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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
831 PM CDT MON APR 8 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA...
TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT BEVILL LOCK AND DAM AFFECTING SUMTER, GREENE
AND PICKENS COUNTIES.
.HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3-4 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY OVER THE
TOMBIGBEE RIVER BASIN AND A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE
TOMBIGBEE RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TUESDAY MORNING, OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.
ALC063-107-119-091645-
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831 PM CDT MON APR 8 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT BEVILL LOCK AND DAM.
* WHEN...FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 122.0 FEET, CATTLE IN LOW-LYING AREAS OF SOUTHERN
PICKENS COUNTY SHOULD BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND. CATTLE ARE CUTOFF
IN LOWLANDS OF SOUTHERN PICKENS COUNTY AT STAGES ABOVE 122 FEET.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 110.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING, CRESTING AT 125.3 FEET EARLY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BUT REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 122.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 3321 8827 3307 8816 3287 8813 3285 8822
3301 8825 3320 8832
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