High winds downed trees and power lines in southwest Alabama.
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High winds downed trees and power lines 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 Jul 9, 2:54 PM CST, 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 354 PM CDT THU JUL 9 2015 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)...LATEST RADAR LOOPS CONTINUE TO SHOW ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER LOWER PARTS OF THE CWFA THIS AFTERNOON MOVING GENERALLY IN THE WESTERLY DIRECTION. GUSTY WINDS MOSTLY UP TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ALONG WITH PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE LEADING TO SOME MINOR FLOODING MOSTLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING SHIFTING FURTHER INLAND AND DYING OFF QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. THIS AFTERNOONS CONVECTION WAS A RESULT OF DEEP LAYER MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION COMBINED WITH A WEAK SEABREEZE BOUNDARY ADVANCING SLOWLY INLAND ALONG WITH SLIGHTLY BETTER FORCING IN THE MID LEVELS COMPARED TO THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. FOR LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT SKIES CLEAR QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET WITH NEAR SEASONABLE TEMPS AND HUMIDITY OVERNIGHT AND EARLY FRI MORNING. FOR FRIDAY EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER THE NEAR SHORE WATERS INCLUDING SOME COASTAL AREAS EARLY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED ALONG ANOTHER WEAK SEABREEZE BOUNDARY MOVING SLOWLY INLAND FROM MID MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. WITH GENERALLY WEAK FORCING ALOFT COMBINED WITH DEEP MOISTURE AND INCREASED MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ALONG A DEVELOPING SEABREEZE FRONT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN LOW WITH MAINLY A FEW ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THE STRONGER STORMS LATER IN THE DAY. AS FOR TEMPS WILL LEAN TOWARDS THE CURRENT MAV GUIDANCE THROUGH TONIGHT AND ADJUST SLIGHTLY FOR CONSISTENCY WITH SURROUNDING WFOS. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE LOWER 70S WELL INLAND GENERALLY NORTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR AND THE MID TO UPPER 70S FOR ALL OTHER AREAS TO THE SOUTH. HIGHS ON FRI WILL IN THE MIDDLE 90S FOR MOST INLAND AREAS AND THE LOWER 90S CLOSER TO THE COAST. 32/EE .LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... THE CENTER OF THE MID TO UPPER LEVEL RIDGE...WHICH WILL BE OVER THE LOWER MS VALLEY ON SATURDAY...WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT WEST TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE EXPANSIVE RIDGING WILL KEEP OUR RAIN CHANCES LOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BUT CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOALTED STORM. HIGH TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S AWAY FROM THE COAST. THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES IN THE 100 TO 105 RANGE...POSSIBLY A FEW DEGREES HIGHER IN SOME LOCATIONS. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA TUE-THU AS A TROUGH AMPLIFIES OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD AND ERODES THE FAR EASTERN EXTENT OF THE RIDGING. GUIDANCE HAS BEEN VARYING ON THE OVERALL AMPLITUDE OF THE TROUGH...WHICH WILL GO A LONG WAY IN DETERMINING THE EXTENT OF RAIN CHANCES DURING THIS TIME FRAME. FOR NOW...WILL INCREASE CHANCES TO 30-40 PERCENT BY WED-THU. TEMPS WILL LOWER BACK TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. 34/JFB && .AVIATION... 07.18Z TAF ISSUANCE...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 08.18Z. COULD SEE A BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR CIGS IN AND AROUND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS AND ALSO DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS MAINLY NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY SOUTH AT 3 TO 8 KTS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY FRI MORNING. 32/EE && .MARINE...A STRONG SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN GULF WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD WEST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A LIGHT SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MARINE AREA... MOSTLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH A LIGHT OFFSHORE DEVELOPING EACH NIGHT. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE LOCALLY HIGHER NEAR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD....FORMING MOSTLY DURING THE LATE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS THEN SLOWLY SHIFTING INLAND BY MID DAY. SIMILAR TO TODAY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW WATERSPOUTS FORMING WITH SOME OF THE CONVECTION OVER THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS INCLUDING INLAND BAYS AND SOUNDS EARLY TO MID MORNING ON FRI. 32/EE && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 73 93 73 94 73 / 10 30 10 20 10 PENSACOLA 75 92 76 92 77 / 20 20 10 10 10 DESTIN 78 91 78 93 79 / 20 20 10 10 10 EVERGREEN 71 94 72 96 72 / 10 30 20 20 10 WAYNESBORO 71 94 72 95 72 / 20 30 20 20 10 CAMDEN 72 95 72 96 73 / 20 30 20 20 10 CRESTVIEW 71 94 72 96 72 / 10 30 10 20 10 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 552 AM CDT THU JUL 9 2015 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-101100- 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- 552 AM CDT THU JUL 9 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY IN THE MID 90S FOR MANY LOCATIONS...WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES 100 TO 105 DEGREES. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY CONTINUED HOT DURING THE DAYS THROUGH MONDAY...WITH HEAT INDICES 100 TO 105 DEGREES EACH DAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-101100- 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- 552 AM CDT THU JUL 9 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOW CLOUDS AND A FEW SHOWERS OVER THE MARINE AREA THIS MORNING... COMBINED WITH LIGHT WINDS AND HIGH DEWPOINTS...COULD RESULT IN A FEW WATERSPOUTS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
247 PM CDT THU JUL 9 2015
ALZ261-263-MSZ079-092045-
MOBILE INLAND AL-MOBILE CENTRAL AL-GEORGE MS-
247 PM CDT THU JUL 9 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...INLAND
MOBILE AND CENTRAL MOBILE IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND EAST CENTRAL
GEORGE IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 345 PM CDT...
AT 246 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MIDTOWN
MOBILE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOBILE... PRICHARD... CHICKASAW...
MIDTOWN MOBILE... REGIONAL AIRPORT IN WEST MOBILE...
I65 AND AL 158... I65 AND I165... CHUNCHULA...
I65 AND US 45... SEMMES...
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.
SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
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.
LAT...LON 3072 8834 3072 8835 3073 8835 3084 8851
3102 8827 3073 8804 3061 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 138DEG 11KT 3073 8818SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 428 PM CDT THU JUL 9 2015 ALZ051-053-092200- CHOCTAW AL-CLARKE AL- 428 PM CDT THU JUL 9 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...SOUTH CENTRAL CHOCTAW AND NORTHWESTERN CLARKE IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 428 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COFFEEVILLE... OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF GROVE HILL...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COFFEEVILLE... 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 3175 8800 3172 8812 3191 8829 3197 8802 TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 150DEG 7KT 3183 8808
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees and power lines just north of Coffeeville.
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