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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
857 AM CST SUN FEB 16 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ALABAMA...
TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT BEVILL LOCK AND DAM AFFECTING PICKENS, GREENE
AND SUMTER COUNTIES.
.FLOODING CONTINUES ON THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER AND A FLOOD WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT, OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.
ALC063-107-119-170600-
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857 AM CST SUN FEB 16 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TUESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT BEVILL LOCK AND DAM.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TUESDAY 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 8:00 AM CST SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 124.1 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:00 AM CST SUNDAY WAS 124.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 124.2
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
TOMORROW EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 122.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 3321 8827 3307 8816 3287 8813 3285 8822
3301 8825 3320 8832
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