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WGUS84 KMOB 222054
FLSMOB
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
354 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ALABAMA...
BAYOU SARA AT SARALAND AFFECTING MOBILE COUNTY.
FOR THE BAYOU SARA...INCLUDING SARALAND...MAJOR 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.
ALC097-231645-
/O.EXT.KMOB.FL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-260523T1636Z/
/SARA1.3.ER.260522T1743Z.260523T0000Z.260523T1036Z.NR/
354 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF RECORD.
* WHERE...BAYOU SARA AT SARALAND.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.3 FEET, BAYOU SARA AVENUE FLOODS EAST OF GAUGING
SITE. NUMEROUS HOUSES AND STREETS FLOOD EAST OF THE RAILROAD
BETWEEN BAYOU SARA AND NORTON CREEK.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:30 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 8.5
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 4.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3083 8807 3083 8805 3085 8805 3087 8803
3087 8802 3082 8804 3081 8806 3082 8807
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