Heavy rain caused flooding in parts of southwest Alabama.
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Heavy rain caused flooding in parts of 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 27, 11:04 PM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1204 AM CDT SUN JUL 28 2013 .AVIATION [28.06Z KMOB/KBFM/KPNS TAF ISSUANCE]...NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE GULF COAST SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE KMOB AND KBFM TAF SITES BETWEEN 28.06Z AND 28.08Z. WHILE THERE IS A WELCOME BREAK IN THE RAIN...LOWER MVFR CEILINGS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. BASED ON LATEST MAV/MET GUIDANCE...HAVE INTRODUCED PROB30 FOR ALL TAF SITES AFTER 28.15Z. /22 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 302 PM CDT SAT JUL 27 2013/ SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)...FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...THE WATER VAPOR LOOP AND MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES WHICH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THE SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...WITH A POSSIBLE SURFACE WAVE IN THIS POSITION...THEN THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA. UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT IF THE SURFACE WAVE WILL STRENGTHEN AS THE SHORTWAVES MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...BUT THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL ADVANCE SLOWLY EASTWARD...MOVING TO FROM ABOUT SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TO SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE TONIGHT. A DEEP TROPICAL AIRMASS IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE OVER THE AREA WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF 2-2.2 INCHES...AND THE GFS/ECMWF/GEM ALL SHOW FAVORED UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA WITH RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF 100 KNOT JET. BASED ON THE TIMING OF THE BEST DEEP LAYER LIFT...HAVE GONE WITH LIKELY POPS EAST OF THE MOB-ANDALUSIA LINE WITH CHANCE POPS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. POPS DECREASE OVERALL TONIGHT AS SUBSIDENCE IN THE WAKE OF THE SHORTWAVES AND ALSO DRIER AIR FLOWS INTO THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE AREA...THOUGH THERE CONTINUES SUFFICIENT SUPPORT FOR CHANCE POPS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. MAY SEE SOME STRONG STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL GIVEN THE DEEP TROPICAL AIRMASS...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MEANDERS OVER GENERALLY THE SAME AREA THROUGH SUNDAY WHILE A MORE BENIGN PATTERN FOLLOWS IN THE WAKE OF THE SHORTWAVES. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW DEEP LAYER MOISTURE CONTINUING TO DECREASE DURING THE DAY AND WORKING EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. WILL CONTINUE WITH CHANCE POPS ALONG AND EAST OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SUNDAY MORNING...GENERALLY FROM MOB TO ANDALUSIA...WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS INLAND...THEN POPS DECREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR SEASONABLE VALUES. /29 SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...THE UPPER SHORTWAVE SWINGING AROUND THE BASE OF AN UPPER LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA...WITH A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS THE FA. FEEL THE GFS IS A BIT TO AGGRESSIVE WITH THE BOUNDARY...SO HAVE LEFT IT FARTHER NORTHWEST THAN THE GFS IS ADVERTISING. THIS LEAVES MORE OF THE FA...ESPECIALLY SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS. DUE TO THE WEAK NATURE OF THE BOUNDARY...IT QUICKLY WASHES OUT SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SURFACE RIDGE STRETCHING WEST OVER THE GULF OF MEX RE-ASSERTS ITSELF MONDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE STRETCHING WEST OVER THE GULF OF MEX AND MEX...WITH A MORE ORGANIZED SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH LOW LEVEL FLOW RETURNING. THE GFS IS MORE CONSERVATIVE WITH THE RESULTANT CHANCE OF WEATHER...WITH A STRONGER RIDGE THAN THE NAM. BOTH AND THE ECMWF ARE ADVERTISING QPF AMOUNTS NORTHERN OF THE GULF COAST FOR MONDAY...SO WENT ABOVE THE GFS FOR POPS FOR MONDAY. EVEN SO...ISOLATED COVERAGE AT BEST IS EXPECTED FOR MONDAY. MONDAY NIGHT...CLEARING OUT...WITH TEMPS AROUND SEASONAL. LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...AS THE REMNANTS OF THE WEAKENING SURFACE FRONT DISAPPEAR...LOWERED CHANCES OF RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH MIDWEEK. THE COMBINATION OF THE BUILDING RIDGE AND DRY AIR WILL RESULT IN EVEN LOWER RAIN CHANCES OF ISOLATED CATEGORY MONDAY BUT INCREASE WITH A MODEST REBOUND TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY BACK INTO THE LOWER CHANCE AND CHANCE CATEGORY IN THE DAYTIME. THE SEABREEZE WILL BE IN COMMAND OF THE CONVECTION AND THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE GRIDS. UPPER HEIGHTS BEGIN TO DECREASE BY THURSDAY AS THE RIDGE RETREATS SLIGHTLY WESTWARD ACROSS TEXAS. THIS WOULD INDICATE DECREASING STABILITY WITH LI IN THE -4 TO -6 RANGE...CAPES 1500 TO 2000...AND PRECIPITABLE WATER AROUND 2 INCHES. THAT WOULD INDICATE A CONTINUING REBOUND OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK IN WHICH WE MAY SEE RISING CHANCES OF RAIN IN SUCCESSIVE FORECASTS. LONG-WAVE OUTPUTS (WAVE-NUMBER 5) ARE SUGGESTING ANOTHER EASTWARD DRIFT OF A LONG-WAVE TROUGH AXIS TO OUR EAST WHICH WOULD RETURN US TO A NORTHWEST UPPER FLOW NEXT WEEKEND OR AFTER. TEMPERATURE NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. /77 MARINE...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL ADVANCE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD AND MOVE TO NEAR THE COAST TONIGHT WHILE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE PERSISTS OVER THE CENTRAL GULF. WINDS BECOME WESTERLY TONIGHT THEN SOUTHWESTERLY ON SUNDAY AS THE FRONT RETURNS NORTHWARD. AN ONSHORE FLOW BECOMES ESTABLISHED ON MONDAY AND CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY BUILDS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES. /29 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 72 90 73 92 73 / 50 30 05 20 05 PENSACOLA 75 90 75 92 76 / 60 40 10 20 05 DESTIN 76 88 77 90 77 / 60 50 10 20 05 EVERGREEN 70 91 69 94 71 / 50 20 05 20 05 WAYNESBORO 68 91 70 94 71 / 30 10 00 20 05 CAMDEN 68 90 69 94 71 / 40 10 05 20 05 CRESTVIEW 71 91 69 93 70 / 60 40 10 20 05 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 339 PM CDT SAT JUL 27 2013 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-282045- 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-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 339 PM CDT SAT JUL 27 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG AND PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WHICH MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED FLOODING ISSUES. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS SUNDAY ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-282045- NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE 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- 339 PM CDT SAT JUL 27 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
139 AM CDT SUN JUL 28 2013
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0132 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 S BAYOU LA BATRE 30.39N 88.25W
07/28/2013 MOBILE AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
POLICE REPORT A FOOT OF WATER ON HWY 188 AND SUTTON.
MAKING IT IMPASSIBLE.
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BRIANDThe Mobile radar (KMOB), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:29 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused a foot of water on Hwy 188 and Sutton...making it impassible.
Heavy rain caused flooding of roads in south Baldwin county.
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