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WGUS84 KBMX 180024  
FLSBMX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL  
624 PM CST MON FEB 17 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA...  
 
TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT BEVILL LOCK AND DAM AFFECTING PICKENS, GREENE  
AND SUMTER COUNTIES.  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
ALABAMA...  
 
TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT DEMOPOLIS LOCK AND DAM AFFECTING MARENGO, HALE,  
GREENE AND SUMTER COUNTIES.  
 
.LEVELS CONTINUE TO FALL ON THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER. IT HAS FALLEN BELOW  
FLOOD STAGE AT DEMOPOLIS AND WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT BEVILL  
BY TUESDAY MORNING.  
 
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.  
 

 
 
ALC063-065-091-119-180130-  
/O.CAN.KBMX.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-250218T0024Z/  
/DLDA1.1.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
624 PM CST MON FEB 17 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED
 
 
THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR  
THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT DEMOPOLIS LOCK AND DAM.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 5:15 PM CST MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 67.7 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 67.9  
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3252 8782 3225 8790 3201 8806 3201 8816  
3241 8809 3253 8790  
 

 
 
ALC063-107-119-181415-  
/O.EXT.KBMX.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-250218T1415Z/  
/AVLA1.1.ER.250213T1127Z.250214T0745Z.250218T0215Z.NO/  
624 PM CST MON FEB 17 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT BEVILL LOCK AND DAM.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.  
 
* 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 5:00 PM CST MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 122.6 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 5:00 PM CST MONDAY WAS 125.5 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 112.4 FEET SATURDAY  
EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 122.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3321 8827 3307 8816 3287 8813 3285 8822  
3301 8825 3320 8832  
 

 
 
32/JDAVIS  
 
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