1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 6, 11:45 AM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1245 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2003
HEAVY RAIN EVENT EVOLVING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON...
AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH LOOKS TO BE WELL WARRANTED. FLASH FLOOD WATCH
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.
WE HAVE ALSO BEEN CLOSELY WATCHING SEVERAL WEAK ROTATIONS IN THE
NEXRAD 8 BIT VELOCITY DATA SUPPORTING THE PREVIOUS NOTION OF LOW
TOPPED ROTATING CELLS IN A FEW OF THESE BANDS MOVING NORTHEAST OFF
THE GULF. CAPES ARE LIMITED BUT HELICITIES ARE GETTING TO BE JUST
ENOUGH IN BACKED BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW AND INCREASING 925-850 MB
SOUTHERLY WIND FIELDS TO WARRANT A LITTLE CLOSER FOCUS ON THAT
POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR
TRENDS ON THAT.
STORMS ARE PRODUCING LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS 35-45 KNOTS IN PLACES.
05/GARMON
.MOB...
AL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH SW AL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AL COASTAL WATERS OUT 60 NM.
FL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NW FL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FL COASTAL WATERS OUT 60 NM.
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH SE MS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-061700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 530 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE WESTERN GULF AND TRACK ACROSS SOUTH LOUISIANA AND INTO NORTHERN ALABAMA THROUGH TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND TRAIN NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. AS A RESULT...A THREAT OF HEAVY RAINS AND FLASH FLOODING EXISTS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS SLOW TO PUSH EAST OF THE AREA. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY IF HEAVY RAINS RESULT IN FLOODING AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:39 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains from slow moving thunderstorms caused street flooding between Foley and Bay Minette. Several streets had to be closed for a couple of hours due to high water.
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