A thunderstorm producing strong winds downed trees in southeast Mississippi.
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A thunderstorm producing strong winds downed trees in southeast Mississippi.
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 Jul 4, 2:47 PM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 347 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)...LATEST SURFACE MAP CONTINUES TO SHOW A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY MAINLY ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF OUR CWA...STRETCHING FROM NEAR DESTIN TO NORTH OF PENSACOLA AND MOBILE TO NEAR WAYNESBORO. THIS WEAK BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT AND MOVE NORTH TONIGHT. THE ONGOING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. A SHORTWAVE TROF OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS WILL MOVE EASTWARD TONIGHT. THIS SHORT WAVE TROF IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN LATE TONIGHT OVER TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY WITH A DEVELOPING FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING SOUTHWARD OVER ARKANSAS INTO NORTHERN LA. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A WEAK FRONT/SURFACE TROF INTO THE FORECAST AREA BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. A WEAK FRONT IN THE AREA COMBINED WITH THE SEA BREEZE...SHOULD RESULT IN SOMEWHAT HIGHER POPS ACROSS THE AREA...MAINLY IN THE INTERIOR COUNTIES ON SUNDAY AND AREA WIDE BY LATE SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY. SPC HAS A SLIGHT RISK OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF ALABAMA (NORTH OF OUR CWA) FOR EARLY SUNDAY INTO LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE RISK OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE TO JUST BELOW OR AT SEASONABLE NORMALS BY MONDAY. /04 .LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...NO BIG CHANGES MADE IN THE LONG TERM. HAVE INCREASED POPS A BIT ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY TO REFLECT CURRENT THINKING...AS WEAK FRONT SHOULD LINGER ALONG THE COAST THROUGH MIDWEEK. /04 && .AVIATION UPDATE FOR 05/00Z...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS TONIGHT. WILL BE SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL PRODUCE POSSIBLE IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS BRIEFLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SOME FOG PATCHES POSSIBLE TONIGHT IN AREAS THAT CATCH A RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BETTER ODDS FOR THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE ALABAMA COAST INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE AL/MS BORDER...CLOSER TO AN OLD SURFACE BOUNDARY. A SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE FOR IFR CONDITIONS IN AND NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED LATER SUNDAY WITH ANOTHER WEAK FRONTAL ZONE APPROACHING. /11 && .MARINE...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL BE DEPRESSED SLIGHTLY SOUTH AS A SURFACE TROUGH WITH AN ASSOCIATED FRONT DROPS INTO THE DEEP SOUTH THE FIRST OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP WINDS GENERALLY FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST WITH A SLOW INCREASE IN SPEEDS AS THE TROUGH APPROACHES. THE APPROACHING TROUGH WILL NOT ONLY BRING AN INCREASING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE COASTAL WATERS BUT WILL INCREASE THE WESTERLY WINDS BY SUNDAY EVENING. AT THIS TIME ITS STILL UNCERTAIN IF THE FRONT AND ASSOCIATED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MAKE IT TO THE COASTAL WATERS...FORECAST IS FOR WESTERLY BUT MAY SEE A LAND BREEZE INDUCED NORTHERLY WIND AT NIGHT. FURTHER OFFSHORE...BEYOND 20 MILES EXPECT WINDS TO BE NEAR EXERCISE CAUTION LEVELS SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. /11 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 76 93 75 86 / 10 30 60 60 PENSACOLA 77 91 76 86 / 10 30 60 70 DESTIN 78 88 78 85 / 10 30 60 60 EVERGREEN 72 92 73 86 / 10 40 60 60 WAYNESBORO 74 92 73 92 / 10 30 60 60 CAMDEN 74 95 74 92 / 10 40 60 60 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 230 PM CDT SAT JUL 04 2009 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-052000- 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- 230 PM CDT SAT JUL 04 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...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND A SMALL SECTION OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL. STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE COAST...WHERE OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE A HAZARD TO ANYONE OUT OF DOORS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDWEEK. AT THIS TIME A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT CAN BE EXPECTED FOR EXTREME NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 507 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009 MSZ078-042230- STONE- 507 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT STONE COUNTY... AT 507 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF RAMSEY SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... RAMSEY SPRINGS...RAMSEY SPRINGS AND BEATRICE THROUGH 530 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM 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 THE STORM HAS PASSED. JFB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 540 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009 MSZ075-078-042315- STONE-PERRY- 540 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT STONE AND PERRY COUNTIES... AT 538 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JANICE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... WHITES CROSSING THROUGH 615 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM 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 THE STORM HAS PASSED. JFB
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:05 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds estimated at 60 mph downed a tree on King Bee Road and on Carmen Court around Wiggins.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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