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WGUS84 KMOB 020138
FLSMOB
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
838 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA...
TOMBIGBEE RIVER NEAR LEROY AFFECTING CLARKE AND WASHINGTON
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.
ALC025-129-030145-
/O.EXT.KMOB.FL.W.0010.260503T0515Z-260504T1435Z/
/LRYA1.1.ER.260503T0515Z.260503T1800Z.260504T0834Z.NO/
838 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT TO LATE
MONDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TOMBIGBEE RIVER NEAR LEROY.
* WHEN...FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT TO LATE MONDAY MORNING.
* 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 8:00 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING TO A CREST OF 24.5 FEET EARLY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY MONDAY
MORNING.
- 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
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