Tropical Storm — Upper Baldwin, Alabama

2005-07-05 to 2005-07-06 · Upper Baldwin, Alabama

Wider weather episode

Tropical Storm Cindy impacted portions of the area during the morning hours of July 6th. The storm made landfall around 1200 AM CST in extreme southeastern Louisiana, then moved north and east across portions of southeast Mississippi and southwest Alabama through the remainder of the morning hours. The weakening center of the storm tracked across Stone and Greene counties of Mississippi, and into Washington and Clarke counties of Alabama before dissipating. Coastal portions of the area were put under a Tropical Storm Watch at 300 AM CST on July 5, then a Tropical Storm Warning at 900 AM CST on July 5. An Inland Tropical Storm Warning was issued for Stone and Greene counties of Mississippi at 325 AM CST on July 5th. All Tropical Warnings for the area were dropped at 900 AM CST on July 6th.Some of the wind reports from across southwest Alabama were as follows: Mobile Regional Airport, sustained wind of 36 knots, peak gust of 43 knots. Downtown Mobile at Brookley Field, sustained wind at 25 knots, gust to 35 knots. Dauphin Island, sustained wind at 46 knots, gust to 64 knots. U.S. Coast Guard at Dauphin Island, peak gust 39 knots. Loxley, peak gust 36 knots. Semmes, peak gust 36 knots. Grand Bay, peak gust 40 knots. Wind reports from across the western Florida panhandle were as follows: Pensacola Regional Airport, sustained wind of 31 knots with peak gust of 41 knots. Pensacola Naval Air Station, sustained wind of 29 knots, peak gust 44 knots. Pensacola (WEAR-TV), peak gust 37 knots. Pensacola (West Florida High School), peak gust 47 knots. Gulf Breeze, peak gust 39 knots. Shalimar, peak gust 34 knots. Hurlburt Field (USAF) in Mary Esther, sustained winds of 22 knots, peak gust of 36 knots. Valpariaso (Eglin Air Force Base), sustained winds of 25 knots, peak gust of 38 knots. Destin airport, sustained winds of 24 knots, peak gust 34 knots. Some of the lowest sea level pressures recorded were as follows: Mobile Regional Airport, 1003.0 MB. Downtown Mobile at Brookley Field, 1005.0 MB. Dauphin Island, AL, 1005.5 MB. Semmes, AL, 1003.6 MB. The highest 24 hour rainfall totals associated with Tropical Storm Cindy were as follows: In Alabama: Coden, 6.40 inches. Thomasville, 3.45 inches. Mobile Regional Airport, 6.34 inches. Three miles south of the Mobile Regional Airport, 7.24 inches. Semmes, 5.60 inches. St. Elmo, 9.06 inches. Deer Park, 5.00 inches. Gulfcrest, 6.00 inches. In Mississippi: Howell, 5.70 inches. The highest storm tides occurred at: Fort Morgan with 7.11 feet. Point Cadet with 6.50 feet. Bayou La Batre, 6.45 feet. Mobile State Docks with 5.31 feet. Mobile (Middle Bay) with 4.22 feet. Cedar Point, 3.52 feet. Dauphin Island, 2.59 feet. Perdido Pass, 2.56 feet. Pensacola Coast Guard Station, 2.34 feet. Destin, 2.18 feet and Santa Rosa Sound with 1.79 feet. Minor to moderate beach erosion occurred from Dauphin Island in Alabama eastward to Destin in Florida. Some storm tide flooding occurred on Dauphin Island and the beaches of Baldwin county. Some minor beach erosion occurred on Pensacola Beach. Major flash flooding occurred in Mobile and Baldwin counties of Alabama, and in George county of Mississippi. Minor flash flooding occurred in Washington, Clarke and Monroe counties in Alabama and in Greene county in Mississippi. Several weak tornadoes of F0 occurred in Mobile, Washington, Clarke and Escambia counties in Alabama and in Escambia county in Florida. These tornadoes caused primarily tree damage, but some of the trees did fall on homes which caused some structural damages. Most of the more widespread or significant damage that occurred across the area was caused by tidal flooding along the immediate coast and by flash flooding inland. The west end of Dauphin Island and the Causeway over Mobile Bay were both flooded by tidal piling and closed for several hours. The flash flooding over interior sections caused minor flooding and ponding of waters on many roadways and in many poor drainage areas.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5463702. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.