Thunderstorms moved across the Florida panhandle and produced wind damage and hail.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS MOB wrote it up.
Thunderstorms moved across the Florida panhandle and produced wind damage and hail.
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 Mar 27, 3:42 AM CST, 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...MESOSCAL UPDATE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
442 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
...SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES...
...HEAVY RAINS AND FLASH FLOODING LIKELY...
.SHORT TERM...UPDATED ZONES TO REFLECT LATEST POP AND QPF TRENDS FOR
THIS MORNING. STILL EXPECT SCATTERED STORMS INLAND WITH LIKELY POPS
CLOSER TO THE COAST AFTER MCV EXITS. /23
......PREVIOUS DISCUSSION......
.SHORT TERM [TODAY AND TONIGHT]...EXTREMELY ACTIVE UPPER LEVEL
ENVIRONMENT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE IN THE NEAR TERM AS A VIGOROUS
TROUGH IS DIGGING SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE
DESERT SOUTHWEST. INITIALLY...A COUPLED JET STREAK (90-110 KT) AT
HIGH LEVELS ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND A STALLED
SURFACE FRONT IS ENHANCING THE DEEP LAYER FORCING...RESULTING IN
CATEGORICAL COVERAGES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. DOPPLER WEATHER
VWP'S SHOW STRONG SOUTHERLY 85 JET STREAK AT 50 KNOTS AT 5 KFT. THIS
IN TANDEM WITH A BACKED MODERATE TO STRONG SURFACE FLOW...FAVORS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES. FORECASTERS
ALSO EXPECT INSTANCES OF BOWING LINE SEGMENTS CONTAINING DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. EARLY THIS MORNING...FORECASTERS HAVE OBSERVED
THE HEAVIEST STORM TOTAL RAINS OF 5 TO AS HIGH AS 8 INCHES OCCURRING
IN AN AREA FROM WIGGINS MISSISSIPPI TO CITRONELLE TO WHATELY ALABAMA.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLOODING OVER
LOW LYING AREAS...ROADS...STREAMS...CREEKS AND URBANIZED AREAS
SUBJECT TO POOR DRAINAGE DURING THESE TYPES OF EVENTS. SOME DIRT
AND EVEN PAVED ROADS COULD BECOME WASHED OUT AND IMPASSABLE.
CONSIDERING ADDED RAINS IN AREA GAUGES...WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO
SEE STORM TOTAL RAINS OF 10 TO 13 INCHES IN SOME AREAS. STAY ALERT
FOR SEVERE AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. LONG FUSED FLASH FLOOD WATCHES
REMAIN IN EFFECT. /10
.LONG TERM [SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY]...THERE REMAINS A THREAT OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINS EARLY SATURDAY AS LAST UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE IMPACTS THE REGION. FRONTAL PASSAGE IS PROGGED TO
OCCUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND HAVE GRIDDED WEATHER AND QPF TRANSLATING
EASTWARD OUT OF THE REGION. BRIEF COOL DOWN SUNDAY AND EARLY MONDAY
AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH. THEN...RETURN
FLOW SETS UP QUICKLY...BRINGING A MODERATION AND WARMUP IN
TEMPERATURES TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN
RETURNS LATE IN THE MEDIUM RANGE AS GULF MOISTURE OPENS UP AND
INTERACTS WITH ANOTHER STALLED FRONTAL ZONE DRAPED OVER GULF COAST.
WENT WITH THE GFS MOS ON TEMPERATURES IN THE NEAR AND LONG TERM. /10
&&
.AVIATION [06Z ISSUANCE]...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EASTWARD
ACROSS THE GULF COAST...WILL LIKELY RESULT IN LIFR/VLIFR CIGS/VSBYS
AND +RA WITH ITS PASSAGE BEFORE 15Z. STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL ALSO
POSE A HAZARD TO AVIATION OPS WITH THE EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF
CONVECTION. /10
&&
.MARINE...A MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
EARLY SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. THE COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MARINE AREA SATURDAY AND END THUNDERSTORMS FROM
THE WEST. A WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND FLOW WILL ENSUE IN THE WAKE OF THE
FRONT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS RETURN EARLY NEXT WEEK
AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST OF THE AREA AND ANOTHER COLD FRONT
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL REMAIN IN
EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY. /23
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS IN THE NEAR TERM AS FUELS WILL BE
SATURATED. /10
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE 76 65 72 45 / 100 90 80 10
PENSACOLA 76 66 72 49 / 100 90 90 10
DESTIN 74 68 71 50 / 90 80 90 20
EVERGREEN 74 64 73 45 / 100 90 90 10
WAYNESBORO 76 62 67 41 / 100 90 70 10
CAMDEN 74 64 71 45 / 100 90 90 10
&&
.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 AM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...
CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...
MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON...AND
WILCOX.
FL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 AM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...
INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 AM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE...AND WAYNE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 PM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20
NM...MOBILE BAY...WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM
20 TO 60 NM...AND WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS
FROM 20 TO 60 NM.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 200 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-271900- 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- 200 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. PLEASE SEE THE ACCOMPANYING GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOUND AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/HWO/INDEX.PHP. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AS A FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY OVER THE AREA AND A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE EASTWARD ALONG IT. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AGAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS A SERIES OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS PERIODICALLY MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGHOUT THE REGION. TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE UP TO 8 INCHES OVER SOME LOCALES. MOST AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE AT LEAST THREE INCHES ENDING SATURDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT. IN ADDITION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALL POSSIBLE TONIGHT. MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL MAINTAIN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH THURSDAY...AND A CONTINUED HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL PREVAIL ALONG AREA BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND POTENTIALLY AN EVEN GREATER THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM. OUR LATEST FORECAST IS FOR CONTINUED TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ENDING SATURDAY. ISOLATED AREAS MAY RECEIVE EVEN MORE RAINFALL. DUE TO THE LONG DURATION OF FORECAST HEAVY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEK. SEVERAL AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY AT ELEVATED LEVELS AND THIS RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE MANY RIVERS ACROSS THE AREA TO GO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. A MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND WILL CONTINUE...ALONG WITH SEAS OF 6 TO 9 FEET. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. A RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THROUGH SATURDAY FOR FLASH FLOODING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES. PLEASE SEE THE ACCOMPANYING GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOUND AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/HWO/INDEX.PHP.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
324 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0235 AM FLASH FLOOD CITRONELLE 31.09N 88.24W
03/27/2009 MOBILE AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
CITRONELLE POLICE REPORTED MANY ROADS ARE FLOODED.
0253 AM FLASH FLOOD MCINTOSH 31.27N 88.03W
03/27/2009 WASHINGTON AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
SOME ROADS REPORTED FLOODED IN MCINTOSH.
0302 AM FLASH FLOOD WIGGINS 30.86N 89.14W
03/27/2009 STONE MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
STONE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED WIDESPREAD STREET
FLOODING IN WIGGINS AND ACROSS THE COUNTY.
0315 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 S LEAKESVILLE 31.10N 88.56W
03/27/2009 GREENE MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY ON VERNAL RIVER ROAD AT SANDY
CREEK BRIDGE.
&&
CACERESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
415 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 E LEAKESVILLE 31.15N 88.54W
03/27/2009 GREENE MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT ANNEX ROAD IS
IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER.
0356 AM FLASH FLOOD 7 SE LEAKESVILLE 31.08N 88.47W
03/27/2009 GREENE MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
WILL PET ROAD IS CLOSED DUE TO WATER COVERING THE
ROADWAY.
&&
CACERESThe Mobile radar (KMOB), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:58 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds estimated at 70 mph damaged 7 homes on Bell Creek Road. Several trees were also downed by the high winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, March 2009
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 161509, 160762.