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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
858 AM CST SUN FEB 16 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ALABAMA...
TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT DEMOPOLIS LOCK AND DAM AFFECTING SUMTER, HALE,
GREENE AND MARENGO 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.
ALC063-065-091-119-170600-
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/DLDA1.1.ER.250217T0600Z.250218T0000Z.250219T1200Z.NO/
858 AM CST SUN FEB 16 2025
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO WEDNESDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT DEMOPOLIS LOCK AND DAM.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 68.0 FEET, FLOODING OF LOWLANDS IN THE AREA OCCURS
AND CATTLE SHOULD BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:15 AM CST SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 67.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 68.9 FEET TOMORROW
EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 68.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 3252 8782 3225 8790 3201 8806 3201 8816
3241 8809 3253 8790
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