILCOX COUNTY... AT 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ACKERVILLE TO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ACKERVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... MCBRYDES...SNOW HILL...MCBRYDES...WATSONVILLE...FURMAN...ALLENTON AND CALEDONIA THROUGH 630 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. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 548 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 ALZ060-FLZ005-082330- COVINGTON-INLAND OKALOOSA- 548 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN COVINGTON AND NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTIES... AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM WATKINS BRIDGE TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUBURN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... LAUREL HILL...STEDMAN...SVEA...LOCKHART...FLORALA AND DORCAS THROUGH 630 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. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 559 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 ALZ061-062-082345- UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAY MINETTE... 559 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES... AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF AXIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... I65 AND AL 225...I65 AND AL 59...HURRICANE...CARPENTER AND HURRICANE THROUGH 645 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. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:20 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees and power lines around Crestview.
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