The combination of an unstable environment and an upper level disturbance resulted in a few severe thunderstorms across inland southeast Mississippi.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS MOB wrote it up.
The combination of an unstable environment and an upper level disturbance resulted in a few severe thunderstorms across inland 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 25, 12:07 PM CST, 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 107 PM CDT SAT APR 25 2015 .AVIATION...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MID AND LATE AFTERNOON. MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRONG STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS EVENING WITH PATCHY IFR/MVFR FOG DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT. /13 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1115 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015/ UPDATE...THE FORECAST HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT NEWLY ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 111 IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATED AN INCREASING AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL LOUISIANA MOVING EASTWARD. DOWNSTREAM...BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS THIS MORNING HAVE ALLOWED INSTABILITY LEVELS TO INCREASE WITH MLCAPE VALUES OF 1000-1500 J/KG ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...DEEP LAYER SHEAR VALUES AROUND 50 KTS AND STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL FAVOR LARGE HAIL IN THE STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE TORNADO THREAT IS MINIMAL DUE TO WEAK SR HELICITY AS SFC WINDS REMAIN SOUTHWEST. UPDATES HAVE ALREADY BEEN SENT. /13 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 630 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015/ SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH MONDAY)...FOR TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH RAIN ONGOING...HAVE TO BE BRIEF. A PASSING UPPER SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN TODAY. WITH UPPER SUPPORT AND PRETTY GOOD WIND SHEAR...SOME MAY BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 84 THIS MORN. AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...AND THIS ROUND OF RAIN ENDS...HEATING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR...UPPING THE INSTABILITY AVAILABLE AND CREATING A SECOND CHANCE OF RAIN TODAY. WITH BACKING OF THE LOW LEVELS WINDS TO SOUTHWEST...WIND SHEAR WILL DECREASE...BUT THE RISK OF STRONG TO SEVERE REMAINS FOR THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. FOR SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...A LOBE OF ENERGY SWINGS SOUTH AROUND THE WEST SIDE OF AN UPPER SYSTEM MEANDERING AROUND OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST...DRIVING A SURFACE FRONT TOWARDS THE FA SUNDAY...AND TO THE COAST BY MONDAY MORN. WITH UPPER RIDGING OVER THE MISS RIVER VALLEY AS AN UPPER LOW MOVES EAST OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES...PUSHING AGAINST THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER SYSTEM OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. THE RESULT FOR SUNDAY IS TEMPS WELL ABOVE SEASONAL...WITH SOME AREAS SEEING THE FIRST 90S OF THE YEAR. SUNDAY NIGHT...A WEAK FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE FA TO NEAR THE COAST...MEETING A TRAILING FRONT LEFT BY TODAY'S SYSTEM. THIS WEAK FRONT DOES HELP TO COOL THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FA....BUT OVERNIGHT TEMPS REMAIN ABOVE SEASONAL. MONDAY...THE SOUTHWESTERN SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...AND WITH A SURFACE LOW TRYING TO ORGANIZE OFF THE TX COAST... SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW OVER THE GULF BEGINS TO STRENGHTEN THE SURFACE BOUNDARY ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. AFTER A SHORT DRY SPELL...AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER WILL HELP TO LIMIT HEATING AND KEEP DAYTIME HIGHS CLOSER TO SEASONAL...ESPECIALLY OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FA...ALONG WITH BRINGING THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN BACK TO THE AREA. LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT ON)...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THE UPPER SYSTEM OVER THE PLAINS MOVES EAST...OPENING AS MORE ENERGY DIVES SOUTH OVER THE NORTHEASTERN CONUS. A SURFACE LOW ORGANIZES MONDAY NIGHT OFF THE TX COAST AND MOVES EAST...SOUTH OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST WITH THIS SET OF GUIDANCE. WITH THE SLOW EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER DYNAMICS...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF RAIN IS EXPECTED. RUNNING FROM LATE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THIS WILL HELP TO LIMIT THE DIURNAL TEMP RANGE AND KEEP DAYTIME HIGHS WELL BELOW SEASONAL AND OVERNIGHT LOWS AROUND SEASONAL FOR THIS SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST. WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...THE MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE DIVERGES. THE ECMWF TAKES THE FORMER SOUTHWESTERN CONUS ENERGY AND THE ENERGY DIVING SOUTH OVER THE EASTERN CONUS...MERGES THEM AND ORGANIZES ANOTHER UPPER LOW OVER THE CAROLINAS AND TAKES IT EAST OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC. THE RESULT FOR THE FA IS STRONGER...COOLER NORTHERLY AIR MOVE OVER THE FA. THE GFS IS ADVERTISING A PIECE OF THE UPPER ENERGY BREAKING OFF AND FORMING AN UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...WEAKENING THE NORTHERLY PUSH. BOTH ARE ADVERTISING TEMPS DROPPING BELOW SEASONAL LEVELS. THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN IS ON THE HIGHER SIDE OF GROUP...SO WENT IN THE MIDDLE...WITH NUMBERS CLOSE TO THE OPERATIONAL GFS. 50S RETURN TO THE OVERNIGHT TEMPS AND DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE 70S EXPECTED. FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...THE DIFFERENCES CONTINUE...WITH THE ECMWF ADVERTISING A COOL...POST SYSTEM SURFACE HIGH MOVING EAST OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS AND THE GFS ADVERTISING THE UPPER LOW THAT ORGANIZED OVER THE PLAINS MOVES OVER THE FA. FORTUNATELY...BOTH ARE ADVERTISING TEMPS AROUND OR A BIT BELOW SEASONAL...WITH RAIN NOT EXPECTED. MARINE...A MODERATE SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL TURN SOUTHWESTERLY TODAY AS A WARM FRONT MOVES NORTHWARD ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. A MODERATE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE BECOMING LIGHT SUNDAY. WINDS TURN SOUTHEASTERLY MONDAY AS ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA. A MODERATE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW THEN DEVELOPS TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 70 89 67 83 63 / 10 10 05 20 40 PENSACOLA 72 87 70 83 66 / 20 10 05 20 30 DESTIN 74 82 70 81 64 / 20 20 10 20 30 EVERGREEN 68 89 62 83 57 / 10 10 05 10 30 WAYNESBORO 67 90 64 80 61 / 10 05 05 20 30 CAMDEN 68 89 61 80 59 / 10 05 05 10 20 CRESTVIEW 70 90 65 86 63 / 20 10 05 20 30 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1045 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-261200- 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- 1045 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG OR SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREATS. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AN UPPER SYSTEM WILL MEANDER EAST ACROSS THE AREA LATE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A STORM OR TWO MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE LATE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...BUT ORGANIZED SEVERE ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS REQUESTED FOR THIS AFTERNOON. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-261200- 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- 1045 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE IN FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON AND ACROSS THE MARINE AREA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE STRONG OR SEVERE WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
752 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 SSW PINEVIEW 31.11N 87.31W
04/25/2015 ESCAMBIA AL BROADCAST MEDIA
BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTS MULTIPLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT DUE TO
TREES DOWN IN THE ROAD ON SARDINE RD NEAR HALLS CREEK RD.
NO INJURIES REPORTED. TIME OF DOWNED TREES ESTIMATED FROM
RADAR.
0550 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 N POLLARD 31.09N 87.18W
04/25/2015 ESCAMBIA AL BROADCAST MEDIA
MEDIA REPORTS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR THE
COMMUNITY OF BREWTON. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
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CLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
851 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0556 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 NNW BREWTON 31.15N 87.08W
04/25/2015 ESCAMBIA AL BROADCAST MEDIA
12-15 INCH DIAMETER TREE UPROOTED OFF MISTY LANE NEAR
BREWTON. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
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RROGERSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1119 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 AM TSTM WND DMG SSE CAMPTON 30.87N 86.52W
04/25/2015 OKALOOSA FL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
LARGE DIAMETER TREE WAS UPROOTED AND CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE
TO A HOUSE.
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RROGERSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large trees were downed by severe thunderstorm wind gusts. One house was damaged.
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Every storm in Mississippi in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, April 2015
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