Thunderstorms produced high winds that downed trees in parts of southeast Mississippi.
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Thunderstorms produced high winds that downed trees in parts of 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 Apr 3, 8:52 PM CST, 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 952 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 .MESOSCALE UPDATE...FORECASTERS HAVE BEEN WATCHING A RAIN COOLED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ADVANCING SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL/SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING. ALONG THE OUTFLOW...A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX HAS BEEN ORGANIZING OVER THE LAST COUPLE HOURS AS IT INTERACTS WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT IN PLACE FROM SOUTHEAST LA...EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN MS/SOUTHWEST AL PER LATEST 04.00Z SOUNDINGS AND LAPS DATA. MOST UNSTABLE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL ENERGIES VERY HIGH FOR THIS TIME OF NIGHT FROM 3300 J/KG OVER SOUTHEAST LA TO 2000-2500 J/KG INTO THE INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ZONES. MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AROUND 7 C/KM. CONSIDERING THIS DATA AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID/UPPER 60S...NOT MUCH OF A WEAKENING TREND TO THE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX IS FAVORED IN THE NEAR TERM. GIVEN RADAR TRENDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL DATA...WE HAVE BOOSTED UP THE POP CONSIDERABLY IN THE WESTERN ZONES FOR TONIGHT. THE PASSAGE OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY COULD BRING WINDS UP TO 30-40 MPH AND CONVECTIVE GUSTS IN THE RANGE OF 40-50 MPH. HAVE ISSUED A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT DETAILING THESE HAZARDS. /10 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 66 84 68 85 / 50 30 50 60 PENSACOLA 68 82 70 82 / 20 20 40 60 DESTIN 68 77 72 78 / 20 20 40 60 EVERGREEN 62 86 66 85 / 30 30 50 70 WAYNESBORO 63 86 65 84 / 60 40 50 60 CAMDEN 62 86 65 84 / 30 30 50 70 CRESTVIEW 63 86 66 84 / 20 20 40 60 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 528 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-041200- 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-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 528 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY QUICKLY RACING TOWARD THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. WHILE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW...ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY...AGAIN WITH SOME STRONG TO SEVERE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATE IN THE WEEK...BRINGING A MUCH LOWER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS TO THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN STORM SPOTTERS MAY BECOME NECESSARY ON WEDNESDAY. GMZ630-650-655-670-675-041200- 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- 528 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MARINE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS INCLUDING STRONG WIND GUSTS...HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MARINE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 552 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 ALZ056-032315- CONECUH AL- 552 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THROUGH 615 PM CDT... AT 552 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVERGREEN...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF LYEFFION...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTY THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 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 936 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 MSZ067-075-076-078-040315- WAYNE MS-STONE MS-PERRY MS-GREENE MS- 936 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WITH GUSTY WINDS AND ASSOCIATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN WAYNE...NORTHWESTERN STONE...PERRY AND NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...THROUGH 1015 PM CDT... AT 928 PM CDT...AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAUREL TO 6 MILES WEST OF WEST HATTIESBURG TO 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST HATTIESBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH ARE STRONG...WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RICHTON... NEW AUGUSTA... BEAUMONT... THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. SOME STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR PRIOR TO ANY RAINFALL. 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 SOME OF THESE STORMS. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1017 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 MSZ067-075-076-078-079-040400- WAYNE MS-STONE MS-PERRY MS-GREENE MS-GEORGE MS- 1017 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WITH STRONG WINDS AND ASSOCIATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WAYNE...NORTHERN STONE...PERRY...GREENE AND WESTERN GEORGE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...THROUGH 1100 PM CDT... AT 1014 PM CDT...A STRONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES EAST OF LAUREL TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHTON TO 17 MILES WEST OF WIGGINS...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND THE BOUNDARY...SOME OF WHICH WILL BE STRONG. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WAYNESBORO... STATE LINE... CLARA... BUCKATUNNA... MCLAIN... LEAKESVILLE... RICHTON... NEW AUGUSTA... BEAUMONT... THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. KEEP IN MIND THAT STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORMS REACH YOUR LOCATION. 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 Mobile radar (KMOB), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:43 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees near New Augusta.
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