Flood Warning

...Forecast flooding changed from Moderate to Major severity for the following rivers in Alabama...

Styx River Near Elsanor affecting Baldwin County.

For the Styx River...including Elsanor...Major flooding is forecast.

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Styx River near Elsanor.

* WHEN...Until Saturday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...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 5:00 PM CDT Friday the stage was 16.8 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 17.0 feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow morning. - Flood stage is 12.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood