River Flood Warning 19, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

May 2, 2012, 9:59 PM CDT (02:59 UTC)

In effect from

May 3, 2012, 5:17 AM CDT

Expired

May 3, 2012, 2:02 PM CDT

In force

9 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 03:01 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 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.

143 
WGUS44 KMOB 030259
FLWMOB
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL 
959 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012



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

  BAYOU SARA AT SARALAND AFFECTING MOBILE COUNTY.

.HEAVY RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER THE AREA AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

ALC097-040259-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FL.W.0019.120503T1017Z-120504T1424Z/
/SARA1.1.ER.120503T1017Z.120503T1800Z.120504T0824Z.NO/
959 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE BAYOU SARA AT SARALAND
* FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING
* AT 9 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS ...3 FEET 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 4 FEET 
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TOMORROW AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO 
  NEAR 4.3 FEET BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD 
  STAGE BY FRIDAY MORNING.
* AT 4 FEET...FLOODING OF STREETS BEGINS AND BECOMES WIDESPREAD EAST OF THE 
  RAILROAD WHEN THE LEVEL APPROACHES 5 FEET.

$$

461 
WGUS84 KMOB 031409
FLSMOB
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL
909 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2012
 

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

.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.

&&

ALC097-040000-
/O.EXT.KMOB.FL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120504T0000Z/
/SARA1.1.ER.120503T1800Z.120503T1800Z.120503T1800Z.NO/
909 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2012

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL THIS EVENING...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE BAYOU SARA AT SARALAND
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL THIS EVENING
* AT 8AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.5 FEET 
* NO FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 4.0 FEET
* FORECAST TO RISE TO 4.0 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THIS
  EVENING.
AT 4.0 FEET, FLOODING OF STREETS BEGINS AND BECOMES WIDESPREAD EAST OF THE 
RAILROAD WHEN THE LEVEL REACHES 5 FEET.  

$$

040 
WGUS84 KMOB 031902
FLSMOB
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL
202 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012
 

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


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

&&

ALC097-031932-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120504T0000Z/
/SARA1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
202 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE BAYOU SARA AT SARALAND
* AT 8AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.5 FEET AND WAS FALLING 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 4.0 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.