Alert archive / Alabama / River Flood Warnings in 2012
River Flood Warning 34, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this river flood warning at Aug 30, 2012, 9:02 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2012, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2012, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Flood severity
- Moderate
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 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.
The river
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.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
256 WGUS44 KMOB 310202 FLWMOB BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL 902 PM CDT THU AUG 30 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 AND STRONG TIDAL EFFECTS HAVE CAUSED THE WATER LEVEL TO RISE ON THE BAYOU SARA. AS A RESULT A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE... STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. && ALC097-312000- /O.NEW.KMOB.FL.W.0034.120831T0202Z-120831T2000Z/ /SARA1.2.ER.000000T0000Z.120830T1745Z.120831T1400Z.NO/ 902 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE BAYOU SARA AT SARALAND * FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON * AT 2PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS...5 FEET * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST * FLOOD STAGE IS 4 FEET * THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. * AT 5 FEET...STREET FLOODING BECOMES WIDESPREAD EAST OF THE RAILROAD. $$
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2012Every river flood warning in 2012
Sources
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.