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Flash Flood — Mobile, AL

Aug 30, 2021

Hurricane Ida rapidly intensified overnight on August 28th into the morning of August 29th into strong category 4 Hurricane as it approached the northern Gulf coast. Ida made landfall across southeast Louisiana during the late morning on August 29th. Ida turned north and northeast across central Mississippi during late afternoon and evening on Monday, August 30th. ||The core of the hurricane force winds was relatively small, only extending out from the center about 50 miles. However tropical sto

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 983276). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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