Strong thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and caused damage in southwest Alabama.
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Strong thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and 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 Sep 7, 5:49 PM CST, 26 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Mobile AL 649 PM CDT Wed Sep 7 2022 .AVIATION... 00Z issuance...VFR conditions are expected to prevail for a majority of the region through tonight. Isolated to scattered showers and storms will continue through the early evening and begin diminishing tonight and into early Thursday. Brief reductions in CIGs and VSBYs can be expected within any shower and storm development. Convective coverage is then expected to ramp up again going into late Thursday morning and into the afternoon. Have currently accounted for this at all TAF sites with PROB30 groups during this time. Trends will be monitored and updated if needed. Winds will be light and variable through tonight, becoming mainly northerly around 5 knots for most locations after sunrise. Can expect a more variable wind direction generally along and south of I-10 where sea breeze development is expected to push inland late Thursday morning and into the afternoon similar to today. JEH/88 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 358 PM CDT Wed Sep 7 2022/ NEAR TERM UPDATE /Now Through Thursday/...Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms have developed this afternoon and should linger into the early evening hours as an upper level trough remains situated over the south-central Gulf Coast states. Convection should wane inland and become focused offshore tonight into the early morning hours Thursday before shifting back onshore Thursday afternoon. Best chances for precipitation today continue to be in the vicinity of the trough across southeastern MS into southwestern AL, stretching down along the coastal counties where the seabreeze can also push inland. Tomorrow, convection becomes more focused across our eastern counties east of the I-65 corridor where a deeper plume of high PWATs over 2" can advect over the area and the upper level trough cuts off into an upper level low over southeastern MS. The cutoff upper level low will help to increase upper level divergence over the aforementioned area and put the region into the left exit region of the upper level jet which will be rounding the low/trough base Thursday. Some concern for flash flooding exists Thursday, particularly across the FL panhandle where a subtle surface boundary that sagged southeastward across the region today stalling along the coast tonight can focus convection. Storm motions will be very slow owing to weak low to mid level flow along with the potential for training convection, further assisting the threat for localized flash flooding. Temperatures are topping out in the middle to upper 80's today, reaching middle 80's for Thursday. Lows will be in the upper 60's to lower 70's, warmest nearer the coast. A LOW risk of rip currents continues through Thursday. MM/25 SHORT TERM /Thursday night Through Saturday night/...Little change to the pattern for the short term period from previous forecast cycle. A broad upper level low cut off that develops late Thursday afternoon will be positioned over the north central Gulf coast region, centered over southeast Louisiana Thursday night through Friday evening, then broadening somewhat and opening up over Louisiana Saturday and Saturday night. With this low, and eventual trough axis remaining to our west, a very moist southerly flow will continue to bring deep Gulf moisture into the region. Our forecast area will be under a slight diffluent pattern aloft along the eastern periphery of the upper low to the west and upper ridging to the east through much of the short term period. Meanwhile, at the surface, a broad and weak surface reflection is noted as weak low pressure develops over Louisiana along a nearly stationary boundary that stretches along or just inland from the Gulf coast through the period. This pattern will place our forecast area within a favored region for high rain chances through the end of the week. Convective coverage will probably most pronounced along and southeast of the I- 65 corridor early Thursday evening and then persist near the coast Thursday night into Friday morning. Numerous to widespread coverage of showers and thunderstorms should then gradually develop and spread inland across our forecast area on Friday. Showers and storms to linger into Friday night, again especially near the coast. This same general pattern will continue through Saturday and Saturday evening. Deep moisture will remain in place across our region during the period with precipitable water values averaging between 1.8 and 2 inches. The abundant moisture in combination with favorable ascent to the east of the upper low and in association with the surface boundary will bring an increased potential for heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding across much of our forecast area late this week, especially on Friday and perhaps extending over into Saturday as well. We will continue to monitor trends closely. Temperatures remain seasonably mild with overnight lows mainly in the in the upper 60s to lower 70s inland and in the mid 70s along the immediate coast. High temperatures on Friday may average a few degrees below normal in the lower to mid 80s given the abundant cloud cover and high coverage of showers and storms, but rebound slightly on Saturday into the mid to upper 80s. /12 EXTENDED TERM /Sunday Through Wednesday/...Broad upper level troughing will generally take shape across much of the Deep South during the extended period as the base of a deep area of low pressure that will be slowly moving eastward along the vicinity of the Upper Midwest/Great Lakes region. A weak surface trough axis/boundary may remain oriented along portions of our forecast area into at least the early part of the period as well. It is possible that a weak cold front may push across our forecast area and bring a slightly drier airmass into our region by Tuesday and Wednesday. A chance of showers and thunderstorms (generally 30-40 percent) will remain in the forecast through Monday, but PoPs may be lower by Tuesday and Wednesday depending on just how far south of us the above mentioned front makes it. High temperatures should continue to range in the 80s each day through the period. Overnight lows should continue to range in the upper 60s to lower 70s inland and in the mid 70s along the immediate coast Sunday night, but likely trending cooler Monday and Tuesday nights with the passage of the front. Monday night lows likely in the mid to upper 60s over all of the interior, low to mid 70s at the coast. Then Tuesday night lows potentially in the low to mid 60s over inland area and lower 70s at the coast. /12 MARINE....MARINE...No marine impacts are forecast except for higher winds and waves near thunderstorms. MM/25 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...None. FL...None. MS...None. GM...None. && This product is also available on the web at: www.weather.gov/mob
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
533 PM CDT Wed Sep 7 2022
ALZ051-053-054-072345-
Clarke AL-Wilcox AL-Choctaw AL-
533 PM CDT Wed Sep 7 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northern Choctaw,
north central Clarke and southwestern Wilcox Counties through 645 PM
CDT...
At 532 PM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated
strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Dayton to 8
miles northwest of Myrtlewood to near Cuba. Movement was south at 15
mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Thomasville, Butler, Pine Hill, Lisman and Pennington.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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LAT...LON 3231 8793 3228 8793 3230 8794 3230 8798
3228 8802 3218 8801 3214 8804 3209 8804
3205 8812 3199 8810 3199 8767 3201 8762
3213 8762 3213 8752 3190 8752 3193 8813
3211 8845 3231 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 359DEG 13KT 3232 8764 3234 8805 3247 8836
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPHSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
542 PM CDT Wed Sep 7 2022
MSZ067-075-076-072345-
Perry MS-Greene MS-Wayne MS-
542 PM CDT Wed Sep 7 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northern Perry, Wayne
and northern Greene Counties through 645 PM CDT...
At 541 PM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated
strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles southeast of
Crandall to 3 miles north of Macedonia. Movement was south at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Waynesboro, Richton, Clara, State Line and Buckatunna.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3143 8915 3143 8894 3174 8894 3186 8864
3189 8847 3138 8845 3124 8874 3121 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 351DEG 20KT 3186 8847 3142 8918
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPHSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
654 PM CDT Wed Sep 7 2022
ALZ053-080100-
Clarke AL-
654 PM CDT Wed Sep 7 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of central Clarke County
through 800 PM CDT...
At 654 PM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated
strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles west of
Grove Hill to 8 miles south of Whatley. Movement was south at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Jackson, Grove Hill and Whatley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3159 8760 3154 8758 3152 8762 3151 8762
3143 8765 3140 8771 3136 8777 3136 8785
3144 8792 3150 8791 3161 8802 3175 8798
3175 8779
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 006DEG 12KT 3171 8790 3154 8774
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPHThe Mobile radar (KMOB), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:15 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds downed multiple trees in the area.
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