Flood Warning

...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Major severity and increased in duration for the following rivers in Alabama...

Styx River Near Elsanor affecting Baldwin County.

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

* WHAT...Major flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Styx River near Elsanor.

* WHEN...From this evening to Sunday morning.

* 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 9:00 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 4.4 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late this evening to a crest of 17.2 feet tomorrow evening. It will then fall below flood stage early Sunday morning. - Flood stage is 12.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood