High winds from a thunderstorm caused damage in southwest Alabama.
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High winds from a thunderstorm caused damage in southwest Alabama.
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 Aug 18, 2:06 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 306 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2014 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)...FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...WELL DEFINED MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE HAS MOVED EASTWARD INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. ON THE EAST SIDE OF THIS FEATURE...CLUSTERS OF COLD CLOUD TOPS/INCREASED LIGHTNING ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED FROM WESTERN TENNESSEE...SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE ALABAMA/MISSISSIPPI BORDER. A CORRIDOR OF COASTAL STORMS FROM THE UPPER TEXAS COAST TO NORTHERN FLORIDA WAS ORIENTED ON THE NORTHWEST PERIPHERY OF A MID LEVEL RIDGE AXIS THAT EXTENDS FROM FLORIDA...WESTWARD INTO THE GULF. IN THE SHORT TERM...MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE CONTINUES EAST ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA/GEORGIA TONIGHT. WILL START OFF THE FORECAST WITH SCATTERED EVENING SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER THE NORTHEAST ZONES. AS THE MID LEVEL ENERGY LIFTS OUT LATE...ISOLATED STORMS OVERNIGHT AT BEST. ANOTHER IMPULSE ALOFT DROPS SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA INTO SOUTHERN GEORGIA ON TUESDAY. THE DEEPEST MOISTURE...WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ~1.8 INCHES...LOOK TO BE ALIGNED OVER THE NORTHEAST TIER OF ZONES AND WITH LAYER LIFT GIVEN BY THE PASSAGE OF THE NEXT MID LEVEL IMPULSE...AND DAYTIME INSTABILITY...SCATTERED AFTERNOON STORMS ON TUESDAY WILL BE FORECAST ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BUTLER ALABAMA TO CRESTVIEW FLORIDA. TO THE WEST OF THIS LINE...RIDGE AXIS ALOFT OVER THE GULF BEGINS TO BUILD AND EXTEND NORTHWEST UP ACROSS LOUISIANA AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE BUILDING RIDGE WOULD ACT TO KEEP COVERAGE OF STORMS MORE ISOLATED OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. TUESDAY'S STORMS CAN BE STRONG AT TIMES...CONTAINING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...BRIEF STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. THIS AFTERNOON'S WET MICROBURST RISK REMAINS LIKELY OVER THE INTERIOR. OVERNIGHT LOWS FORECAST AROUND 73 OVER THE INTERIOR TO UPPER 70S CLOSER TO THE COAST. TUESDAY'S HIGH TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER HALF OF THE 90S...COUPLE WITH DAYTIME HUMIDITY...SUCH THAT HEAT INDICES RANGE FROM 100 TO 105. /10 FOR TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...UPPER RIDGING ADVANCES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND MERGES WITH A STRENGTHENING UPPER RIDGE OVER THE GULF TO FORM AN UPPER HIGH OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES BY THURSDAY. A WEAK SURFACE TROF WILL BE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH A SURFACE LOW OVER THE EAST CENTRAL COAST. THE SURFACE LOW MOVES OFF INTO THE ATLANTIC ON WEDNESDAY ALLOWING FOR SURFACE RIDGING TO BUILD CLOSER TO THE COAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHICH REMAINS NEAR THIS POSITION THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. DEEP LAYER MOISTURE REMAINS HIGH TUESDAY NIGHT BUT THEN GRADUALLY DECREASES THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AS SUBSIDENCE TAKES A TOLL. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES BEGIN NEAR 2 INCHES...OR ABOUT 125 PERCENT OF NORMAL...THEN DECREASE TO NEAR 1.6 INCHES...ABOUT AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. WILL HAVE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THE DAYTIME HOURS AS HEATING LEADS TO ISOLATED CONVECTION...THEN DRY CONDITIONS FOLLOW FOR EACH NIGHT. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE 102-106 BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ALTHOUGH A FEW SMALL POCKETS MAY SEE HIGHER VALUES NEAR 108 OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE OR NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. OUR CRITERIA FOR A HEAT ADVISORY IS 108 AND WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AT THIS POINT AS THE AREAL COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY LIMITED AND ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED FOR THE FIRST TWO PERIODS ONLY. /29 .LONG TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...THE UPPER HIGH BROADENS OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE PERIOD WHILE AN UPPER TROF/LOW AMPLIFIES SOMEWHAT OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE WEAKENING AND EJECTING OFF TO THE EAST ON MONDAY. A SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER TROF MOVES FROM NEAR THE EAST CENTRAL COAST FRIDAY MORNING OFF INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC...BRINGING A WEAK SURFACE TROF OVER NORTHERN ALABAMA/GEORGIA SLOWLY SOUTHWARD INTO THE FORECAST AREA BY SUNDAY WHERE IT REMAINS THROUGH MONDAY. A SURFACE RIDGE MEANWHILE REMAINS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH THE PERIOD. DEEP LAYER MOISTURE REMAINS NEAR SEASONABLE VALUES ON FRIDAY THEN INCREASES THROUGH SUNDAY AS A SLUG OF DEEP ATLANTIC MOISTURE COMBINED WITH GULF MOISTURE IS DRAWN INTO THE REGION...WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES INCREASING TO 2-2.25 INCHES. THE HIGH DEEP LAYER MOISTURE MOVES OFF TO THE WEST THROUGH MONDAY HOWEVER WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES RETURNING TO MORE NORMAL VALUES NEAR 1.7 INCHES. DAYTIME HIGHS WILL BE 3 TO 7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH SATURDAY WITH THE HIGHER VALUES OVER INLAND AREAS...THEN DAYTIME HIGHS MODERATE SOMEWHAT TO 3 TO 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE 103-109 BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND 102-107 SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WITH THE HIGHEST VALUES EXPECTED IN A FEW POCKETS OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE OR NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. WILL HAVE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR MUCH OF THE AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS ABOVE SEASONABLE DAYTIME HIGHS LEAD TO ISOLATED CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT...THEN WILL HAVE SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS THE WEAK SURFACE TROF AIDS IN CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. /29 && .AVIATION (18Z ISSUANCE)...SCATTERED TSRA BREAKING OUT ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST WITH COVERAGE FORECAST TO INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF MISSISSIPPI. MAY SEE MORE ORGANIZED CONVECTION NORTH OF THE TERMINALS. SEEING THIS TREND IN LOCAL RADAR. STORM MOTION EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 KNOTS. ALONG THE COASTAL SITES...STORMS LOOK TO MOSTLY BE IN THE VCTY AND CAN COVER WITH AMENDMENTS IF MORE ORGANIZED TSRA BRING IMPACTS. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS IN THE SHORT TERM. BRIEF STRONG/VARIABLE WIND GUSTS IN AND NEAR TSRA. /10 && .MARINE...LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FORECAST. A PERSISTENT RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC INTO THE CENTRAL GULF WILL MAINTAIN A LIGHT...TO AT TIMES MODERATE WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW THROUGH THE WEEK. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT...SUBSIDE AND REMAIN STEADY AT 1 TO 2 FEET THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. WINDS...WAVES AND SEAS LOCALLY HIGHER NEAR STORMS. /10 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 75 93 75 93 75 / 20 20 10 20 10 PENSACOLA 78 93 77 93 77 / 20 20 10 20 10 DESTIN 80 92 79 91 79 / 20 20 10 20 10 EVERGREEN 73 94 72 96 72 / 30 30 10 20 10 WAYNESBORO 73 94 71 96 71 / 20 20 10 20 05 CAMDEN 73 93 71 96 72 / 30 30 10 20 10 CRESTVIEW 75 94 73 95 71 / 20 30 10 20 10 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 429 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2014 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-191100- 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- 429 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE DAY...DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON STORM COVERAGE WILL BECOME MORE ISOLATED AS THE WEEK PROGRESS. HOWEVER...ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES OF 103 TO 108 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-191100- 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- 429 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS WILL AFFECT THE MARINE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HIGHER SEAS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 333 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2014 ALZ057-058-182115- BUTLER AL-CRENSHAW AL- 333 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN BUTLER AND NORTHERN CRENSHAW COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THROUGH 415 PM CDT... AT 333 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENVILLE...OR NEAR I65 AND AL 185...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PETREY... I65 AND AL 185... I65 AND AL 10... GREENVILLE... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 124 AND 139. 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. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING WIRED TELEPHONES DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO OUTSIDE PHONE LINES. THIS STORM MAY CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND A WARNING MAY SOON BE NEEDED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 334 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2014 ALZ056-059-060-182115- CONECUH AL-COVINGTON AL-ESCAMBIA AL- 334 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CONECUH... SOUTHWESTERN COVINGTON AND EASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THROUGH 415 PM CDT... AT 334 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF EAST BREWTON...OR 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF RIVERVIEW...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... US 29 AND CR 43... RIVERVIEW... EAST BREWTON... BREWTON... 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. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING WIRED TELEPHONES DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO OUTSIDE PHONE LINES. THIS STORM MAY CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND A WARNING MAY SOON BE NEEDED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 425 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2014 ALZ056>060-FLZ001-003-005-182230- BUTLER AL-CONECUH AL-COVINGTON AL-CRENSHAW AL-ESCAMBIA AL- INLAND OKALOOSA FL-INLAND SANTA ROSA FL-INLAND ESCAMBIA FL- 425 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2014 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER... SOUTHERN CONECUH...COVINGTON...CRENSHAW AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWESTERN OKALOOSA...NORTHERN SANTA ROSA AND NORTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...THROUGH 530 PM CDT... AT 423 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF LUVERNE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF ANDALUSIA TO 8 MILES NORTH OF ATMORE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WHITFIELD... PINE LEVEL... HORN HILL... JAY... FLOMATON... CENTURY... RUTLEDGE... PETREY... LUVERNE... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 92. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS 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 THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING WIRED TELEPHONES DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO OUTSIDE PHONE LINES. &&
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds estimated at 70 mph downed 5 large oak trees along with damage to a shed and a roof of a house.
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