Rain Ending: Flood Warning For Escambia River; Dense Fog Tonight

March 16, 2009

(Updated 5:15 p.m.)The weather service says there is slight chance of more rain  in North Escambia and surrounding areas this evening. A  flood warning for the Escambia River has been issued. And, after the rain clears overnight, there is a dense fog advisory through tomorrow morning.

A flood warning has been issued for the Escambia River near Century. Earlier today, the flood state was at 10.4 feet. Flood state is 17 feet. The river is forecast to rise above flood stage by Thursday morning and continue to rise to  near 17.4 feet by Friday morning, with a further rise possible by the weekend. At 17.5 feet some flooding of lowlands in the area will continue until the  river level drops below 13 feet.

The rain will end tonight, with just a 30 percent chance of an overnight shower. There is dense fog advisory in effect from 10 tonight to 10 tomorrow morning. A cold front will move across the area. The cooler air, when combined with the moisture on the ground from the rain will produce widespread dense fog. The overnight low will be about 53.Tuesday through Saturday are forecast to be sunny with daytime highs in the mid to upper 70’s and overnight lows in the 40’s.

Comments

4 Responses to “Rain Ending: Flood Warning For Escambia River; Dense Fog Tonight”

  1. j on March 16th, 2009 1:35 pm

    we need the rain bad

  2. William on March 15th, 2009 4:55 pm

    Don’t get too excited Bob…the weather won’t always be there, at least for now. But we are working on more weather pages for the future. :)

  3. Bob on March 15th, 2009 4:54 pm

    Wow Now we have weather on this page. This is my home page. Now I dont need to leave it for much of anything else. Keep up the good work.

  4. fred on March 15th, 2009 11:29 am

    we have had three inches as of 9:00 am in flomaton

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