Heavy rainfall in southern Baldwin County caused flooding of several roads in southern Baldwin County. 2 to 4 inches of rain fell in just a couple of hours.
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The episode as NWS MOB wrote it up.
Heavy rainfall in southern Baldwin County caused flooding of several roads in southern Baldwin County. 2 to 4 inches of rain fell in just a couple of hours.
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 Oct 27, 10:30 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook...Updated National Weather Service Mobile AL 200 PM CDT Fri Oct 27 2017 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-281045- 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- 200 PM CDT Fri Oct 27 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central Alabama...southwest Alabama...northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Rest of Today and Tonight Showers and isolated thunderstorms will be possible through tonight as a cold front approaches and moves through the area. Severe storms are not expected. There is a moderate risk of rip currents along area beaches today and tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday There is a possibility of some patchy light frost across interior southeast Mississippi and interior southwest Alabama Saturday night and again Sunday night for areas of north of 1-10. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of SkyWarn severe spotter networks is not expected through Thursday. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-281045- 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- 200 PM CDT Fri Oct 27 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Rest of Today and Tonight Increasing winds and seas late today and tonight will result in increasing hazards to small craft. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday A moderate to strong offshore wind flow will continue to create hazardous conditions from small craft through late Sunday.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1226 AM CDT SAT OCT 28 2017
FLZ201-203-280615-
Escambia Inland FL-Santa Rosa Inland FL-
1226 AM CDT SAT OCT 28 2017
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
NORTHERN SANTA ROSA AND CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM CDT...
At 1226 AM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 5 miles northwest
of Pace, moving northeast at 25 mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Point Baker.
LAT...LON 3061 8722 3062 8725 3069 8732 3100 8704
3081 8683 3060 8718 3060 8719 3059 8720
3061 8720 3059 8722
TIME...MOT...LOC 0526Z 222DEG 22KT 3067 8722Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Mobile AL 1255 AM CDT SAT OCT 28 2017 ALZ264-266-FLZ201>204-280700- Baldwin Coastal AL-Baldwin Central AL-Escambia Inland FL- Santa Rosa Coastal FL-Escambia Coastal FL-Santa Rosa Inland FL- 1255 AM CDT SAT OCT 28 2017 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN...CENTRAL SANTA ROSA AND SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT... At 1255 AM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located over Perdido Beach, or 6 miles northeast of Orange Beach, moving northeast at 35 mph. Winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Pensacola, Ferry Pass, Brent, West Pensacola, Ensley, Warrington, Gonzalez, Pace, Milton, Orange Beach, Goulding, Bagdad, Lillian, Myrtle Grove, Perdido Beach, Elberta, Point Baker, Pea Ridge, Roeville and Floridatown. 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. && LAT...LON 3039 8765 3082 8704 3061 8684 3023 8752 TIME...MOT...LOC 0555Z 231DEG 31KT 3034 8750
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:57 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water flowing over the road on CR 12 and between Highway 59 and James Road. Flooding was also reported at Highway 59 and CR 20 and several other areas near Foley.
Water flowing over the road at the intersetion of CR95 and Woerner Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, October 2017
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 724554, 724558.