Tropical Storm in Lower Mobile, Alabama

Tropical Storm August 28, 2012 – August 29, 2012 · Lower Mobile, Alabama

What the National Weather Service wrote

Storm surge inundation levels of 1 to 3 feet were reported at many of the coastal areas...especially at the times of astronomical high tides on both the 28th and 29th. Numerous coastal roadways were flooded along with other waterfront property. Some of the roadways include...Water Street in Downtown Mobile...DIP at the Dog River Bridge...Bienville Boulevard on the West End of Dauphin Island...the Highway 90 causeway over northern Mobile Bay...as well as locations around Alabama Port. The Alabama Governor ordered evacuations of zones 1 and 2 in coastal Mobile county.

The wider storm

Hurricane Isaac moved into central Louisiana. This track brought storm surge...flooding...and isolated tornadoes to the central gulf coast.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Choctaw County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 409131. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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