Coastal Flood Statement 3, NWS Mobile, AL

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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1145 PM CDT THU OCT 22 2009

...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT...

.SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED ON DAUPHIN ISLAND AND THE BAYOU LA BATRE AREAS
HAVE WATER ON THEM IN ADDITION TO SOME WATER SPLASHING ON TO ROADWAYS
ALONG MOBILE BAY. 

ALZ063-064-231100-
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LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-
1145 PM CDT THU OCT 22 2009

SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED ON DAUPHIN ISLAND AND THE BAYOU LA BATRE AREAS 
HAVE WATER ON THEM IN ADDITION TO SOME WATER SPLASHING ON TO ROADWAYS
ALONG MOBILE BAY. 

A HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A MODERATE TO
OCCASIONAL STRONG SOUTHEAST WIND HAS DRIVEN WATER LEVELS ON THE NORTH
END OF MOBILE BAY WELL ABOVE NORMAL. SOME WATER MAY BEGIN TO SPLASH
AND POOL ONTO THE EAST BOUND LANES OF THE CAUSEWAY BETWEEN THE
BANKHEAD TUNNEL AND BATTLESHIP PARK BEFORE HIGH TIDE OCCURS LATER
TONIGHT. HIGH TIDE TONIGHT AT THE STATE DOCKS IS AT 322 AM.

SOME WIND DRIVEN SPRAY WAS SPLASHING ONTO STATE ROAD 163 AT THE
SOUTH END OF THE DOG RIVER BRIDGE...THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST
UNTIL AROUND SUNRISE. ON DAUPHIN ISLAND...FROM ST. STEPHENS STREET
WEST THERE IS 4 TO 6 INCHES OF WATER ON BIENVILLE BOULEVARD. THE
FORT GAINES PIER WAS UNDER WATER. CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE
AFTER HIGH TIDE TONIGHT WHICH WILL OCCUR AT 123 AM CDT.

A FEW ROADS IN SOUTH MOBILE COUNTY HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO WATER RUN
UP FROM THE HIGH TIDES AND SOUTHEAST WINDS. CODEN BELT ROAD IN
CODEN...WARNER STREET IN BAYOU LA BATRE AND SHELL BELT ROAD WERE
CLOSED. THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL A FEW HOURS
AFTER HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE AT BAYOU LA BATRE IS AT 115 AM CDT
TONIGHT. 

$$

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
236 AM CDT FRI OCT 23 2009

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL MOBILE AND BALDWIN
COUNTIES THROUGH 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

.STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS IN CONJUNCTION WITH HIGH
TIDES...HAVE RESULTED IN TIDAL RISES OF NEAR 2 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED
TIDE LEVELS. DUE TO OVER WASH...SEVERAL AREA ROADS WERE EXPERIENCING
FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.

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LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-
236 AM CDT FRI OCT 23 2009

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. 

A HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A MODERATE TO
OCCASIONAL STRONG SOUTHEAST WIND HAS DRIVEN WATER LEVELS ON THE NORTH
END OF MOBILE BAY WELL ABOVE NORMAL. DUE TO THIS...THE CAUSEWAY WAS
EXPERIENCING SOME FLOODING. HIGH TIDE AT THE STATE DOCKS IS AT 322
AM.

SOME WIND DRIVEN SPRAY WAS SPLASHING ONTO STATE ROAD 163 AT THE
SOUTH END OF THE DOG RIVER BRIDGE...THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD
PERSIST UNTIL AROUND SUNRISE. ON DAUPHIN ISLAND...FROM ST.
STEPHENS STREET WEST...THERE IS AT LEAST 6 TO 10 INCHES OF WATER ON
BIENVILLE BOULEVARD. THE FORT GAINES PIER WAS UNDER WATER.

A FEW ROADS IN SOUTH MOBILE COUNTY HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO WATER
RUN UP FROM THE HIGH TIDES AND SOUTHEAST WINDS. CODEN BELT ROAD
IN CODEN...WARNER STREET IN BAYOU LA BATRE AND SHELL BELT ROAD
WERE CLOSED. THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL SHORTLY
AFTER SUNRISE. HIGH TIDE AT BAYOU LA BATRE WAS AT 115 AM CDT TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY.

&&

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...MESOSCALE UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1100 PM CDT THU OCT 22 2009

.UPDATE...HAVE UPDATED THE FORECAST TO LOWER POPS DOWN. PRECIP
BECOMING LESS AND LESS WIDESPREAD AS DRIVING UPPER DYNAMICS MOVE
AWAY NORTHEAST.

/16

&&

.AVIATION...(00Z/18Z ISSUANCE)PRECIP OVER AREA LOSING IS PUNCH AS
UPPER DRIVING DYNAMIC PULL AWAY NORTHEAST. SURFACE FRONT ALONG THE
MISS RIVER ATTM. WITH WINDS SETTLING ONSHORE...LOW CIGS/FOG WILL BE
MORE PREVALENT. FRONT STILL EXPECTED TO START MOVING OVER THE FA
BEGINNING AROUND SUNRISE.

/16

&&

.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM...
     COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20
     NM...MOBILE BAY...WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM
     20 TO 60 NM...AND WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS
     FROM 20 TO 60 NM.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
630 PM CDT THU OCT 22 2009

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ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-MOBILE 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-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
630 PM CDT THU OCT 22 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

AN AREA OF SHOWERS MOVING FROM SOUTH OF MOBILE BAY NORTH ACROSS THE
MOBILE RIVER DELTA WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL GUSTY WINDS THIS EVENING
AS THE AREA SPREADS SLOWLY EAST.

A MORE EXTENSIVE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AROUND 7 PM AND PROGRESS EAST ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INCLUDING THE MOBILE
METRO AREA AROUND 9 PM. THIS SECOND AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING EAST AND AFFECTING THE WEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND AREAS TO THE NORTH ACROSS SOUTH ALABAMA AFTER
MIDNIGHT.  THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED STRONG TO BRIEFLY
SEVERE STORM OR AN ISOLATED TORNADO...PRIMARILY CLOSE TO THE COAST
TONIGHT.  STRONGER STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
NORTH OF A NEW AUGUSTA MISSISSIPPI TO EVERGREEN ALABAMA LINE LATER
TONIGHT AS STRONGER WINDS IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE MOVE ACROSS THAT
REGION.   HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE LONG LASTING...HOWEVER
SOME LOCALIZED NUSIANCE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS
THAT EXPERIENCE MORE THAN A FEW ROUNDS OF BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAIN.

SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE MARINE AREA WITH WINDS BECOMING SOUTHERLY LATER TONIGHT
THEN WESTERLY FRIDAY MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT.

WATER LEVELS OVER THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF MOBILE BAY AND THE GULF
FACING BEACHES WILL RUN 1 1/2 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL...PEAKING AT
THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE...AROUND SUNRISE FRIDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHWEST WIND WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT AND
CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY IN THE WAKE OF FRIDAY MORNINGS COLD FRONTAL
PASSAGE. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE EXTENDED INTO THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS
SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED...BUT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER...FLOODING
AND HIGH WATER LEVELS ALONG THE BEACHES AND SHORE LINE IS
ENCOURAGED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
643 PM CDT THU OCT 22 2009

ALZ064-230030-
LOWER BALDWIN-
643 PM CDT THU OCT 22 2009

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BALDWIN COUNTY...

AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF MOUTH OF WEEKS BAY...MOVING NORTH
AT 20 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...
MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...TURKEY BRANCH...POINT CLEAR...MARLOW...BATTLES
WHARF AND CLAY CITY THROUGH 730 PM CDT.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
WINDS THIS STRONG COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW
AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR
BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL
FREE AT 1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.