Info HWO Hazardous Weather Outlook — Thu Jul 21, 2016 3:48 PM

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
237 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2016

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237 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ARE MAINLY IN THE MID (AND EVEN
SOME UPPER) 90S OUTSIDE OF RAIN AREAS...WITH LATE AFTERNOON HEAT
INDICES GENERALLY RANGING FROM AROUND 103 TO 107...WITH ISOLATED
LOCATIONS POSSIBLY REACHING AS HIGH AS AROUND 110. RAIN COOLED AIR
HAS RESULTED IN TEMPERATURES IN AND NEAR THE SHOWERS AND STORMS TO
FALL INTO THE LOWER 80S IN SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF
THE REGION...ESPECIALLY COASTAL AND INLAND TO THE EAST OF I-65...AND
ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME A LITTLE MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA
THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG
TO MARGINALLY SEVERE WITH LOCALIZED STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS...
POSSIBLY UP TO 50 TO 60 MPH. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. MOST OF THE
SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD END ACROSS THE AREA BY MID TO LATE EVENING...
WITH JUST A FEW LINGERING OVERNIGHT. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL
GENERALLY BE FROM THE NORTHEAST TO THE SOUTHWEST.

A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SCATTERED DAILY THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME STRONG AT TIMES...
ACCOMPANIED WITH BRIEF STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS.

AWAY FROM THE COOLING EFFECTS OF THUNDERSTORMS...ELEVATED HEAT INDEX
VALUES CONTINUE...CLIMBING INTO THE 102 TO 107 DEGREE RANGE ACROSS
SOME AREAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ISOLATED LOCATIONS COULD EXPERIENCE
SLIGHTLY HIGHER HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 110.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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