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WGUS44 KMOB 090119
FLWMOB
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
819 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN ALABAMA...
STYX RIVER NEAR ELSANOR AFFECTING BALDWIN COUNTY.
FOR THE STYX RIVER...INCLUDING ELSANOR...MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
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.
ALC003-091330-
/O.EXT.KMOB.FL.W.0049.261010T0531Z-261011T1843Z/
/STXA1.3.ER.261010T0531Z.261010T1800Z.261011T1243Z.NO/
819 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2026
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT TO SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...STYX RIVER NEAR ELSANOR.
* WHEN...FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* 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.
AT 16.0 FEET, WATER BEGINS TO FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS ON DONOVAN CIRCLE
IN THE SEMINOLE LANDING COMMUNITY. WATER BEGINS TO OVERFLOW BULKHEADS
ON JUNIPER ROAD. GOAT COOPER AND WATERWORLD RDS ARE FLOODED WITH
RIVERSIDE AND THE RETREAT RV PARKS FLOODED.
AT 17.0 FEET, MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. WATER IS NEAR AND UNDER LOW LYING
HOUSES ON DONOVAN CIRCLE WITH THE ROAD FLOODED. GOAT COOPER AND
WATERWORLD ROADS IMPASSABLE, WITH MAJOR FLOODING NEAR THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 2.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING TO A CREST OF 17.6 FEET EARLY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 17.7
FEET ON 01/22/2010.
- 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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