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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1000 AM CDT MON APR 25 2016

...CHANGE TO THE RIVER FORECAST POINT IN FLOMATON...ALABAMA...

TO:       FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER       
          WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY         
          MANAGERS...WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/         
          SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL  
          WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...NWS   
          EMPLOYEES

FROM:     JEFFREY MEDLIN 
          METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE...NWS MOBILE AL   
          STEPHEN A MILLER          
          HYDROLOGIC PROGRAM MANAGER...NWS MOBILE AL

SUBJECT:  CHANGES TO ACTION STAGE...FLOOD STAGE AND FLOOD         
          SEVERITY CATEGORIES FOR THE BIG ESCAMBIA CREEK AT   
          FLOMATON AL...EFFECTIVE MAY 25 2016 AT 12 PM CDT


...CHANGES TO ACTION STAGE...FLOOD STAGE AND FLOOD SEVERITY
CATEGORIES FOR THE BIG ESCAMBIA CREEK AT FLOMATON...AL...EFFECTIVE
MAY 25 2016 AT 12 PM CDT...

PER COORDINATION WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS...THE NWS IN MOBILE WILL
CHANGE THE ACTION STAGE...FLOOD STAGE...MODERATE FLOOD STAGE AND
MAJOR FLOOD STAGE FOR BIG ESCAMBIA CREEK AT FLOMATON AL /SITE ID
FLMA1/...EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY MAY 25 2016 AT 12 PM CDT. THE REASON
FOR THESE CHANGES IS TO ADJUST THE OLD STAFF GAUGE READINGS TO A
NEWLY INSTALLED AUTOMATED GAUGES RIVER STAGE REFERENCE. 

THE NWS WILL PROVIDE RIVER FORECASTS WHEN THE OBSERVED OR FORECAST
STAGES GO ABOVE THE ACTION STAGE. IN ADDITION...THE NWS WILL ISSUE
RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND FOLLOW-UP RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS WHEN THE
OBSERVED OR FORECAST STAGES GO ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE. BELOW ARE THE
NEW STAGE THRESHOLDS AT FLOMATON...ALONG WITH THE CURRENTLY DEFINED
STAGES.

* ACTION STAGE:                   14 FT. (CURRENTLY 9 FT.)
* FLOOD STAGE AND MINOR FLOODING: 19 FT. (CURRENTLY 14 FT.)
* MODERATE FLOODING:              21 FT. (CURRENTLY 16 FT.)
* MAJOR FLOODING:                 22.5 FT. (CURRENTLY 17.5 FT.)


THE BIG ESCAMBIA CREEK AT FLOMATON IS NOW A REAL-TIME U.S.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY /USGS/ STREAM GAUGE WHICH PROVIDES STAGE AND
DISCHARGE DATA. THE OLD STAFF AND STREAM GAUGE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY
USED HAS A PERIOD OF RECORD BACK TO 1939. THE CURRENT GAUGE IS
MAINTAINED BY THE USGS OFFICE IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.


...CONCLUDING REMARKS...

AS WITH OTHER NWS RIVER FORECAST POINTS...RIVER FORECASTS FOR THE
ABOVE LOCATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE NWS ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC
PREDICTION SERVICE /AHPS/ WEBSITE. IN ADDITION...RIVER FORECASTS FOR
THESE LOCATIONS WILL BE UPDATED AS NEEDED WHILE THE STREAM REMAINS
AT OR ABOVE THE FORECAST ISSUANCE STAGE. AT A MINIMUM... THE RIVER
FORECASTS WILL BE UPDATED ONCE PER DAY IN THE MORNING... WHEN EITHER
THE OBSERVED OR FORECAST STAGE IS AT OR ABOVE THE FORECAST ISSUANCE
STAGE.

MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT...
HTTP://WWW.SR.HOAA.GOV/MOB


THE NWS WELCOMES PUBLIC FEEDBACK. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON THIS CHANGE...PLEASE CONTACT...

     JEFFREY MEDLIN  
     METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE  
     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE  
     8400 AIRPORT BLVD, BLDG II  
     MOBILE AL 36608  
     JEFFREY.MEDLIN@NOAA.GOV

     STEPHEN A MILLER  
     HYDROLOGIC PROGRAM MANAGER  
     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE  
     8400 AIRPORT BLVD, BLDG II   
     MOBILE AL 36608  
     STEPHEN.A.MILLER@NOAA.GOV

     PHONE 251633-6443

$$

SAM