Flood Warnings For Perdido, Escambia Rivers; Big Escambia Creek Down

December 30, 2015

A flood warning continues for the Escambia River at Century until further notice. Early Wednesday the river was at 19.94 feet. Minor flooding is occurring; flood stage is 17 feet. The river will continue rising to near 21.8 feet by Thursday morning then begin falling. At 19.5 feet, flooding of farm and pasture lands will gradually subside as the river level drops, but some flooding will continue the next several days.

The flood warning continues for the Perdido River at Barrineau Park. Early Wednesday, the stage was 6.9 feet. Flooding was not occurring but is forecast. Flood stage is 13 feet. The river will rise above flood stage on Friday evening and continue rising to a stage of 15.9 feet by Saturday evening then begin falling.

There are no flood warnings for the Big Escambia Creek at Flomaton. The creek was at 7.08 feet Wednesday morning. Flood stage is 14 feet; the creek is forecast to reach 12 feet by early Friday.

Pictured top: The Escambia River out of its banks and blocking access to Fischer’s Landing in Century on Tuesday. Pictured below: Big Escambia Creek was at about 14.5 feet Christmas Day (at the level of the black on the pictured power pole) but

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive