Storm Surge/Tide — Mobile Central, Alabama

2020-06-07 to 2020-06-08 · Mobile Central, Alabama

Wider weather episode

Tropical Storm Cristobal moved west of the Alabama coastal waters on the afternoon of June 7th, 2020. Cristobal made landfall in southeast Louisiana at 5 pm CDT on June 7th with estimated maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. Cristobal then tracked northwest into inland Louisiana late on the night of June 7th into the morning of June 8th.

Cristobal did not produce sustained tropical storm winds across inland areas, sustained tropical storm force winds were limited to immediate coastal locations in southern Mobile and Baldwin counties. Inland of the immediate coast, some areas saw tropical storm force gusts. Damage was limited to very sporadic tree damage.

Storm Surge inundation peaked between 2 to 3.8 feet MHHW across coastal Alabama and Escambia County, FL. Moderate coastal flooding occurred across many coastal locations, particularly in and around the Mobile Bay region. Some roads were closed, including the west end of Dauphin Island, Highway 90 Causeway across Mobile Bay, Shell Belt/Coden Road, the foot of the Dog River Bridge and part of the Cochrane Causeway. More minor coastal flooding was observed further east across the western Florida panhandle.

Rainfall totals of 3 to 10 inches were recorded across southeast Mississippi, southwest Alabama and northwest Florida with the highest totals recorded in Mobile County and George County. The highest total was 10.33 inches in West Mobile.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 906221. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.