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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL

April 5, 2025Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this river flood warning at Apr 5, 2025, 9:11 AM CDT for Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It took effect at Apr 8, 2025, 12:37 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2025, 9:11 AM CDT (14:11 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 8, 2025, 12:37 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 16, 2025, 8:44 AM CDT
In force
8 days
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:08 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Tombigbee River near Leroy (LRYA1). The gauge peaked at 27.88 ft at Apr 13, 2025, 1:00 AM CDT.

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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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 5, 7:03 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 7:03 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 5, 8:20 AM CDT, 51 minutes before
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    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
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        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 9:10 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington21 days
Apr 5, 1:44 PM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile39 hr

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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.