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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
859 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA...
CATOMA CREEK NEAR THE U.S. 331 HIGHWAY BRIDGE AFFECTING
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
.HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THIS WEEK OVER THE
CATOMA CREEK BASIN AND A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE
CATOMA CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED WEDNESDAY MORNING, OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.
ALC101-100500-
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/CATA1.1.ER.240412T1500Z.240412T1800Z.240413T0055Z.NO/
859 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CATOMA CREEK NEAR THE U.S. 331 HIGHWAY BRIDGE.
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN THE
VICINITY OF THE U.S. 331 HIGHWAY BRIDGE OCCURS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 2.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE FRIDAY MORNING TO A CREST OF 20.3 FEET EARLY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 3228 8629 3230 8631 3232 8640 3236 8640
3231 8630 3228 8627
75/LINHARES
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