Alert archive / Alabama / River Flood Warnings in 2012

River Flood Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL

February 17, 2012Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this river flood warning at Feb 17, 2012, 9:07 AM CST for Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It took effect at Feb 20, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 17, 2012, 9:07 AM CST (15:07 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 20, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 17, 2012, 8:23 PM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Flood severity: Minor

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

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:11 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 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.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

262 
WGUS44 KMOB 171507
FLWMOB
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL 
907 AM CST FRI FEB 17 2012



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

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

.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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

ALC023-025-129-181507-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FL.W.0004.120220T1800Z-120222T0959Z/
/LRYA1.1.ER.120220T1800Z.120222T0000Z.120222T0359Z.NO/
907 AM CST FRI FEB 17 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER NEAR LEROY
* FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
* AT 8AM THE 11.0 FEET AND RISING
* FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET 
* AT 24.0 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.

$$

1 follow-up statement

812 
WGUS84 KMOB 180223
FLSMOB
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL
823 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2012
 

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA...
 
  TOMBIGBEE RIVER NEAR LEROY AFFECTING CHOCTAW...CLARKE AND WASHINGTON 
  COUNTIES.

.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.

&&

ALC023-025-129-180253-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120222T0959Z/
/LRYA1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
823 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER NEAR LEROY
* UNTIL LATE TUESDAY NIGHT 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 17, 9:04 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Escambia	3 days
Feb 17, 10:04 AM CST	Gale Watch	MOB		29 hr
Feb 17, 10:04 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		38 hr
Feb 17, 10:04 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		66 hr
Feb 17, 11:42 AM CST	Flood Watch	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	34 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2012 Every 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.