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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this river flood warning at Dec 10, 2008, 8:23 PM CST for Escambia County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 12, 2008, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 10, 2008, 8:23 PM CST (02:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 12, 2008, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2008, 10:19 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Escambia County, AL, Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Escambia River near Century (CTYF1). The gauge peaked at 14.77 ft at Dec 12, 2008, 10:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 17 ft
- Moderate stage
- 25 ft
- Major stage
- 37 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02375500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS44 KMOB 110223 FLWMOB BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL 823 PM CST WED DEC 10 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN FLORIDA... ESCAMBIA RIVER NEAR CENTURY AFFECTING ESCAMBIA COUNTY. .HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED. AS A RESULT...RIVER LEVELS ARE FORECAST TO RISE AND A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT. IF LESS RAINFALL OCCURS THAN EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO REVISE THIS STAGE FORECAST DOWNWARD. SAFETY MESSAGE... STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. ALC053-FLC033-120223- /O.NEW.KMOB.FL.W.0033.081212T2100Z-000000T0000Z/ /CTYF1.1.ER.081212T2100Z.081214T0600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 823 PM CST WED DEC 10 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE ESCAMBIA RIVER NEAR CENTURY * FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE * AT 8PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS...10.0 FEET * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST * FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 17.4 FEET BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * AT 17.0 FEET...CONSIDERABLE OVERFLOW BEGINS. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS84 KMOB 111619 FLSMOB FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL 1019 AM CST THU DEC 11 2008 ...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA... FLORIDA... ESCAMBIA RIVER NEAR CENTURY AFFECTING ESCAMBIA COUNTY. SAFETY MESSAGE... STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. ALC053-FLC033-111649- /O.CAN.KMOB.FL.W.0033.000000T0000Z-081211T1619Z/ /CTYF1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 1019 AM CST THU DEC 11 2008 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE ESCAMBIA RIVER NEAR CENTURY * AT 10AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.4 FEET AND FALLING * FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Dec 10, 5:30 PM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 5:30 PM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
530 PM CST WED DEC 10 2008
.AVIATION (00Z ISSUANCE)...SYSTEM MOVING OVER THE AREA THROUGH
THURSDAY WILL KEEP CIGS IN THE IFR CATEGORY...SOMETIMES IN LIFR INTO
THURSDAY MORN. AS THE SYSTEM SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA THURSDAY INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT...CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE...RISING TO VFR
LEVELS THURSDAY EVENING/NIGHT.
16
&&
.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20
NM...MOBILE BAY...WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM
20 TO 60 NM...AND WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS
FROM 20 TO 60 NM.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 10, 1:00 PM CST, 7 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 100 PM CST WED DEC 10 2008 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-111800- CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-MOBILE BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 100 PM CST WED DEC 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...SOME VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY THREAT IN THESE AREAS. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...UP TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE GULF COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA TODAY...BECOMING NORTHWESTERLY LATER TODAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE MARINE AREA. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE POSTED FOR ALL COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. UNTIL THE WINDS BECOME OFFSHORE LATE TODAY...TIDES WILL RUN ABOUT 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. POST FRONTAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA DRIFTS WEST ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURE PROFILES OVER THE NORTHWESTERN ZONES...PRIMARILY ALONG AND NORTH OF A WIGGINS...JONATHAN...CHATOM...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN LINE WILL BE SUCH THAT THE RAINFALL COULD BE MIXED WITH SNOW DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE JUST ABOVE FREEZING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTIVATION FOR FLASH FLOODING MAY BE REQUIRED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 10, 2:31 PM CST, 5 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
231 PM CST WED DEC 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 AM TSTM WND DMG ALLENTOWN 30.76N 87.04W
12/10/2008 SANTA ROSA FL EMERGENCY MNGR
METAL BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED BY HIGH WIND.
&&
GARYBLocal storm report, Dec 10, 2:33 PM CST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
233 PM CST WED DEC 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0635 AM TSTM WND DMG BRANTLEY 31.58N 86.26W
12/10/2008 CRENSHAW AL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROOF DAMAGE AND TREES DOWN IN BRANTELY.
0718 AM FLASH FLOOD BREWTON 31.10N 87.07W
12/10/2008 ESCAMBIA AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER COVERS SEVERAL ROADS IN BREWTON.
0718 AM FLASH FLOOD BREWTON 31.10N 87.07W
12/10/2008 ESCAMBIA AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER COVERING SEVERAL ROADS IN BREWTON.
0730 AM TSTM WND DMG ALLENTOWN 30.76N 87.04W
12/10/2008 SANTA ROSA FL EMERGENCY MNGR
METAL BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED BY HIGH WIND.
0735 AM FLASH FLOOD ELSANOR 30.55N 87.58W
12/10/2008 BALDWIN AL PUBLIC
WATER COVERING ROADS BETWEEN ELSANOR AND SEMINOLE ON
HIGHWAY 90. WATER ALSO COVERING ROADS IN ROBERTSDALE.
0750 AM FLASH FLOOD ANDALUSIA 31.31N 86.48W
12/10/2008 COVINGTON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED IN THE CITY OF ANDALUSIA
&&
GARYBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 2:20 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 13 hr |
| Dec 11, 4:40 AM CST | Gale Warning | MOB | 21 hr | |
| Dec 11, 2:22 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | 17 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.