River Flood Warning 11, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Mar 9, 2012, 10:49 AM CST (16:49 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 13, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT

Expired

Mar 9, 2012, 8:06 PM CST

In force

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Flood severity

Minor

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 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 Tombigbee River near Leroy (LRYA1).

Action stage

19 ft

Minor stage

24 ft

Moderate stage

30 ft

Major stage

35 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02470050, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

707 
WGUS44 KMOB 091649
FLWMOB
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL 
1049 AM CST FRI MAR 9 2012



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

  TOMBIGBEE RIVER NEAR COFFEEVILLE DAM AFFECTING CHOCTAW...CLARKE AND WASHINGTON
  COUNTIES.
  TOMBIGBEE RIVER NEAR LEROY AFFECTING CHOCTAW...CLARKE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.

.ONGOING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT RISES ALONG THE RIVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

ALC023-025-129-101649-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FL.W.0010.120313T0900Z-000000T0000Z/
/CLDA1.1.ER.120313T0900Z.120314T0600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1049 AM CST FRI MAR 9 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER NEAR COFFEEVILLE DAM 
* FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE 
* AT 10AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...16.8 FEET 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 29 FEET 
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO 
  NEAR 29.6 FEET BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE.
* AT 29 FEET...PASTURELAND IN THE AREA WILL BECOME FLOODED AND LIVESTOCK NEED 
  TO BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND.

$$

ALC023-025-129-101648-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FL.W.0011.120313T1400Z-000000T0000Z/
/LRYA1.1.ER.120313T1400Z.120314T1700Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1049 AM CST FRI MAR 9 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER NEAR LEROY 
* FROM TUESDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE 
* AT 8AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...13.7 FEET 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 24 FEET 
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO 
  NEAR 24.7 FEET BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE.
* AT 24 FEET...FLOODING OF LOW LYING FARM AND PASTURELANDS IN THE AREA WILL 
  OCCUR. CATTLE IN LOW LYING AREAS MAY NEED TO BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND.

$$

349 
WGUS84 KMOB 100206
FLSMOB
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL
806 PM CST FRI MAR 9 2012
 

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN ALABAMA...
 
  TOMBIGBEE RIVER NEAR COFFEEVILLE DAM AND NEAR LEROY AFFECTING CHOCTAW...CLARKE AND 
  WASHINGTON COUNTIES.
  
.RECENT HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RISES ALONG THE RIVER. 

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

&&

ALC023-025-129-100236-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120310T0206Z/
/CLDA1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
806 PM CST FRI MAR 9 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER NEAR COFFEEVILLE DAM
* UNTIL WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 31 
* AT 7PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.6 FEET 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 29 FEET


$$

ALC023-025-129-100236-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120310T0206Z/
/LRYA1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
806 PM CST FRI MAR 9 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER NEAR LEROY
* UNTIL WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 31 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 24 FEET

$$

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2012Every river flood warning in 2012

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.