Record Breaking Rain Totals April 4th-5th

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Records were smashed across the Gulf Coast with this widespread flooding event.
Published: Sun, April 06, 2008 - 2:40 pm
Jene' Young
Jene' Young
A slow moving cold front, combined with plenty of Gulf moisture caused massive flooding across the News 5 area. The slideshow images are radar rain estimates.
The National Weather Service, along volunteeers with Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network (COCORAHS) posted these 48 hour storm totals:

MOBILE REGIONAL AP (KMOB) - 8.32"
BAY MINETTE COOP - 6.00"
CRESTVIEW (KCEW) - 5.76"
3SSE BREWTON COOP - 4.25"
PASCAGOULA - 4.14"
BILOXI-GULFPORT - 3.82"
DOWNTOWN MOBILE (KBFM) - 3.73"
ROBERTSDALE COOP - 3.14"
NICEVILLE COOP - 3.00"
ATMORE COOP - 2.77"
PENSACOLA AP (KPNS) - 2.52"
EVERGREEN COOP - 2.46"
OKALOOSA REGIONAL AP - 2.37"
CODEN COOP - 2.15"
THOMASVILLE COOP - 2.12"
EVERGREEN (KGZH) - 2.12"
WIGGINS COOP - 2.03"
HIGHLAND HOME COOP - 1.80"
DESTIN (KDTS) - 1.47"
WAYNESBORO COOP - 1.30"
PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATION - 1.07"

COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE RAIN HAIL AND SNOW NETWORK (COCORAHS)
SITES IN WFO MOBILE AL`S COUNTY WARNING AREA:

3WNW MOBILE - 11.83"
6WNW TILLMANS CORNER - 9.96"
4WNW MOBILE - 9.81"
6WNW MOBILE - 9.36"
2W MOBILE - 9.46"
11WSW MOBILE - 8.84"
7W MOBILE - 8.52"
4WNW TILLMANS CORNER - 8.42"
2WSW SPANISH FORT - 8.25"
1WSW MOBILE - 8.10"
1E SARALAND - 7.86"
3WNW TILLMANS CORNER - 7.70"
0.2N MOBILE -7.61"
LOXLEY - 6.75"
1NNW DAPHNE - 6.74"
8SE WILMER - 6.65"
6WSW MOBILE - 6.24"
0.4SW DAPHNE - 6.16"
3NE CRESTVIEW - 5.89"
2SE CRESTVIEW - 5.85"
4N CRESTVIEW - 5.82"
3NNW FAIRHOPE - 5.45"
4WNW THEODORE - 5.39"
4SSE THEODORE - 5.35"
3NNW CRESTVIEW - 5.11"
1NNE MILTON - 5.09"
2N PACE - 4.85"
3NNW GONZALEZ - 4.80"
3NNE GRAND BAY - 4.79"
3WNW THEODORE - 4.72"
2N FAIRHOPE - 4.64"
2NNW THEODORE - 4.57"
0.6NW GRAND BAY - 4.49"
7SSE THEODORE - 4.34"
2E FAIRHOPE - 3.94"
8SSE THEODORE - 3.73"
4E FAIRHOPE - 3.52"
5S MOBILE - 3.32"
5ENE FAIRHOPE - 3.28"
2WSW FAIRHOPE - 3.16"
2NNW FAIRHOPE - 3.09"
JACKSON GUARD EGLIN AFB - 3.01"
2NW BELLVIEW - 2.89"
2N POLLARD - 2.84"
2SSW POINT CLEAR - 2.82"
4WSW PINE HILL - 2.60"
0.5ESE FOLEY - 2.57"
1NNW FT WALTON BEACH - 2.46"
1N SHALIMAR - 2.46"
3NNW FT WALTON BEACH - 2.40"
2SE NICEVILLE - 2.39"
1W FAIRHOPE - 2.38"
5SW SILVERHILL - 2.36"
1NNE CAMDEN - 2.35"
1NNW OCEAN CITY - 2.33"
4SE CRESTVIEW - 2.32"
3ESE NICEVILLE - 2.14"
0.6E MARY ESTHER - 2.12"
5SE NICEVILLE - 2.10"
8ESE ELBERTA - 2.04"
1SSE FT WALTON BEACH - 1.98"
2WNW DESTIN - 1.96"
6W MARY ESTHER - 1.83"
3SSW MOLINO - 1.73"
4WSW JACKSON - 1.50"
4WSW SUMMERDALE - 1.47"
ENE ORANGE BEACH - 1.36"
3E SUMMERDALE - 1.35"
4N PENSACOLA - 1.35"
5E ORANGE BEACH - 1.26"
2SSW ELBERTA - 1.25"
1NE ORANGE BEACH - 1.20"

OTHER RAIN GAUGE OBSERVATIONS......

CARRINGTON S/D WEST MOBILE - 9.67"
IRONGATE S/D WEST MOBILE - 9.48"
SEMES - 6.97"
HICKORY RIDGE - 8.4"
NEWS 5 - 8.1"


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Thank you jene’!your a 10 on the gulf!

Posted by carl on 04/07/08 - 7:14 pm • Report Abuse.   

So far this year, Mobile has received 22” compared to the “normal” 19”. Keep in mind we have been in a drought for the past two years, and even though the rain totals ‘reset’ at the beginning of the year, any extra rain (not all at once) is a good thing.

Posted by Jene' Young on 04/07/08 - 3:01 pm • Report Abuse.   

jene’ ,How do we stand now for our yearly rainfall total,for the county?

Posted by carl on 04/07/08 - 7:41 am • Report Abuse.   

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