Slow moving thunderstorms produced flash flooding in southwest Alabama.
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Slow moving thunderstorms produced flash flooding in southwest Alabama.
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 Jul 4, 3:35 AM CST, 10 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 435 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2007 .SHORT TERM...STATIONARY SURFACE BOUNDARY FROM MERIDIAN TO ANDALUSIA WILL WAFFLE OVER THE NORTHEASTERN QUARTER OF THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. SLIGHTLY DRIER AIRMASS TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE BOUNDARY WILL RESULT IN LOWER POPS (DOWN TO ISOLATED COVERAGES) OVER THE NORTHEASTERN ZONES TODAY WITH HIGHER POPS OVER THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN ZONES WHERE DEEPER MOISTURE SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY RESIDES. WE WENT WITH LOWER 90S OVER THE NORTHEAST WHERE INSOLATION RATES WILL BE A LITTLE HIGHER TODAY AND BOUNDARY LAYER WILL DRY OUT A BIT IN THE AFTERNOON...AND COOLER IN THE UPPER 80S OVER THE SOUTHWEST WHERE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL FIRE THIS AFTERNOON KEEPING TEMPS A BIT MORE IN CHECK. MODEL SOUNDINGS...PARTICULARLY FROM THE NAM AND GFS...INDICATE LOWER WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL THAN WE HAVE SEEN IN RECENT DAYS WITH SFC TO FREEZING LEVEL LAPSE RATES AVERAGING 6 TO 7 C AT BEST WITH MLCAPE AROUND 1000 J/KG. THE RUC40 ACTUALLY DRIES AND WARMS THE 800-600 MB LAYER RESULTING IN LOWER LAPSE RATES...AND LESS RESULTANT MLCAPE AROUND 600 J/KG BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WITH PW VALUES AROUND 2 INCHES AND SLOW PROJECTED CELL MOTIONS...WE WILL MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS IN THE FORECAST WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. /05 THIS AFTERNOONS WET MICROBURST RISK IS LOW && .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY). BY 12Z THU SFC RIDGE OVER THE SE CONUS AND EXTREME WESTERN ATLC BEGINS TO WEAKEN AND SHIFT EAST THROUGH SAT IN RESPONSE TO BROAD UPPER TROF SLOWLY DIGGING OVER THE EASTERN CONUS RESULTING IN MORE SHORTWAVE ENERGY AFFECTING MUCH OF CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION SAT THROUGH EARLY MON. FOR THU WEAK SHEAR ZONE IS NOTED IN THE MID LEVELS AS SOME WEAK RIDGING EXTENDS NORTHWARD OVER THE NORTHERN GULF AND CENTRAL GULF COAST. THIS SHEAR WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS BROAD TROF PUSHES SOUTH TOWARDS THE GULF COAST ON FRI. WITH THIS PATTERN BETTER COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THU8THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND ESPECIALLY OVER INLAND SECTIONS OF THE CWFA DUE TO BETTER HEATING AND INSTABILITY. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK BROAD TROF LIFTS OUT TO THE NE AS UPPER RIDGE AXIS TO THE WEST SHIFTS OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF. THIS PATTERN SHOULD GIVE WAY TO SLIGHTLY DRIER WEATHER FOR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER AFTERNOON TEMPS. THIS SOLUTION IS DEPICTED WELL WITH GFS...WHILE THE NAM SPINS UP A SFC LOW OVER THE EASTERN GULF BY THU AFT. COULD NOT SEE ANY REASON TO LEAN TOWARDS THE NAM SOLUTION FOR NOW. WILL CONTINUE TO USE THE CURRENT MEX GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS IN THE EXTENDED PDS. /32 && .MARINE...GIVEN THE PLACEMENT OF THE SURFACE HIGH OVER THE CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA...WE WILL KEEP THE MODERATE EASTERLY WIND GOING OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. THEN WE TAKE IT MORE VARIABLE FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND AS WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A RETURN TO THE DIURNAL LAND BREEZE/SEABREEZE CIRCULATION SETTING UP (OFFSHORE AT NIGHT...ONSHORE IN THE AFTERNOON). WE SHOULD SEE A FAIR AMOUNT OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. CONVECTION JUST OFFSHORE THIS MORNING SHOULD FIND ITS WAY INLAND THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY. /05 && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 87 72 89 71 / 60 30 40 30 PENSACOLA 87 73 89 74 / 50 30 30 20 DESTIN 88 75 89 76 / 50 30 30 20 EVERGREEN 89 68 90 68 / 30 30 30 20 WAYNESBORO 88 70 91 68 / 40 30 40 20 CAMDEN 90 68 89 69 / 20 20 20 20 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 500 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2007 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-051200- CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-MOBILE BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 500 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40 MPH IN ADDITION TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND VERY HEAVY RAINS TOTALING NEAR 2 INCHES FOR SOME LOCATIONS. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS OR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...IN ADDITION TO FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 143 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2007 ALZ061-063-041945- LOWER MOBILE-UPPER MOBILE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOWNTOWN MOBILE... 143 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER MOBILE COUNTY... AT 141 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER COCHRANE BRIDGE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... FOREST HILL...WALLACE TUNNEL...DOWNTOWN MOBILE...PINTO ISLAND...LADD STADIUM AND MEDAL OF HONOR PARK THROUGH 245 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 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 221 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2007 ALZ061-063-042015- LOWER MOBILE-UPPER MOBILE- 221 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER MOBILE COUNTY... AT 220 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR AIRPORT AND UNIVERSITY...AND MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... AIRPORT AND UNIVERSITY...UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA...MAGNOLIA GROVE GOLF COURSE...MOBILE GREYHOUND PARK...MOBILE AIRPORT...DAWES...SNOW AND TANNER WILLIAMS AND HUTCHENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THROUGH 315 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.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 15 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains from slow moving thunderstorms caused street flooding in downtown Mobile along with areas south of the Airport and near the Battleship.
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