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 May 29, 3:15 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 415 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND TUESDAY)...STORMS FIRED THIS AFTERNOON ALONG OUTFLOW FROM LAST NIGHTS STORMS THAT MOVED INTO SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR THE STORMS (AREA OF ENHANCED MOISTURE CONVERGENCE JUST AHEAD OF THE WEAK TROUGH/OUTFLOW) IS SHIFTING SLOWLY WEST INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE ADVERTISED SCATTERED POPS THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA CLOSER TO THIS FEATURE...AND THIS SHOULD DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY JUST AFTER SUNSET. FOR TOMORROW...WE CARRIED ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST GIVEN AVAILABLE MOISTURE BUT NOT MUCH FOCUS OTHER THAN LINGERING OUTFLOWS AND THE SEABREEZE. /05 && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH NEXT MONDAY)...UPPER RIDGE REMAINS PARKED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH ANY UPPER SHORTWAVES ROTATING AROUND THE RIDGE TO THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH OF OUR AREA. LITTLE IN THE WAY OF POPS ARE ADVERTISED WEDNESDAY...BUT WE BRING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BACK INTO THE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY GIVEN A FAIR AMOUNT OF CONVECTION TO THE NORTH EARLY THURSDAY AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED DEVELOPMENT ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES OVER THE INLAND AREAS. WE CONTINUE TO SEE AN UPPER TROUGH AMPLIFYING OVER THE EASTERN STATES THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND THIS BRINGS A WEAKENING COLD FRONT SOUTH TO THE COAST BY SATURDAY. WE MAINTAIN BETTER CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AS THIS FRONT MOVES SOUTH INTO THE AREA...THEN WE BACK RAIN CHANCES BACK TO ISOLATED IN COVERAGE SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE FRONT SETTLES JUST OFFSHORE AND DISSIPATES. THIS IS FAIRLY CLOSER TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE. /05 && .MARINE...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF RESULTING IN A LIGHT WIND FLOW THROUGH MIDWEEK. AN ONSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY AN OFFSHORE FLOW EACH NIGHT. A MORE ESTABLISHED ONSHORE FLOW AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED LATE IN THE WEEK AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE SOUTHEAST STATES. /13 && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS AT THIS TIME. /05 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 70 92 71 92 / 30 10 10 10 PENSACOLA 72 92 72 91 / 20 10 10 10 DESTIN 75 90 74 89 / 10 10 10 10 EVERGREEN 67 94 67 93 / 20 10 10 10 WAYNESBORO 68 95 67 92 / 30 20 10 10 CAMDEN 67 95 67 95 / 30 10 10 10 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. && 05/GARMON 13/CULLEN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 555 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-301100- 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- 555 AM CDT MON MAY 29 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. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF COVERAGE OCCURRING WEST OF A EVERGREEN ALABAMA TO PENSACOLA LINE. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA EACH DAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 259 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ALZ062-064-FLZ001-292045- UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA- 259 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL BALDWIN AND NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES... AT 255 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF GATESWOOD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... WALNUT HILL...PHILLIPSVILLE...OAK GROVE AND BRATT 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 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 335 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ALZ059-292115- ESCAMBIA- 335 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER ESCAMBIA COUNTY... AT 333 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR FREEMANVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... FREEMANVILLE...I65 AND CR 1...CARNEY...POARCH AND ROBINSONVILLE THROUGH 415 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 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 425 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ALZ061-063-292215- LOWER MOBILE-UPPER MOBILE- 425 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER MOBILE COUNTY... AT 419 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAWES...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... MOBILE AIRPORT...SEVEN HILLS...SNOW AND TANNER WILLIAMS...BIG CREEK LAKE DAM AND SEMMES THROUGH 515 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM WILL BE 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 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.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:31 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains from slow moving thunderstorms caused street flooding across the central part of the county. Several secondary roads had to be closed for about an hour due to the flooded roads. Radar estimated that four to five inches of rain fell across the area in about a two hour period.
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