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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
937 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2020
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT BEVILL LOCK
AND DAM...
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT
GAINESVILLE LOCK AND DAM...
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT DEMOPOLIS
LOCK AND DAM...
.FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER FOLLOWING THE RECENT
HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT ALONG THE RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN.
ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY SATURDAY MORNING...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.
ALC063-065-091-107-119-220337-
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/AVLA1.3.ER.200206T1633Z.200215T1500Z.200224T1905Z.NO/
937 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2020
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT BEVILL LOCK AND DAM.
* UNTIL LATE MONDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 129.2 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 122 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 130.4 FEET BY
THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL THEN BEGIN TO FALL AND DROP BELOW
FLOOD STAGE EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 128 FEET...CATTLE IN THE AREA SHOULD BE MOVED TO
HIGHER GROUND. FLOODING OF SOME CABINS AND CAMPS ALONG THE RIVER
CAN BE EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3321 8827 3307 8816 3287 8813 3285 8822
3301 8825 3320 8832
ALC063-065-091-119-220337-
/O.EXT.KBMX.FL.W.0024.000000T0000Z-200226T0524Z/
/GNSA1.2.ER.200207T1052Z.200217T0415Z.200225T1724Z.NO/
937 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2020
..FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT GAINESVILLE LOCK AND DAM.
* UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 9:15 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 110.0 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 101 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL SLOWLY TO BELOW FLOOD
STAGE BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 109 FEET...FLOODING OF SOME CAMPS AND CABINS...AS WELL
AS WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF LOW-LYING WOODS AND AGRICULTURAL LANDS...
OCCURS, ESPECIALLY UPSTREAM OF THE LOCK AND DAM.
LAT...LON 3287 8813 3265 8797 3262 8784 3252 8783
3257 8809 3285 8822
ALC063-065-091-119-220337-
/O.CON.KBMX.FL.W.0018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/DLDA1.2.ER.200207T1902Z.200220T1100Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
937 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2020
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT DEMOPOLIS LOCK AND DAM.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:30 AM FRIDAY THE ESTIMATED STAGE WAS 84.6 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 68 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE A GENERAL SLOW FALL DURING THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...DROPPING TO NEAR 81 FEET BY NEXT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACT...AT 84 FEET...SOME INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL FLOODING
BEGINS JUST UPSTREAM FROM DEMOPOLIS DAM AT 88 FEET. WIDESPREAD
FLOODING IN GREENE...MARENGO...AND SUMTER COUNTIES OCCURS AND SOME
EVACUATIONS MAY BE NECESSARY. WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF LOWLANDS AND
SECONDARY ROADS IN THE AREA WILL CONTINUE.
LAT...LON 3252 8782 3225 8790 3201 8806 3201 8816
3241 8809 3253 8790
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