River Flood Warning 32, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Sep 5, 2011, 2:24 AM CDT (07:24 UTC)

Expired

Sep 5, 2011, 5:31 PM CDT

In force

15 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Flood severity

Minor

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Written for the forecast point Styx River near Elsanor (STXA1). The gauge peaked at 12.48 ft at Sep 5, 2011, 5:00 AM CDT.

Action stage

7 ft

Minor stage

12 ft

Moderate stage

14 ft

Major stage

17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02377570, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

243 
WGUS44 KMOB 050724
FLWMOB
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL 
224 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE 
FOLLOWING RIVER IN ALABAMA...FLORIDA... 

  STYX RIVER NEAR ELSANOR AFFECTING BALDWIN AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES.

.HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED AND MORE HEAVY RAIN IS FORECAST TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AS A RESULT...RIVER LEVELS ARE FORECAST TO RISE AND A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT.  IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT THE FOLLOWING FORECAST IS BASED ON THE EXPECTED RAINFALL DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  IF LESS RAINFALL OCCURS... IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO REVISE 
THIS STAGE FORECAST DOWNWARD.

SAFETY MESSAGE... 
STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

&&

ALC003-FLC033-051950-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FL.W.0032.110905T0724Z-110905T1950Z/
/STXA1.1.ER.110905T0651Z.110905T1200Z.110905T1350Z.NO/
224 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE STYX RIVER NEAR ELSANOR
* FROM EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON
* AT 2AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS...12.1 FEET 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12 FEET 
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 12.4 FEET BY THIS MORNING. THE RIVER 
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING.
* AT 12 FEET...RESIDENCE DOWNSTREAM AT SEMINOLE LANDING SHOULD BE ALERT TO 
  POSSIBLE FLOODING AS THE GAGE RISES TO THE 12 FOOT FLOOD STAGE.

$$

465 
WGUS84 KMOB 051448
FLSMOB
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL
948 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
 

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA...FLORIDA...
 
  STYX RIVER NEAR ELSANOR AFFECTING BALDWIN AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES. 

.RECENT HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RISES ALONG THE RIVER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE... 
STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

&&

ALC003-FLC033-052231-
/O.EXT.KMOB.FL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110905T2231Z/
/STXA1.1.ER.110905T0651Z.110905T0930Z.110905T1631Z.NO/
948 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE STYX RIVER NEAR ELSANOR
* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON 
* AT 9 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.2 FEET 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND NO FLOOD FLOODING IS FORECAST 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12 FEET
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING.
AT 12 FEET, RESIDENCE DOWNSTREAM AT SEMINOLE LANDING SHOULD BE ALERT TO 
POSSIBLE FLOODING AS THE GAGE RISES TO THE 12 FOOT FLOOD STAGE.  

$$

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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.