The SW 1/3 of Alabama was still getting rain tonight. You could draw a line from near Eutaw and Greensboro in West Alabama all the way to Ozark and Dothan in the SE, and areas south of that line is where thje rain is.
Heaviest rain at 8:35 pm was over Coffee and Dale County in the SE corner of the state.
A few rain amounts for the 24 hours ending 7 PM:
1.12 inches Brookley Field near Downtown Mobile
0.69 Evergreen
1.40 Mobile Regional Airport
2.13 Troy
This may be our last update of the evening but before we go, here is a complete report on this afternoon’s severe weather in the Mobile area.
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
805 PM CST TUE JUL 3 2007
…SURVEY RESULTS FROM THE MOBILE COUNTY SEVERE WEATHER DAMAGE
OF 3 JULY 2007…
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY…EYE WITNESS REPORTS…AND RADAR
DATA INDICATE THAT A THUNDERSTORM DOWNBURST OF 50 TO 55 MPH WAS
LIKELY THE CAUSE OF MOST OF THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED AROUND 220
PM NEAR THE INTERSTATE-65…DAUPHIN STREET INTERCHANGE.
A SHORT LIVED…GUSTNADO (A VERY WEAK TORNADO ALONG A GUST FRONT)
WITH A RATING OF EF0 (WINDS ESTIMATED LESS 55 MPH) DEVELOPED ALONG
THE LEADING EDGE OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY NEAR THE DAUPHIN WAY BAPTIST
CHURCH JUST ON THE WEST SIDE OF INTERSTATE-65. MINOR TREE DAMAGE
OCCURRED ALONG DAUPHIN STREET NEAR THE CHURCH AND ONE CAR WAS BRIEFLY
LIFTED OFF THE ROADWAY AND DAMAGED WHEN IT WAS BLOWN INTO A TREE. THE
OCCUPANT OF THE CAR WAS WEARING A SEATBELT AND WAS UNINJURED…BUT
THE BACK WINDOW OF THE CAR WAS SHATTERED AND SOME BODY DAMAGE TO THE
VEHICLE OCCURRED. IN ADDITION…A 5 BY 8 FOOT SECTION OF ROOFING
MATERIAL WAS BLOWN OFF THE DAUPHIN WAY BAPTIST CHURCH…RESULTING IN
WATER DAMAGE TO THE CHURCH’S INTERIOR. THE TORNADO QUICKLY DISSIPATED
AFTER THE BRIEF TOUCHDOWN.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE THEN OCCURRED JUST EAST OF INTERSTATE-65
AT THE SUPER-WALMART ON THE I-65 SERVICE ROAD. EYEWITNESS
REPORTS AND A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY INDICATE THAT A
THUNDERSTORM DOWNBURST OCCURRED NEAR THE WALMART STORE. A LARGE
SECTION OF THE ROOF AT THE BACK OF THE STORE WAS TORN AWAY AFTER HIGH
WINDS…ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN AROUND 55 MPH…BLEW A LARGE AIR
CONDITIONING UNIT OFF THE ROOF. AS A RESULT…SIGNIFICANT WATER
DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE INTERIOR OF THE STORE. WIND DAMAGE ALSO
OCCURRED IN THE GARDEN SECTION OF THE STORE…WHERE LIGHT WEIGHT
ROOFING MATERIALS AND NUMEROUS OTHER SMALL OBJECTS WERE BLOWN ABOUT
100 YARDS DOWNWIND FROM THE STORE. SEVERAL MINOR INJURIES WERE
REPORTED.
THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT CAUSED THE DAMAGE AT I-65 MOVED TO THE
SOUTHEAST WHERE SEVERAL PEOPLE SAW A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR HIGHWAY 90 AND
THE LOOP. THE ONLY DAMAGE THAT COULD BE FOUND IN THIS AREA WAS A TREE
TOP BLOWN OUT AND SEVERAL TRANSFORMERS WERE BLOWN.
SHEPHERD/BEELER
