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 Feb 23, 3:41 AM CST, 7 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 340 AM CST MON 23 FEB 2004 .SHORT TERM...STATIONARY FRONT ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST SHOULD STAY OFFSHORE UNTIL LATER TONIGHT. LOW LEVEL FLOW SOUTH OF THE FRONT IS SUPPLYING ENOUGH MOISTURE CONVERGENCE TO PRODUCE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH WITH THE PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES UP AROUND AN INCH AND A HALF. THUNDERSTORMS SEEM TO BE OCCURING WHERE UPPER JET AND DYNAMICS ARE STRONGER. CURRENTLY THE CORE OF A 150 KNOT JET IS OVER THE THUNDERSTORMS. AS THIS MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST... EXPECT RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON...EASING UP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE COASTAL AREAS. MORE RAIN AND ISOLATED STORMS AS THE WARM FRONT HUGS THE COAST LATE TONIGHT. WARM FRONT WILL MOVE INLAND BUT SHOULDNT GO TOO FAR NORTH AS LOOKS LIKE SOME WAVES WILL DEVELOP AND SLOW ITS NORTHWARD MOVEMENT. HEAVIEST RAINS WILL BE NEAR THE FRONT. UPPER LOW COMES ACROSS WEDNESDAY...BRINGING SOME INSTABILITY SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS...ALL IN ALL NEXT 72 HOURS SHOULD BE MOSTLY CLOUDY AND RAINY...WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN. && .EXTENDED...WILL END THE RAIN EARLY THURSDAY AND LEAVE IT DRY THROUGH THE EXTENDED...COULD SEE A CHANCE OF RAIN BY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS ANOTHER SYSTEM PASSES TO THE NORTH...BUT NOT IN THE FORECAST YET. && .MARINE...RAINY OVER THE MARINE AREA NEXT FEW DAYS. STRONGEST WINDS AWAY FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME AS THE FRONT PASSES ON WEDNESDAY AND WEST WINDS LIKELY INCREASE TO SMALL CRAFT LEVELS. && .FIRE...WET GROUNDS SHOUILD BE THE ONLY PROBLEM NEXT FEW DAYS...WONT DRY OUT UNTIL THURSDAY OR FRIDAY. && .PRELIMINARY TEMPS / POPS... MOBILE 62 54 68 56 / 90 60 50 70 PENSACOLA 63 57 67 57 / 90 60 60 70 DESTIN 64 59 68 58 / 80 60 60 70 EVERGREEN 62 50 65 51 / 90 60 60 70 WAYNESBORO 60 51 63 48 / 90 50 50 70 CAMDEN 62 51 61 50 / 90 40 50 70 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. && 11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 600 AM CST MON FEB 23 2004 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-231815- BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-BUTLER-CHOCTAW-CLARKE-CONECUH- COVINGTON-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-GEORGE- GREENE-MOBILE COASTAL-MOBILE INLAND-MONROE-OKALOOSA COASTAL- OKALOOSA INLAND-PERRY-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-STONE- WASHINGTON-WAYNE-WILCOX- 600 AM CST MON FEB 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) AREAS OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. A FEW SPOTS MAY RECEIVE UP TO AN INCH OR MORE OF RAIN...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING OVER INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT ALABAMA COUNTIES. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WOULD LIKELY CAUSE SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW TODAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE TOWARD THE MIDDLE GULF COAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON...PUSHING A WARM FRONT NORTHWARD. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS THE FRONT APPROACHES THE COAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. SOME SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF ALABAMA AND THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE LATER TUESDAY AS THE WARM FRONT MOVES ONSHORE...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...SOME LOCATIONS MAY SEE AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OR MORE. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY SEND SOME AREA RIVERS BACK ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATER IN THE WEEK. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS MAY BE NEEDED TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:43 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains flooded several streets in the west part of the county. Rainfall totals of four to six inches were estimated. Several of the streets had to be closed for a couple of hours due to high water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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