Coastal Flood in Lower Mobile, Alabama

Coastal Flood April 30, 2017 · Lower Mobile, Alabama

What the National Weather Service wrote

Coastal flooding reported on the southbound lane of the Dauphin Island Parkway, just north of the Dog River Bridge. The right lane is impassable. Tides were running 1.5 to 2 feet above normal during a spring tidal cyclone and occurred at the time of high tide at the mouth of the Dog River.

The wider storm

A deep upper level low moving across the southern plains contributed a strong onshore flow across the north central Gulf Coast. The combination of the prolonged southerly winds and above normal tides resulted in minor coastal flooding in portions of Mobile County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 696381. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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