Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours and produced damaging winds.
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Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours and produced damaging winds.
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 2, 11:40 AM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1240 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011 .AVIATION (18Z ISSUANCE)...VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 12Z SUN EXCEPT MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS NEAR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WINDS VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 KNOTS SUNDAY OVERNIGHT BECOMING SOUTH FROM 10 TO 15 KNOTS BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. 77/BD **************************PREVIOUS************************** .MESOSCALE UPDATE...RADAR AND SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT THE SEA BREEZE CIRCULATION IS ALREADY BECOMING WELL DEFINED ALONG THE COAST AND BEGINNING ITS TREK INLAND. ISOLATED CONVECTION IS JUST BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ALONG THE BOUNDARY AS LAPS INDICATES A VERY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH MLCAPES ALREADY 2500-3000 J/KG SOUTH AND EAST OF THE I-65 CORRIDOR. THIS INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH PRECIPITABLE WATERS OF 1.75 INCHES WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED CONVECTION ALONG THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. DEWPOINTS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO MIX OUT SIGNIFICANTLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HWY 84...LIMITING THE CHANCES OF CONVECTION FURTHER NORTH...BUT ISOLATED CONVECTION STILL POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AS THE SEA BREEZE PROGRESSES WELL INLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON COMBINED WITH THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS. SEVERAL STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY...CONTAINING GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS OF 60 MPH. ALL STORMS WILL CONTAIN DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. HIGH TEMPS ON TRACK TO REACH THE UPPER 90S INLAND WITH LOW 90S ALONG THE COAST. THIS AFTERNOON'S WET MICROBURST RISK IS A HIGH END MODERATE. 34/JFB .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION (ISSUED 553 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011)... .SHORT TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A WEAK SFC TROF OF LOW PRES OVER CENTRAL AL STRETCHING WEST INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF MS. TO THE EAST WEAK HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES OVER THE LOWER GA AND WESTERN FL PANHANDLE STRETCHING SOUTHWARD OVER THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS. DEWPTS HAVE CLIMBED TO THE MID 70S ALONG THE AL AND NWFL COAST THIS MORNING AND IN THE LOWER 70S FOR MOST OTHER AREAS IN THE CWFA. THIS HAS BROUGHT HIGHER HUMIDITIES TO THE REGION THIS MORNING CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY SUN MORNING. AS TEMPS CLIMB TO THE MID TO UPPER 90S INLAND LATER TODAY EXPECT A SLIGHTLY BETTER SEABREEZE CIRCULATION TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION...ALLOWING FOR BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND COVERAGE OF AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LOWER HALF OF THE CWFA TODAY. STILL NOT MUCH MID LEVEL FORCING NOTED IN THE MODEL GUIDANCE FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT BUT HAVE NOTED A HIGHER INSTABILITY AND LAPSE IN THE LOWER LEVELS COMPARED TO YESTERDAY ALSO...SUGGESTING SLIGHTLY BETTER COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY. WITH MORE SUN THAN CLOUDS THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BELIEVE WILL LEAN TOWARDS THE WARMER MET OR MAV GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS THROUGH TONIGHT. 32/EE WET MICROBURST RISK FOR TODAY IS MODERATE. (SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...UPPER RIDGING OVER THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ISENTROPIC SINKING TO THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY...LIMITING CONVECTION. THERE WILL BE SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY HOWEVER...ESPECIALLY OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES IN ASSOCIATION WITH AFTERNOON SEABREEZE EFFECTS...BUT A FEW INTERIOR AS WELL AS A WEAK SFC THERMAL TROF PERSISTS AND PROVIDES A LOLVL FOCUS OVER THE INTERIOR. THE RIDGING WILL ALSO MAINTAIN THE ABOVE NORMAL MAX TEMPS ACROSS THE REGION...WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 90S MOST LOCATIONS EACH DAY. LOWEST AFTERNOON MAX TEMPS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE COAST...WITH WARMEST TEMPS OVER INTERIOR. A FEW ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY CONTINUE TO SEE UPPER 90S INLAND...A A FEW LOWER 90S EXPECTED NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. MONDAY NIGHTS MIN TEMPS NEAR NORMAL. 12/DS .LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...BY TUESDAY THE UPPER RIDGING WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN WITH WEAK UPPER TROFING OVER FCST AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FCST PERIOD. WITH THIS...AND THE CONTINUED SFC THERMAL TROF OVER OR NEAR THE REGION...WILL SEE POPS INCREASE SLIGHTLY ACROSS THE ENTIRE FCST AREA FOR THE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY TIMEFRAME. CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY DIURNAL IN NATURE HOWEVER...WITH MOST OF THE ACTIVITY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. WITH THE UPPER LEVEL WEAKNESS AND AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND PCPN...MAX AFTERNOON TEMPS WILL COOL SLIGHTLY WITH NEAR NORMAL READINGS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S. OVERNIGHT MIN TEMPS WILL BE AT OR JUST ABOVE NORMAL...WITH LOWS GENERALLY IN THE LOWER 70S GIVE OR TAKE A FEW DEGREES. 12/DS .AVIATION (12Z ISSUANCE)...VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 12Z SUN EXCEPT MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS NEAR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOSTLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE LESS THEN 5 KNOTS THIS MORNING BECOMING SOUTH FROM 10 TO 15 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING THEN BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT. 32/EE .MARINE...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF COMBINED WITH A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST STATES WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE WAY TO A LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHERLY FLOW MOSTLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A LIGHT NORTHERLY FLOW CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MOSTLY DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. LITTLE CHANGE IN SEAS GENERALLY AROUND 2 FEET IS EXPECTED. 32/EE .FIRE WEATHER...UPPER HIGH CENTERED OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND RIDGING EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE THE AIR TO SINK...MINIMIZING RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. PRIMARILY ISOLATED CONVECTION NEAR THE COAST FORCED BY THE AFTERNOON SEABREEZE EXPECTED...BUT A FEW PASSING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER INTERIOR ZONES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. INCREASING RAIN CHANCES TOWARD THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK AS THE UPPER RIDGE WEAKENS SLIGHTLY. LIGHT WINDS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...INITIALLY CALM OR LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE MORNING HOURS...BECOMING LIGHT SOUTHERLY IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST. MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY IN THE MID 30S TO MID 40S OVER INTERIOR AND IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S CLOSER TO THE COAST. 12/DS && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1101 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-031200- 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- 1101 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WELL DEFINED SEA BREEZE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. AS IT DOES SO...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...FIRST ALONG THE COAST AND DEVELOPING FURTHER INLAND AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. SOME OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME STRONG...PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS. HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... WITH THE HIGHER VALUES EXPECTED CLOSER TO THE COAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH THE BEST COVERAGE OCCURRING OVER INLAND AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MOSTLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS WILL NOT BE REQUIRED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1206 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011 ALZ063-021730- LOWER MOBILE AL- 1206 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THROUGH 1230 PM CDT... AT 1203 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRAND BAY...OR 11 MILES WEST OF BELLE FONTAINE...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CODEN. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1244 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011 FLZ003-004-021815- INLAND SANTA ROSA FL-COASTAL SANTA ROSA FL- 1244 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011 ...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...THROUGH 115 PM CDT... AT 1239 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF MILTON TO 12 MILES EAST OF BAGDAD...AND MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS POSSIBLY AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MUNSON...SPRINGHILL...WHITING FIELD...ROEVILLE AND EAST MILTON. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. &&
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:08 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds estimated at 60 mph downed power lines down on John Hamm road in East Milton.
Winds estimated at 60 mph down power lines down on Able Avenue and Woodbine Road near Pace.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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