River Flood Warning 28, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Aug 28, 2012, 9:21 PM CDT (02:21 UTC)

In effect from

Aug 28, 2012, 10:40 PM CDT

Expired

Aug 29, 2012, 6:09 AM CDT

In force

7 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 02:25 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.

790 
WGUS44 KMOB 290221
FLWMOB
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL 
921 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012



...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 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.

&&

ALC097-291400-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FL.W.0028.120829T0340Z-120829T1400Z/
/SARA1.1.ER.120829T0340Z.120829T0600Z.120829T0800Z.NO/
921 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  BAYOU SARA AT SARALAND
* FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING
* AT 6PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS...3.6 FEET 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 4 FEET 
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 4.2
  FEET BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD LATER WEDNESDAY 
  MORNING.
* AT 4 FEET...FLOODING OF STREETS BEGINS. 

$$

641 
WGUS84 KMOB 291109
FLSMOB
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL
609 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
 

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

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

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

&&

ALC097-291139-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FL.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120829T1400Z/
/SARA1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
609 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE BAYOU SARA AT SARALAND
* UNTIL THIS MORNING 
* AT 5AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.1 FEET 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 4 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.