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WGUS44 KMOB 081335
FLWMOB
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
835 AM CDT THU OCT 8 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA...FLORIDA...
BLACKWATER RIVER NEAR BAKER AFFECTING ESCAMBIA, COVINGTON, OKALOOSA
AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES.
FOR THE BLACKWATER RIVER...INCLUDING BAKER, UPPER BLACKWATER RIVER...
MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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.
ALC039-053-FLC091-113-090145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FL.W.0046.261011T1200Z-261011T1800Z/
/BAKF1.1.ER.261011T1200Z.261011T1200Z.261011T1200Z.UU/
835 AM CDT THU OCT 8 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BLACKWATER RIVER NEAR BAKER.
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY MORNING TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OF SECONDARY ROADS AND
LOWLANDS FROM THE HIGHWAY 4 BRIDGE DOWNSTREAM.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 1.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 11.0 FEET
SUNDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3099 8674 3099 8671 3075 8672 3068 8688
3070 8690 3082 8675
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