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WGUS44 KMOB 081340
FLWMOB
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
840 AM CDT THU OCT 8 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA...
STYX RIVER NEAR ELSANOR AFFECTING BALDWIN COUNTY.
FOR THE STYX RIVER...INCLUDING ELSANOR...MODERATE 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.
ALC003-090145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FL.W.0049.261010T1130Z-261011T1500Z/
/STXA1.2.ER.261010T1130Z.261010T1800Z.261011T0900Z.NO/
840 AM CDT THU OCT 8 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO SUNDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...STYX RIVER NEAR ELSANOR.
* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, MODERATE FLOOD STAGE. WATER REACHES TOP OF
BULKHEADS ON DONOVAN CIRCLE IN THE SEMINOLE LANDING COMMUNITY.
UPSTREAM, WTER BEGINS TO FLOOD WATERWORLD AND AREAS NEAR GOAT
COOPER ROADS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
SATURDAY MORNING TO A CREST OF 14.6 FEET EARLY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3067 8761 3060 8747 3050 8742 3050 8746
3053 8752 3057 8753 3065 8764
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