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 Jun 16, 3:01 PM CST, 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 401 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)...UPPER LEVEL LOW SPINNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS COMBINED W/ HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTING TO THE EAST HAS HELPED INCREASE MOISTURE VALUES ACROSS THE AREA WITH PW VALUES NEAR 1.8 INCHES. AREA DEWPOINTS ARE RUNNING IN THE MID 60S INLAND TO LOW 70S NEAR THE COAST AND W/ TEMPS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S IS MAKING FOR A RATHER UNCOMFORTABLE AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN A NW TO SE BAND ALONG A WEAK FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE INTERIOR ZONES W/ THE SEA BREEZE DOING ITS PART IN THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. EXPECT THE THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING AND WILL INCLUDE AN EVENING GROUP IN THE ZONES. A FEW MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE W/ DAMAGING WET MICROBURSTS THE PRIMARY THREAT...MORNING CHECKLIST INDICATED A MODERATE RISK OF MICROBURSTS TODAY. FREEZING LEVELS NEAR 16 KFT WILL REDUCE THE HAIL THREAT. ALL THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND WILL PRODUCE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL ALONG W/ FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE COMBINED WITH THE WEAK BOUNDARY ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL MEAN KEEPING A SMALL POP IN THE FORECAST OVERNIGHT. SATURDAY...THE FRONT LIFTS NORTH PLACING THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA IN A DEEPLY MOIST ATMOSPHERE. THE UPPER LOW OVER GETS ABSORBED INTO A LARGER TROUGH MOVING INTO THE ARKLATEX. UPPER RIDGING ACROSS THE EAST WILL KEEP THE TROUGH FROM MAKING IT TOO FAR EAST. HOWEVER...IT WILL BE JUST CLOSE ENOUGH AND W/ THE FORECAST AREA ON THE FAVORABLE EASTERN SIDE OF THE TROUGH...PW VALUES NEAR 2 INCHES... H85 THETA E VALUES NEAR 340 K AND A K-INDEX NEAR 35...EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO AGAIN DEVELOP DURING THE LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON TOMORROW WITH EVEN GREATER COVERAGES THAN WHAT WE HAVE SEEN NOT ONLY TODAY BUT IN A WHILE. THEY WILL AGAIN BE ENHANCED BY THE SEA BREEZE AND HAVE ALIGNED THE HIGHER POPS ACROSS THE WESTERN AREAS CLOSER TO THE BETTER UPPER LEVEL COOLING FROM THE TROUGH. AS THE AIRMASS MOISTENS ALOFT THE THREAT FOR MICROBURSTS WILL DECREASE...BUT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL PRODUCE LOTS AND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. SUNDAY...THE TROUGH OVER TEXAS BEGINS TO BECOME CUTOFF AND WEAKEN AS IT SQUEEZED BETWEEN TWO RIDGES. HOWEVER THE TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE REMAINS IN PLACE AND W/ THE UPPER LOW STILL HANGING AROUND TO OUR WEST EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF SCT AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BECOMES CUTOFF ACROSS THE ARKLATEX AS ITS EASTWARD MOVEMENT IS STALLED BY THE RIDGING OVER THE EASTERN STATES. THIS UPPER LOW REMAINS IN THE SAME GENERAL POSITION BEFORE WEAKENING AND MOVING AWAY BY TUESDAY. SLIGHTLY HIGHER RAIN CHANCES ON MONDAY BEGIN DECREASING FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK AS UPPER RIDGING REBUILDS. HOWEVER...A MOST AIRMASS W/ PRECIP WATER VALUES AROUND 1.8 INCHES THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK WILL MEAN THE USUAL DIURNAL CONVECTIVE CYCLE EXPECTED EACH DAY. TEMPERATURES REMAIN HOT W/ AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S EACH DAY. /13 && .MARINE...A LIGHT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW WILL DOMINATE THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO. SEAS TWO FEET OR LESS EXPECTED. /22 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 74 89 73 90 / 30 50 20 30 PENSACOLA 74 88 74 87 / 30 30 10 30 DESTIN 75 89 75 88 / 20 20 10 20 EVERGREEN 69 90 68 90 / 30 30 10 30 WAYNESBORO 72 90 70 91 / 30 60 30 40 CAMDEN 71 90 70 93 / 30 30 20 20 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. && 13/JC 22/JP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 137 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-162300- 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- 137 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...MAINLY ACROSS THE INLAND AREAS. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME STRONG...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. THE STORMS WILL DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DURING THE MID EVENING HOURS. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 259 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 ALZ061-162045- UPPER MOBILE- 259 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER NORTHEAST MOBILE COUNTY... AT 258 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER BUCKS. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... MOUNT VERNON...CALVERT AND FORT STODDARD THROUGH 345 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL...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 STORM HAS PASSED. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE 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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains from a thunderstorm caused temporary flooding across the north part of the county. Several roads had to be closed for more than an hour due to high water. An estimated six to eight inches of rain fell across the north part of the county in a two hour period.
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