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 Jul 22, 4:03 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 503 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 798 EXPIRES AT 5 PM...WILL REMOVE THOSE COUNTIES FROM WATCH. MOST STRONG STORMS ARE SOUTH OF BOX...WILL BE ADDITIONAL STORMS OVER CLARKE COUNTY BETWEEN 5 AND 530 AND STILL HAVE SOME MORE STORMS WELL BACK TO THE NORTHWEST. THESE MAY BE IN AREA LATER THIS EVENING...BUT AIR MASS HAS BEEN WORKED OVER PRETTY GOOD BY THEN. /11 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-221700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 600 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION AGAIN TODAY. A LINE OF STRONG STORMS WILL BE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AT SUNRISE THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. SCATTERED STORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 98 AND INTERIOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-65 THIS MORNING AS WELL. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH WILL AID IN THE REDEVELOPMENT OF OTHER THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE REGION BY AROUND NOON. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL SLOWLY END ACROSS THE REGION FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS ALONG THE COAST. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAINFALL...AND SMALL HAIL. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE... ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THROUGH EARLY EVENING PRIOR TO DIURNAL WEAKENING OF THE STORMS AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) AFTER THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES THROUGH...DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...WITH ONLY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND STORMS EXPECTED. BY MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK...STORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS THE REGION ONCE AGAIN. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGER AND STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED FOR SEVERE WEATHER PURPOSES TODAY.
ALZ056-057-221930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 147 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003 ...A THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CONECUH AND BUTLER COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR GREENVILLE TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELLEVILLE...AMD MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... BELLEVILLE... GEORGIANA...WILCOX...OWASSA...AND EVERGREEN THROUGH 230 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE STRONG WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. ALTHOUGH BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THESE STORMS COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY...AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN COULD RESULT IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING...FLOOD PRONE AREAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM.
ALZ051>053-MSZ067-222000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 148 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003 ...A THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WASHINGTON...CLARKE... CHOCTAW AND WAYNE COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 3 MILES WEST OF WOODS BLUFF TO NEAR MULBERRY... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... MORVIN...ROBINSON JUNCTION...CHICORA...HOLTAMVILLE...BUCKATUNNA...OPINE AND HEALING SPRINGS THROUGH 300 PM CDT. OTHER SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING TO THE WEST AND NORTH...BEHIND THE LINE AND MAY ALSO REQUIRE WARNINGS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE STRONG WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 55 MPH...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. ALTHOUGH BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THESE STORMS COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY...AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN COULD RESULT IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING...FLOOD PRONE AREAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
0207 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0110 PM JACKSON AL WIND DAMAGE
07/22/03 CLARKE TREES DOWN IN JACKSON.
REPORTED BY POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
0110 PM JACKSON AL FLASH FLOOD
07/22/03 CLARKE STREET FLOODING IN THE
CITY OF JACKSON. REPORTED
BY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
0135 PM N MONROEVILLE AL 65 MPH WIND GUST
07/22/03 MONROE 65 MPH WIND GUST JUST
NORTH OF MONROEVILLE.
REPORTED BY EMA.
AMALZ058-060-222030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 253 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003 ...A THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR COVINGTON AND CRENSHAW COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF BRADLEYTON TO A FEW MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAROLINA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...SANFORD...ROSE HILL...EODA...BRANTLEY...BABBIE AND GLENWOOD THROUGH 330 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE STRONG WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. ALTHOUGH BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THESE STORMS COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY...AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN COULD RESULT IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING...FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 517 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 798 HAS EXPIRED. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN A WATCH...CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...CLARKE... WILCOX...MONROE...CONECUH...BUTLER AND CRENSHAW. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM... GREENE...GEORGE...WAYNE...STONE AND PERRY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. MOBILE...BALDWIN...ESCAMBIA AND COVINGTON IN ALABAMA. ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA IN THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:30 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains from slow moving thunderstorms caused several streets between Daphne and Foley to become impassable. Three to five inches of rainfall were estimated across the area. The streets that were closed quickly drained after the storms had moved out of the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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