Hurricane (Typhoon) — Upper Baldwin, Alabama

2002-10-02 to 2002-10-03 · Upper Baldwin, Alabama

Wider weather episode

Hurricane Lili moved west of the area but brought high waves and some rains to the coast. Mobile and Baldwin counties were put under a Tropical Storm Warning at 300 AM CST on Wednesday October 2. The Tropical Storm Warning was lowered Thursday afternoon at 100 PM CST on October 3 as Lili moved through central Louisiana.Some of the highest winds recorded across Southwest Alabama and Southeast Mississippi were as follows: Mobile Regional Airport, sustained winds of 28 knots with gusts to 36 knots. Brookley Field, sustained winds of 30 knots with gusts to 36 knots. Dauphin Island, sustained winds of 31 knots with gusts to 35 knots. Cedar Point, sustained winds of 26 knots with gusts to 36 knots. Wiggins Mississippi, Gusts to 36 knots.The lowest sea level pressures were recorded at Mobile Regional Airport,1010 MB, Wiggins Mississippi 1007 MB and Lucedale Mississippi, 1006 MB.Rainfall totals during the storm were: In Alabama: Mobile Regional Airport: 0.88, Fairhope: 1.20 and Semmes 0.97 inches. In Mississippi: Wiggins 2.10, Lucedale 0.73 and Beaumont 1.67 inches.The highest storm tides were: Mobile State Docks 4.0 feet, Cedar Point 3.5 feet and Dauphin Island 3.2 feet.Only minor beach erosion occurred from Dauphin Island to Orange Beach.Minor storm tide flooding occurred on the west end of Dauphin Island and in the south part of Mobile county as well as along the Causeway that crosses Mobile Bay. Minor flooding also occurred on the west end of Baldwin county and in Orange Beach.Only one F0 tornado occurred, that being in Stone county in Mississippi.This was the fifth time this season that the area has been threatened by a tropical system. Only minor damage occurred across mostly the coastal areas of Mobile and Baldwin counties with Lili. Water also again backed up along the Dog River in the south part of Mobile county and caused minor damage.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5319179. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.