Heavy rain caused flooding across parts of southeast Mississippi.
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Heavy rain caused flooding across 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 Apr 14, 7:23 PM CST, 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 823 PM CDT THU APR 14 2016 .DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR LATEST AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... 00Z ISSUANCE...MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF LOW CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO BE PREVALENT ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED CHANCE OF SHRA TONIGHT...MAINLY OVER SOUTHEAST MS THIS EVENING WHERE ISOLATED TSRA WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...WITH POTENTIAL FOR SOME ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OVER THE REST OF THE REGION LATER TONIGHT. GIVEN LACK OF COVERAGE AT ISSUANCE TIME LEFT MENTION OF SHRA OUT IN THE LOCAL TAFS...BUT SOME MAY NEEDED TO BE ADDED BACK IN LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. EAST- NORTHEAST WINDS 5-10 KNOTS GENERALLY PREVAIL EXCEPT A LITTLE HIGHER AT TIMES NEAR THE COASTAL TAF SITES. /21 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 410 PM CDT THU APR 14 2016/ NEAR TERM /NOW THROUGH FRIDAY/...UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS WILL PASS OVER THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS UPPER SUPPORT COMBINED WITH A WEST-EAST SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WILL KEEP ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NEAR TERM FORECAST. THE BEST AREA FOR POSSIBLE LIKELY COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR ACROSS OUR FAR NORTHWEST ZONES THIS EVENING AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM TWO TO FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE LIKELY IN AREAS AFFECTED BY A PASSING THUNDERSTORM ACROSS THE NORTHWEST ZONES. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 54 TO 59 DEGREES...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LOWER 60S AT THE BEACHES. HIGH TEMPERATURES FRIDAY WILL RANGE FROM 65 TO 70 DEGREES. /22 SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO ADVERTISE AN UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS GETTING ABSORBED BY A CLOSED LOW WORKING ITS WAY SOUTH OFF THE EAST COAST. WITH ANOTHER UPPER LOW MEANDERING AROUND OVER THE GREAT BASIN..THIS PAIR OF UPPER LOWS BUILD A RIDGE NORTH OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...FORMING A REX BLOCK OVER THE CONUS. THIS UPPER ACTIVITY SHIFTS A SURFACE RIDGE STRETCHING SOUTH ALONG THE APPALACHIANS SOUTHWESTWARD...TO EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BY MONDAY MORNING. WITH THE SHIFTING...THE LOW LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW OFF THE ATLANTIC GETS CUT OFF SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AND THE FA BEGINS TO DRY OUT. WITH THE UPPER DYNAMICS GETTING STRETCHED OUT...GUIDANCE IS CONSISTENT IN ADVERTISING THE RAIN MOVING SOUTH OF THE FA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY....AND SEE NO REASON TO DISAGREE. TEMPS MODERATE UPWARD THROUGH THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST...THOUGH WITH COOLER NORTHERLY AIR COMPETING WITH A BUILDING UPPER RIDGE...THE WARM-UP IS MUTED. ALSO...WITH CLOUDY SKIES HELPING TO MUTE DAYTIME INSOLATION INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...THE DIURNAL TEMP RANGE IS MUTED INITIALLY...ESPECIALLY WITH HIGH TEMPS SATURDAY. OVERNIGHT LOW REMAIN CONSISTENT IN THE 50S THROUGH THE PERIOD. HIGHS SATURDAY START BELOW SEASONAL...RANGING FROM THE LOW TO MID 70S. WITH SKIES CLEARING SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...HIGHS SUNDAY EXPECTED TO RISE TO AROUND SEASONAL...WITH UPPER 70S EXPECTED. /16 LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...AN UPPER SHORTWAVE DIVES SOUTHEAST OVER SOUTHEAST CANADA...DISRUPTING THE REX BLOCK OVER THE CONUS AS IT DEEPENS AN UPPER TROUGH OFF THE EAST COAST AND FLATTENS THE RIDGE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE SURFACE RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN CONUS BECOMES DIFFUSE...WITH THE LOW LEVEL WINDS MORE DIURNALLY DRIVEN THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK. TEMPS REMAIN AROUND SEASONAL. TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...THE UPPER LOW OVER THE WESTERN CONUS BEGINS TO WEAKEN AND GET DRAWN INTO THE EASTERN UPPER TROUGH. THIS WILL BRING BACK A CHANCE OF RAIN AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. TEMPS REMAIN AROUND SEASONAL THROUGH MID WEEK. /16 MARINE...A MODERATE TO STRONG EASTERLY FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A STRONG SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES. THE EASTERLY WINDS WILL DECREASE ON MONDAY AS THE HIGH PRESSURE WEAKENS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WILL END OVER THE WEEKEND. /22 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. && THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT: HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MOB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 607 AM CDT THU APR 14 2016 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-151115- CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-MOBILE INLAND-BALDWIN INLAND-MOBILE CENTRAL- BALDWIN CENTRAL-MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND- ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-SANTA ROSA COASTAL- OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 607 AM CDT THU APR 14 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 84. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE...BUT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE 1 INCH OR LESS. IN ADDITION...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES. SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...HOWEVER THE OVERALL SEVERE STORM THREAT WILL BE RATHER LIMITED. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE RIP CURRENT RISK MAY BE ELEVATED TO A HIGH RISK BY THIS WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-151115- 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- 607 AM CDT THU APR 14 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINDS WILL INCREASE TO THE 15 TO 20 KNOT RANGE TONIGHT...WITH CONDITIONS GRADUALLY BECOMING MORE HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WITH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS OVER THE GULF WATERS WITH SEAS UP TO AROUND 9 FEET WELL OFFSHORE LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS THAT ARE HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
528 PM CDT THU APR 14 2016
MSZ067-142315-
WAYNE MS-
528 PM CDT THU APR 14 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY UNTIL
615 PM CDT...
AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
EUCUTTA OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF STRENGTHFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN WAYNE
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
STORM STRENGTHENING MAY OCCUR AND A WARNING MAY SOON BE NEEDED.
&&
LAT...LON 3182 8894 3183 8890 3181 8886 3169 8869
3158 8883 3154 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 320DEG 17KT 3176 8901The Mobile radar (KMOB), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:21 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused water to flow over Corinth Church Road south of Highway 42.
Heavy rain caused street flooding in the Lee Street and Brown Lane areas.
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