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 Oct 19, 6:55 AM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 755 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 .SYNOPSIS...HAVE UPDATED CURRENT ZONE PACKAGE MAINLY TO MENTION A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN THE FIRST PERIOD. CURRENT LAPS DATA INDICATED HELICITIES AROUND 200 M2/S2 OVER INLAND AREAS OF SW AL. MODELS DEPICT VERTICAL SHEAR SHOULD WEAKEN LATER TODAY. && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. && /32
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 540 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-191800- BUTLER AL-CHOCTAW AL-CLARKE AL-COASTAL ESCAMBIA FL- COASTAL OKALOOSA FL-COASTAL SANTA ROSA FL-CONECUH AL-COVINGTON AL- CRENSHAW AL-ESCAMBIA AL-GEORGE MS-GREENE MS-INLAND ESCAMBIA FL- INLAND OKALOOSA FL-INLAND SANTA ROSA FL-LOWER BALDWIN AL- LOWER MOBILE AL-MONROE AL-PERRY MS-STONE MS-UPPER BALDWIN AL- UPPER MOBILE AL-WASHINGTON AL-WAYNE MS-WILCOX AL- 540 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 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 A MOIST SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW AND UNSTABLE LOW LEVEL CONDITIONS... COMBINED WITH THE APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY AT THE SURFACE AND DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT...WILL ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND STORMS TODAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY DROPS SOUTH INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA BY THIS EVENING. WHILE THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA... THEY WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA HAVE BEEN OUTLOOKED FOR A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THIS EVENING... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF ROUGHLY A LUVERNE... MONROEVILLE...CHATOM...WAYNESBORO LINE. WHILE THE CHANCES OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE MORE LIKELY OVER THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE AREA LISTED ABOVE...A FEW STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE CLOSER TO THE COAST AS WELL. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY...ESPECIALLY FOR THE INLAND COUNTIES OF THE FORECAST AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 922 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 ALZ062-191500- UPPER BALDWIN- 922 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING DETECTED OVER NORTH BALDWIN COUNTY... AT 922 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... TENSAW...BLACKSHER...REDTOWN AND LITTLE RIVER THROUGH 10 AM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. THESE STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 937 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 ALZ059-191530- ESCAMBIA- 937 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 ...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING DETECTED OVER WEST ESCAMBIA COUNTY... AT 937 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THESE STRONG STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... MCCULLOUGH...HOLMAN PRISON...ROARCH...SARDINE...FREEMANVILLE... AND LITTLE ROCK THROUGH 1030 AM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. THESE STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1029 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 FLZ001-003-191600- INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- 1029 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING DETECTED OVER NORTH ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 1029 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST ESCAMBIA AND NORTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...JAY...BERRYDALE AND MUNSON THROUGH 1100 AM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1100 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0713 AM TSTM WND DMG N LUCEDALE 30.92N 88.59W
10/19/2004 GEORGE MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN AND NURSERY SHED DESTROYED
0758 AM FUNNEL CLOUD EARLVILLE 30.98N 88.41W
10/19/2004 MOBILE AL PUBLIC
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR EARLVILLE...NO DAMAGE REPORTED
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GARYBThe Mobile radar (KMOB), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:00 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains, of three to four inches in a short period of time, caused several streets in the Atmore and Brewton area to flood. Several of the streets had to be closed for about half an hour until the water had drained.
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