River Flood Warning 33, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Sep 5, 2011, 10:23 AM CDT (15:23 UTC)

Expired

Sep 5, 2011, 11:57 PM CDT

In force

14 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Flood severity

Minor

County Mobile County, AL

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:26 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.

Written for the forecast point Bayou Sara at Saraland (SARA1).

Action stage

3 ft

Minor stage

4 ft

Moderate stage

5 ft

Major stage

7.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02470805, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

534 
WGUS44 KMOB 051523
FLWMOB
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL 
1023 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011



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

  BAYOU SARA AT SARALAND AFFECTING MOBILE COUNTY.

.HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS HAS CAUSED BAYOU SARA TO RISE AND A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

ALC097-061500-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FL.W.0033.110905T1523Z-110906T1500Z/
/SARA1.1.ER.000000T0000Z.110905T1800Z.110906T0900Z.NO/
1023 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE BAYOU SARA AT SARALAND
* FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING
* AT 9 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS...4.1 FEET 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 4 FEET 
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 4.8 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER 
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TOMORROW.
* AT 4 FEET...FLOODING OF STREETS BEGINS AND BECOMES WIDESPREAD EAST OF THE 
  RAILROAD WHEN THE LEVEL REACHES 5 FEET.

$$

886 
WGUS84 KMOB 060221
FLSMOB
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL
921 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
 

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN ALABAMA...
 
  BAYOU SARA AT SARALAND AFFECTING MOBILE COUNTY. 

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

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

&&

ALC097-061800-
/O.EXT.KMOB.FL.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110906T1800Z/
/SARA1.1.ER.000000T0000Z.110906T0005Z.110906T1200Z.NO/
921 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 
FOR
  BAYOU SARA AT SARALAND
* UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON 
* AT 7PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.3 FEET 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 4 FEET
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW MORNING.
* AT 4 FEET, FLOODING OF STREETS BEGINS. 

$$

900 
WGUS84 KMOB 060457
FLSMOB
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL
1157 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
 

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA...
 
  BAYOU SARA AT SARALAND AFFECTING MOBILE COUNTY.

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

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

&&

ALC097-060527-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FL.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110906T1800Z/
/SARA1.1.ER.000000T0000Z.110906T0005Z.110906T0127Z.NO/
1157 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  BAYOU SARA AT SARALAND
* UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON 
* AT 10PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.5 FEET 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 4 FEET
* FORECAST TO CONTINUE FALLING.

$$

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2011Every river flood warning in 2011

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.