An isolated pulse severe thunderstorm resulted in some minor damage in Butler County.
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An isolated pulse severe thunderstorm resulted in some minor damage in Butler County.
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 11, 5:18 PM CST, 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 618 PM CDT TUE AUG 11 2015 .UPDATE...BASED ON LATEST CONVECTIVE TRENDS HAVE LOWERED LIKELY POPS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA TO CHANCE TO GOOD CHANCE POPS FOR THIS EVENING. SIMILAR POPS CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. MADE OTHER MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. /29 && .AVIATION... 00Z ISSUANCE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS EXCEPT WILL HAVE VCTS MAINLY THIS EVENING AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR POTENTIAL MVFR CONDITIONS IN STORMS. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS SWITCH TO A LIGHT NORTHERLY FLOW TONIGHT AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA WITH A SOUTHWEST FLOW EXPECTED TO RESUME NEAR THE COAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. /29 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 338 PM CDT TUE AUG 11 2015/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)...FOR TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...UPPER HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER NORTHERN TEXAS WILL RETROGRADE SLIGHTLY WESTWARD AS THE BASE OF A VERY LARGE EASTERN CONUS UPPER TROUGH...EXTENDING SOUTH FROM AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER SOUTHEAST CANADA...DIGS SOUTHWARD ALL THE WAY TO CENTRAL FLORIDA. MEANWHILE A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY PUSHING SOUTH THROUGH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA WILL ENTER IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL ADVANCE FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT...BUT THEN STALL ALONG THE I-10 CORRIDOR ON WEDNESDAY AS IT ENCOUNTERS A DEVELOPING SEABREEZE. REGIONAL RADAR MOSAIC DETECTING TWO DISTINCT AREAS OF CONVECTION BEGINNING TO FORM THIS AFTERNOON. ONE AREA IS ALONG A RESULTANT SEABREEZE TRYING TO MOVE INLAND INTO THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE OTHER IS AHEAD OF THE ADVANCING COLD FRONT. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN BOTH OF THESE AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. DECREASING STABILITY WITH MLCAPES NEAR 1500 J/KG AND ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL HELP FUEL THE STORMS AS THEY DEVELOP. STILL EXPECTING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE SOUTH LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH THE PRECIPITATION ENDING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...NORTH OF THE COLD FRONT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO BRIEFLY SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 72 TO 76 INLAND AREAS... WITH UPPER 70S ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL SECTIONS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 90 TO 95 DEGREES. HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 97 TO 104 DEGREES. /22 WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...THE EAST COAST UPPER TROUGH REMAINS PRETTY STATIC...THOUGH A SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO THE TROUGH FROM THE WEST PUSHES THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SOUTH OF THE COAST...AND MOVES DRIER AIR IN THE NORTH. A FEW SHOWERS STILL LOOK POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY EVENING ALONG THE COAST UNTIL THE BOUNDARY MOVES WELL SOUTH OF THE COAST...BUT FEEL THAT IF ANY...THESE WILL BE MOSTLY EVENING SHOWERS. THURSDAY...WITH THE DRIER AIR OVER THE AREA...EVEN WITH DAYTIME TEMPS STILL IN THE LOW 90S...HEAT INDICES OVER THE AREA WILL DROP BELOW 100 WEDNESDAY. WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOME SHORTWAVE ENERGY THAT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE BASE OF THE EASTERN UPPER TROUGH BEGINS TO ORGANIZE A SURFACE CIRCULATION OFF THE FL/GA/SC ATLANTIC COAST...BRINGING BACK RETURN MOISTURE OFF THE ATLANTIC. AM EXPECTING THIS MOISTURE TO BEGIN TO WORK ITS WAY OVER MAINLY NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF THE FA. THIS POINT...THIS BEGINNING MOISTURE RETURN WILL KEEP TEMPS FROM DROPPING OVER THE NORTHEASTERN QUARTER OF THE FA AS LOW AS THE PREVIOUS NIGHT. LONG TERM (FRIDAY ON)...FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO BREAK OFF THE SOUTHERN END OF THE EASTERN UPPER TROUGH...CREATING A CLOSED LOW OVER THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. THIS SEMI-ORGANIZED UPPER SYSTEM HELPS TO ENHANCE THE ONSHORE FLOW AND MOISTURE RETURN OFF THE GULF AND TROPICAL ATLANTIC BY TIGHTENING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG THE NORTHERN SIDE OF A SURFACE RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEX. THE ECMWF IS ADVERTISING A STRONGER RETURN FLOW THAN THE GFS. EACH MODEL'S ENSEMBLES ARE ADVERTISING A SOLUTION BETWEEN THEM...SO HAVE WENT BETWEEN FOR THE NUMBERS. THIS MEANS TEMPS DROPPING TO AROUND SEASONAL WITH POPS A BIT BELOW...WITH THE MOISTURE RETURN NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO WARRANT. SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...BOTH ECMWF AND GFS ORGANIZE AN UPPER LOW OVER/NEAR THE FA....BUT WITH TODAY'S RUNS...THE LOW OPENS QUICKLY TO AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE LOWER MISS RIVER VALLEY BY MONDAY EVENING. THE GFS IS NOW THE FARTHEST WEST WITH THE UPPER DYNAMICS...THOUGH UNLIKE THE ECMWF YESTERDAY...IS NOT ADVERTISING AS STRONG OF SOUTHERLY FLOW...THUS MOISTURE RETURN AS THE ECMWF. THE ECMWF STILL REMAINS THE STRONGEST WITH THE MOISTURE RETURN...AND IS STILL THE WETTEST/COOLEST. HAVE CONTINUED WITH BLENDING THE SOLUTIONS....WITH THE RESULT BEING TEMPS AROUND SEASONAL AND POPS A BIT BELOW. MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...THIS PART OF THE FORECAST IS PRETTY STATIC. THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE LOWER MISS RIVER VALLEY AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS CONTINUES TO OPEN...BUT FOR THE NUMBERS...THE ONSHORE FLOW REMAINS PRETTY DECENT...KEEPING TEMPS AND POPS AROUND SEASONAL. MARINE...A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES WILL DRIFT SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN GULF BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND STALL. THIS BOUNDARY WILL WAVER ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF INTO FRIDAY...AND THEN GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BECOME RE-ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. /22 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 75 93 72 93 69 / 50 30 20 05 05 PENSACOLA 77 93 74 93 74 / 50 30 30 05 10 DESTIN 79 90 76 93 76 / 50 30 30 05 10 EVERGREEN 73 95 66 94 65 / 50 20 05 00 05 WAYNESBORO 73 94 68 93 64 / 30 05 05 00 00 CAMDEN 72 94 66 93 65 / 40 05 05 00 05 CRESTVIEW 74 95 68 95 67 / 40 30 20 05 05 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 625 AM CDT TUE AUG 11 2015 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-121130- CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-MOBILE INLAND-BALDWIN INLAND-MOBILE CENTRAL- BALDWIN CENTRAL-MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND- ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-SANTA ROSA COASTAL- OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 625 AM CDT TUE AUG 11 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO BRIEFLY SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. STILL HOT TODAY...BUT NOT QUITE AS HOT AS PAST SEVERAL DAYS. HIGHS TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO GENERALLY BE IN THE LOW TO MID 90S. NO HEAT ADVISORY TODAY AS MAX HEAT INDICES WILL TOP OUT AT 103-107 DEGREES FOR MOST LOCATIONS. A FEW SPOTS OVER EXTREME WESTERN COUNTIES MAY SEE 108 OR 109 DEGREES...BUT FEEL IT WONT BE WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO WARRANT ADVISORY. HOWEVER...HOT WEATHER SAFETY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE CONTINUED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH TO THE COAST AND REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WHILE GRADUALLY WEAKENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-121130- 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- 625 AM CDT TUE AUG 11 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP INLAND AND MOVE SOUTH TOWARD THE COAST AND THE NEAR SHORE COASTAL WATERS FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AS STORMS MOVE DOWN FROM THE NORTH. STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
454 PM CDT TUE AUG 11 2015
ALZ057-058-060-112300-
BUTLER AL-CRENSHAW AL-COVINGTON AL-
454 PM CDT TUE AUG 11 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER...CRENSHAW AND NORTHEASTERN COVINGTON IN
SOUTHCENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 454 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENVILLE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANDALUSIA... LUVERNE... BRANTLEY...
RUTLEDGE... DOZIER... HEATH...
GANTT... GLENWOOD... ROSE HILL...
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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.
LAT...LON 3153 8620 3146 8619 3128 8645 3176 8666
3188 8650 3171 8615 3166 8615 3166 8616
3162 8618 3162 8615 3154 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 320DEG 20KT 3177 8653SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 607 PM CDT TUE AUG 11 2015 ALZ056>058-060-120000- BUTLER AL-CRENSHAW AL-COVINGTON AL-CONECUH AL- 607 PM CDT TUE AUG 11 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... SOUTHERN BUTLER...SOUTHERN CRENSHAW...NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON AND NORTHEASTERN CONECUH IN SOUTHCENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 607 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER I65 AND AL 106...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ANDALUSIA... GEORGIANA... BRANTLEY... MCKENZIE... RIVER FALLS... RED LEVEL... DOZIER... HEATH... GANTT... I65 AND CR 7... I65 AND AL 106... ROSE HILL... THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL GREATLY RESTRICT VISIBILITY AND CREATE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...WHICH MAY CAUSE VEHICLES TO HYDROPLANE. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. LAT...LON 3157 8621 3123 8659 3166 8694 3177 8679 TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 302DEG 18KT 3166 8678
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:25 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm wind gust blew a large tree down onto the southbound lane of Interstate 65 at mile maker 117.
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