1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Aug 28, 12:23 PM CST, 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 123 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2001 HAVE VERY LIMITED TIME FOR THIS PRODUCT DUE TO ONGOING WX...SO WILL BE VERY BRIEF. IN THE SHORT-TERM...SYNOPTIC REGIME CHANGES VERY LITTLE. ACTIVE SERIES OF UPPER TROUGHS CONTINUE MOVING SEWD INTO OHVLY WHILE DEEPLY REFLECTED RIDGE REMIANS TO OUR SOUTHEAST. REGION REMAINS SANDWICHED IN- BETWEEN WITH ZONE OF CONFLUENT FLOW EXTENDING FROM TEXAS TO LOWER TENNESSEE VALLEY. DEEP LAYER MOISTURE (WITH HIGH ABSOLUTE VALUES) STREAMING ALONG THIS CONFLUENT AXIS AND SERIES OF SWAVES MOVE THROUGH FLOW NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. FOR NOW...12Z MESO-ETA AND AVN TAKE SERIES OF VORT LOBES (EMANATING FROM E TXOLD MEXICO) MAINLY DUE N...BUT WE DO GET SOME EFFECTS AS MOISTURE IS RECYCLED AROUND RIDGE. FOR TNT...THE CYCLONIC SHEAR AXIS CONTINUES SAGGING SEWD TNT...SO WILL KEEP POPS RELATIVELY HIGH NEXT THREE PERIODS WITH APPROACHING SWAVE ENERGY FROM W. WILL GO SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN MAVFWC ON MAX TEMPS AND WILL NOT STRAY TOO FAR ON MAVFWC MIN TEMPS. EXTENDED...WILL FOREGO EXTENDED DSCN AT THIS TIME. FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS AS AREA REMAINS MOIST. MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL. PRELIM NUMBERS... MOB TT 073/086 073/088 073 23686 PNS TT 074/087 074/087 073 23565 DTS TT 075/087 075/087 076 23454 GZH TE 071/086 071/087 070 23686 2R0 TT 071/085 072/086 072 23585 61A TT 071/085 072/086 072 23585 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains caused streets to flood around the airport. Several roads were impassable for about thirty minutes. Over two inches of rain fell in a very short time. The roads started draining as soon as the heavy rain stopped.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, August 2001
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