High winds downed a tree and caused damage to a house.
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High winds downed a tree and caused damage to a house.
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NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 21, 11:15 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1115 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013
.UPDATE...LATEST AREA SURFACE OBSERVATIONS REPORTING IMPROVED
VISIBILITIES GREATER THAN ONE MILE...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MOBILE
COAST GUARD SECTOR WITH A VISIBILITY OF 0.2 MILE. SINCE THE DENSE
FOG HAS PRIMARILY LIFTED TO A LOW STATUS DECK DUE TO AN INCREASING
SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW...WILL GO AHEAD AND CANCEL THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. AREA METARS ARE ALSO REPORTING WIND
GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...SO THE WIND ADVISORY WHICH WENT INTO EFFECT
ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM
THIS EVENING.
FOR THE MARINE AREAS...ALL COASTAL OBSERVATIONS ARE REPORTING
VISIBILITIES ABOVE ONE NAUTICAL MILE OR GREATER WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF THE MOBILE COAST GUARD SECTOR WITH A VISIBILITY OF 0.2 MILES.
COASTAL WEB CAMS ARE NOT SHOWING ANY RESTRICTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT THIS
TIME...AND VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING MOST OF THE MARINE AREA
AND COASTAL SECTIONS CLEAR OF FOG...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A SMALL
AREA ALONG THE WESTERN SHORE OF MOBILE BAY. WILL KEEP MARINE DENSE
FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON...BUT SEE NO REASON TO EXTEND AT
THIS TIME. WILL UPDATE MARINE PRODUCTS AT NOON IF IMPROVED
VISIBILITIES PERSIST. /22
.AVIATION [21.18Z KMOB/KBFM/KPNS TAF ISSUANCE]...PREVAIILING IFR
CEILING CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH 22.18Z AS A STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND
FLOW DRAWS GULF MOISTURE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION. THERE COULD BE
OCCASIONAL MVFR CEILINGS AT TIMES...BUT NOT LONG ENOUGH AT THIS TIME
TO BE CONSIDERED PREVAILING. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE FORECAST AFTER
22.00Z...FOLLOWED BY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH
MORE LOW CLOUDS AND FOG AFTER 22.06Z. SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO
SEVERE OVERNIGHT. GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
FORECAST PERIOD AHEAD OF THE SURFACE COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE
WEST...AND A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH EARLY
THIS EVENING. /22
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 529 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013/
..SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY IMPACT MUCH OF REGION
TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...
SHORT TERM [TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT]...LITTLE CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS
FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A VIGOROUS MID TO UPPER TROF OF LOW
PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES LATE THIS MORNING AND
BECOMES MORE NEGATIVELY TILTED AS MOVES FOR FURTHER EAST TOWARDS THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND CENTRAL GULF STATES THIS AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT. TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THIS SYSTEM DEEP GULF MOISTURE
WILL CONTINUE TO ADVECT INLAND TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH PWATS RANGING
FROM 1.6 TO 1.9 INCHES FOR MOST OF THE CWFA LATER TONIGHT THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...COMBINED WITH STRONG VERTICAL WIND SHEAR
ALONG WITH MARGINAL INSTABILITY IN THE LOWER TO MID LEVELS. LATEST
MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SHOW A 60 KT H8 JET ENTERING WESTERN
SECTIONS OF THE CWFA BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT LIFTING OFF TO THE
NORTHEAST THROUGH MID MORNING SUN WITH A 45 KNOT H8 JET AXIS EXITING
EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWFA BY AROUND 15Z SUN. FURTHER ALOFT THE
RIGHT EXIT REGION OF A 135 KT JET SHIFTS EAST TO THE LOWER MS RIVER
VALLEY LATER IN THE DAY GIVING WAY TO CONTINUED MID TO UPPER FORCING
OR LIFT ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA LATER IN THE DAY ON SUN.
WITH THIS PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST MOSTLY FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY SUN
MORNING. ALSO COULD SEE A FEW ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
FORMING OVER EXTREME WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWFA BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON BUT THE BETTER DYNAMICS ALOFT STILL LOOKS TO BE OVERNIGHT
AND EARLY SUN. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGH TONIGHT WITH
GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS UP 30 MPH OCCURRING OVER MOST OF THE CWFA
LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. AS RESULT A WIND ADVISORY HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA FROM MID MORNING TODAY
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. AREAS OF DENSE FOG MOSTLY NEAR THE COAST
WILL ALSO CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING MORNING TODAY CLEARING LATER
TODAY THEN POSSIBLY FORMING AGAIN EARLY TONIGHT THEN CLEARING
OVERNIGHT WITH THE HEAVIER PRECIP MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. AS FOR
TEMPS WILL LEAN VERY CLOSE TO THE WARMER MAV GUIDANCE THROUGH
TONIGHT. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80 FOR MOST
INLAND AREAS AND IN THE MID 70S NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. TONIGHTS
LOWS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MILD RANGING FROM THE MID TO UPPER 60S TO
THE WEST AND IN LOWER 70S TO THE EAST. 32/EE
A POTENT SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED 140+ KNOT UPPER LEVEL JET
WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST/GREAT
LAKES/OHIO VALLEY REGION SUNDAY MORNING...WHILE A SECONDARY LONGWAVE
TROUGH DIGS ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH FROM THE
MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE ARKLATEX REGION SUNDAY MORNING...WHILE
A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH WELL IN ADVANCE OF THIS BOUNDARY WILL BE MAKING
EASTWARD PROGRESS ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI...AND
WESTERN PORTIONS OF ALABAMA. A LARGE AREA OF DEEP LAYER LIFT WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF OUR FORECAST AREA SUNDAY...AND THE
ONGOING QUASI-LINEAR CONVECTIVE SYSTEM SHOULD CONTINUE ITS SLOW
EASTWARD MOVEMENT ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE DAY. THERE
WILL STILL BE A LINGERING DAMAGING WIND AND ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT
WITH THE QLCS THROUGH AT LEAST THE MID-MORNING HOURS GIVEN A
CONTINUED STRONG LOW LEVEL JET /40-50 KNOTS AT 850 MB/ IN ADVANCE OF
THE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM...50-60 KNOTS OF BULK SHEAR...AND MARGINAL
STORM RELATIVE HELICITY VALUES OF 150-250 M2/S2. THE SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON HOURS. HOWEVER...A THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL STILL
PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-65
CORRIDOR GIVEN AN ANOMALOUSLY MOIST AIRMASS WITH PWATS BETWEEN 1.75
AND 2 INCHES. WE HAVE TRENDED OUR RAINFALL FORECAST VERY CLOSE TO THE
WPC QPF...WHICH LOOKED GOOD. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2
AND 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY OVER THE EASTERN 2/3RDS OF
THE FORECAST AREA...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES NOT
OUT OF THE QUESTION. WE WILL MAINTAIN CATEGORICAL POPS ACROSS THE
EASTERN HALF OF THE CWFA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH A GRADUAL DROP
IN RAIN CHANCES TO THE WEST TO REFLECT THE SLOW EASTWARD PROGRESSION
OF THE QLCS. WE TRENDED HIGH TEMPERATURES TOWARD THE COOLER GUIDANCE
NUMBERS GIVEN THE CLOUD COVER/RAIN.
THE DEEP LAYER MOISTURE AXIS WILL MAKE LITTLE EASTWARD PROGRESSION
SUNDAY NIGHT...AND A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS WILL PERSIST MAINLY
ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-65 CORRIDOR. THE AXIS OF INSTABILITY WILL
GRADUALLY SHIFT SOUTHEASTWARD WITH TIME...SO CHANCES FOR THUNDER WILL
DECREASE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST SUNDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY
NIGHT. LIKELY POPS WERE DRAWN MAINLY EAST OF I-65...WITH DECREASING
RAIN CHANCES OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND ADJACENT INTERIOR
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD OTHERWISE MOVE INTO THE
REGION SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH MUCH COOLER AIR ARRIVING IN ITS WAKE. LOWS
SUNDAY NIGHT SHOULD RANGE FROM THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S OVER
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND IN THE MID 50S TO
LOWER 60S ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE. /21
LONG TERM [MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY]...A MUCH DRIER AIRMASS WILL SPREAD
ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY ON THE BASE OF THE UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH THAT WILL BE PUSHING ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST...GREAT
LAKES...AND OHIO VALLEY REGIONS. COOL AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST
ACROSS OUR REGION MONDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY AS A SURFACE RIDGE OF
HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS THE DOMINANT FEATURE ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN
CONUS. MOISTURE MAY BE ON THE INCREASE LATE NEXT WEEK WITHIN INCREASING
SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. WE WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
THE FORECAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WHILE TRENDING TEMPERATURES NEAR
SEASONAL NORMALS. /21
MARINE...STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MARINE
AREA THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG WILL ALSO
CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY...POSSIBLY LINGERING INTO THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NEAR
SHORE WATERS UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT FOR THE STRONG ONSHORE FLOW STARTING AT 9 AM CST THIS MORNING
CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND
POSSIBLE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS
THE MARINE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS
THE MARINE AREA LATE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. A MODERATE TO STRONG
OFFSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT ON
MONDAY...CONTINUING THROUGH MIDWEEK. SEAS UP TO 8 FEET MOSTLY WELL
OFFSHORE CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW LATER TODAY
AND TONIGHT REDEVELOPING IN THE WAKE OF THE STRONGER COLD FRONT LATER
NEXT WEEK. 32/EE
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE 78 68 73 52 60 / 30 100 80 60 20
PENSACOLA 75 68 74 57 63 / 20 70 90 80 40
DESTIN 73 68 74 60 64 / 20 50 80 80 60
EVERGREEN 79 70 72 53 58 / 30 90 90 80 40
WAYNESBORO 80 65 74 46 56 / 40 100 50 30 05
CAMDEN 78 67 72 48 57 / 30 100 80 60 10
CRESTVIEW 78 70 75 58 63 / 30 60 80 80 50
&&
.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...
CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...
MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON...
WILCOX...
FL...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...
INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...INLAND SANTA ROSA...
MS...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE...WAYNE...
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY...COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO
PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL
TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM...MISSISSIPPI SOUND...NORTHERN
MOBILE BAY...PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM...PERDIDO BAY...SOUTHERN
MOBILE BAY...WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO
60 NM...WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20
TO 60 NM...
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1141 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-221745- 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- 1141 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA UNTIL 6 PM. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TONIGHT AS A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST NORTHEAST OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND CENTRAL GULF STATES. SOME OF THE STORMS IN THIS LINE COULD BECOME SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY MORNING. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH EAST OF I-65 AFTER THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING MOSTLY EAST OF THE I-65 CORRIDOR AND OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE EARLY SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS MAY BECOME NECESSARY LATE TODAY AND OVERNIGHT. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-221745- NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE 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- 1141 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW AND SEAS OF 4 TO 7 FEET WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MOSTLY OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE MARINE AREA ON SUNDAY. A STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE WAY TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ON SUNDAY. A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHERLY WIND FLOW IN WAKE OF A COLD FRONT WILL GIVE WAY TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDWEEK.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Gradient wind gusts caused a tree to fall on a house in southeast Mississippi.
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