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WGUS84 KMOB 170417
FLSMOB
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1117 PM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA...
TOMBIGBEE RIVER NEAR LEROY AFFECTING WASHINGTON AND CLARKE
COUNTIES.
FOR THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER...INCLUDING COFFEEVILLE DAM, COFFEEVILLE DAM
- UPSTREAM, LEROY...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MOB. CLICK ON
THE RIVERS AND LAKES MENU FOR FORECASTS AND OBSERVATIONS.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED WHEN UPDATES OCCUR.
ALC025-129-180300-
/O.CON.KMOB.FL.W.0008.000000T0000Z-260318T0300Z/
/LRYA1.1.ER.260315T0845Z.260316T2315Z.260317T2100Z.NO/
1117 PM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TOMBIGBEE RIVER NEAR LEROY.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 24.0 FEET, FLOODING OF LOW LYING FARM AND
PASTURELANDS BEGINS. CATTLE IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD BE MOVED TO
HIGHER GROUND. WATER APPROACHES LOW LYING ROADS ON WEST SIDE OF
RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:00 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 24.6 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 11:00 PM CDT MONDAY WAS 24.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 24.6
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3160 8810 3160 8804 3149 8786 3114 8792
3114 8802 3149 8793
MM
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