Heavy rains produced flooding in parts of southeast Mississippi.
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Heavy rains produced flooding in parts of southeast Mississippi.
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 Aug 10, 3:52 AM CST, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 452 AM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)...SURFACE RIDGE OVER THE SE CONUS AND CENTRAL GULF STATES WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW...MOSTLY NEAR THE UPPER FLORIDA KEYS...BECOMES BETTER ORGANIZED ON THE WESTERN FLANK OF A BROAD UPPER LOW OFF THE FLORIDA EAST COAST. ALL MODEL GUIDANCE IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH THE PLACEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM THIS MORNING WITH THE ECMWF AND SREF ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE FAIRLY CLOSE ON THE EVOLUTION OF THIS FEATURE IN THE EAST CENTRAL GULF LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. CURRENT SATELLITE LOOPS SHOW AN INTRUSION OF DRY AIR NORTHWEST OF THE UPPER LOW MOVING SOUTHWARD OVER MUCH OF THE CWFA TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT THUS GIVING WAY TO ANOTHER HOT DRY DAY FOR MOST OF THE CWFA WITH MAYBE A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING MORE SCATTERED MOSTLY NEAR THE COAST AND OFFSHORE OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL ALSO BEGIN TO INCREASE FROM THE EAST LATE TODAY AND OVERNIGHT AS THIS SYSTEM TO THE SOUTHEAST EMERGES BETTER IN THE EASTERN GULF. AS FOR TEMPS...DUE TO DRY AIR INTRUSION AND LESS CLOUD COVER WILL LEAN A DEGREE OR TWO ABOVE THE 00Z MAV GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS TODAY...EXCEPT ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST WHERE BETTER MIXING IS EXPECTED...AND A TAD ABOVE GUIDANCE FOR ALL AREAS TONIGHT DUE TO INCREASING CLOUDS AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER OVER INLAND AREAS TODAY...RANGING FROM 104 TO 107 DEGREES IN THE WARMEST PLACES GENERALLY OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SE MS AND EXTREME INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHWEST AL. 32/EE .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY)...AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD EARLY WED...SFC LOW MOVES (TROPICAL/SUB-TROPICAL) FROM E CNTRL GLFMEX TO N CNTRL GLFMEX BY MIDDAY...AND THEN INTO SE LA OR SE MS COAST LATE WED EVE/EARLY THU AM. WENT WITH SREF MEAN AND 10.00 ECMWF ON PLACEMENT OF SFC LOW...WHICH WERE IN REMARKABLE AGREEMENT. ALL INDICATIONS SUGGEST CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING FOR A SFC LOW PRES TO VISIT OUR AREA. COMPARED TO YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME... THERE HAS BEEN A TENDENCY FOR THE TROPICAL MODELS TO MOVE THE "WOULD BE" SYSTEM MORE TO THE RIGHT (OR EAST) WITH TIME. SYSTEM TURNS TO N AS IT FINDS WEAKNESS IN MID TROP RIDGE...PLACING ENTIRE CWA ON E (OR WET) SIDE OF SYSTEM BY LATE WED. SYSTEM REMAINS CLOSED AT 850 HPA OVER SE LA THROUGH MIDDAY THU AND THEN FILLS WHILE OPENING THU NIGHT. SW ATLANTIC RIDGE BUILDING IN THROUGH 12Z FRI ENHANCES THE WEAKENINGFILLING. THERE IS A TIME PERIOD WHERE THIS SYSTEM MAY STALL AND PRODUCE A LOT OF RAIN ON A VERY SMALL SCALE LATE THU AND INTO FRI. THIS WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED CAREFULLY VIA AVAILABLE REMOTE SENSING TOOLS ONCE WE HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON WHAT WE WILL BE DEALING WITH IN REGARD TO WHAT ACTUALLY FORMS. OTRW...WILL DAMPEN MAX TEMPS A BIT ON THU GIVEN EXPECTED WDSPRD PCPN OVER SRN 2/3 AREA. FRIDAY THERE SHOULD BE SOME BINOVC AROUND...BUT LINGERING HEAVY RAINS COULD BE AT LEAST OVER WRN HALF OF AREA. UTILIZED THE SREF QPF FOR STARTING POINT FOR GRIDDED QPF FIELDS. ALSO USED SREF WIND DIRECTIONS WITH TWEAKS TO THE MAGN IN SHORT AND MID-RANGES. (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY)...DEEP LYR RIDGING BUILDS ACROSS NRN GLFMEX THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS SHOULD DRY THINGS OUT WITH WARMER TEMPS BOTH SAT AND SUNDAY. HOWEVER BY MONDAY...A WEAKNESS DEVELOPS IN THE LOW- AND MID-LEVEL MASS FIELD DESPITE PERSISTENT UPPER RIDGING. 10.00Z ECMWF HINTS AT WEAK SFC LOW AND PRONOUNCED PRES TRF WHICH WILL ENHANCE TSTM COVERAGE ABOVE SEASONAL NORMS. PREFER 50 POPS...VERSUS 30-40 POP. /23 MEDLIN && .AVIATION...(12Z ISSUANCE)..VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY NEAR THE COAST AND OFFSHORE WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BEGIN FROM THE NORTH TODAY SHIFTING EAST THEN SOUTHEAST AND BUILDING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A LIGHT TO MODERATE EASTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT FOR ALL TERMINAL SITES AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE BECOMES BETTER ORGANIZED OVER THE EASTERN GULF. 32/EE. && .MARINE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS NEAR THE SW FLORIDA PENINSULA AND MOVES WEST. WINDS AND SEAS...MOSTLY FROM EAST SOUTHEAST...WILL STEADILY BUILD BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY AS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE BECOMES BETTER ESTABLISHED OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF. WIND VELOCITIES WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 KNOTS BY TONIGHT FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS OUT TO 60 NM...SHIFTING NORTHWARD OVER INLAND BAYS AND SOUNDS BY EARLY WED MORNING. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 3 TO 5 FEET THROUGH THU. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...BECOMING NUMEROUS AT TIMES MOSTLY WELL OFFSHORE...CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. 32/EE && .FIRE WEATHER...MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES REMAIN ABOVE THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD VALUES. NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS THIS PERIOD. THU WILL BE WET AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE REGION. /23 MEDLIN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 97 77 94 77 / 05 20 50 40 PENSACOLA 95 80 93 79 / 20 30 60 50 DESTIN 93 82 92 79 / 20 30 60 50 EVERGREEN 98 74 96 74 / 05 10 40 30 WAYNESBORO 98 73 98 73 / 05 10 30 20 CAMDEN 100 74 99 74 / 05 10 20 20 CRESTVIEW 97 77 95 76 / 10 20 50 40 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 555 AM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-111200- 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- 555 AM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 104 TO 107 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON MOSTLY OVER INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY FORECAST MODELS INDICATE A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE EAST CENTRAL GULF EARLY WEDNESDAY MOVING WEST NORTHWEST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...POSSIBLY APPROACHING THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND THE MISSISSIPPI COAST BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR POSSIBLE TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THIS SYSTEM BECOMES TROPICAL OR NOT...EXPECT AN INCREASING EASTERLY WIND FLOW ALONG WITH BUILDING SEAS OVER THE MARINE AREA AND AN INCREASE IN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WHICH WILL BE LESS DIURNAL IN NATURE. THIS WILL GIVE WAY TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT BY EARLY WEDNESDAY CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. BY WEEKS END...A MORE DIURNAL PRECIPITATION PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO RETURN...WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE GULF WATERS AND ALONG THE COAST DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS...SHIFTING INLAND AND BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS OVER INLAND AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... AT THIS TIME...ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SPOTTER INFORMATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 30 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:00 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall produced flooding of several streets in Agricola.
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