Tropical Storm — Upper Baldwin, Alabama

2002-09-12 to 2002-09-14 · Upper Baldwin, Alabama

Wider weather episode

Tropical Storm Hanna moved across the area during the morning of September 14. The area was put under a Tropical Storm Watch at 900 AM CST on September 12, then a Tropical Storm Warning at 300 AM CST on September 13. The warning was dropped at NOON CST on September 14 as the remains of Hanna moved inland across southwest Alabama.Hanna made landfall near the west end of Dauphin Island around 900 AM CST Saturday morning.Some of the winds recorded across Southwest Alabama and Northwest Florida were as follows: Mobile Regional Airport, sustained winds of 25 knots with gusts to 30 knots. Pensacola Regional Airport, sustained wind of 47 knots with gusts to 57 knots. Pensacola Naval Air Station, sustained wind of 41 knots with gusts to 48 knots. Eglin Air Force Base in Valpariaso , sustained wind of 32 knots with gusts to 41 knots. Hurlburt Air Force Base in Mary Esther, sustained wind of 37 knots with gusts to 54 knots. Dauphin Island, sustained wind of 35 knots with a gust to 44 knots. One of the highest wind speeds was on Pensacola Beach where a sustained wind of 43 knots with a gust of 59 knots was recorded.The lowest sea level pressures were recorded at Dauphin Island with 1005 MB and at Mobile Regional Airport and Brookley Field with 1006 MB.The highest two day rainfall totals ending at midnight on September 14 across the area were Coden, AL with 7.55 inches, Belle Fontaine, AL with 5.75, Destin, FL with 5.41 inches and Crestview, FL with 5.04 inches.The highest storm tides were at Dauphin Island with 3.7 feet and Pensacola with 3.4 feet.Minor beach erosion occurred from Dauphin Island in Alabama to Navarre Beach in Florida.Storm tide flooding occurred on the west end of Dauphin Island and in the south part of Mobile county and also along the Causeway that crosses Mobile Bay. Tidal flooding also took place along the Baldwin county beaches and along Pensacola Beach and Navarre Beach in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in Florida.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5319886. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.