USA Weather — Mobile, AL LFO
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USA WEATHER IN MOBILE, AL HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALERT FOR MOBILE, GEORGE, AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1:30 PM CDT TODAY.
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MOBILE AND PASCAGOULA. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF THESE COUNTIES.
THIS ALERT IS AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SITUATION. PLEASE READ THIS PRODUCT CAREFULLY AND PREPARE FOR A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT.
* HAZARDS... HAIL UP TO 0.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
DISCUSSION...
* AT 1243 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
VANCLEAVE... OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF ESCATAWPA...MOVING EAST AT
50 MPH.
THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR NORTHERN JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGE...AND MOBILE.
HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. EXPECT
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALERT IS ISSUED WHEN DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH, OR, LARGE HAIL UP TO 1.0 INCHES IN DIAMETER. THIS STORM MAY POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO LIFE AND/OR PROPERTY. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS ARE URGED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY WAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.