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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
828 AM CST MON FEB 17 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA...
TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT DEMOPOLIS LOCK AND DAM AFFECTING SUMTER, HALE,
MARENGO AND GREENE COUNTIES.
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ALABAMA...
TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT BEVILL LOCK AND DAM AFFECTING PICKENS, SUMTER
AND GREENE COUNTIES.
.FLOODING CONTINUES ON THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT DEMOPOLIS LOCK AND DAM
AND AT BEVILL LOCK AND DAM. 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 THIS EVENING, OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.
ALC063-065-091-119-180530-
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828 AM CST MON FEB 17 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT DEMOPOLIS LOCK AND DAM.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 68 FEET, FLOODING OF LOWLANDS IN THE AREA OCCURS AND
CATTLE SHOULD BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:15 AM CST MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 67.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 68.1 FEET THIS EVENING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 68 FEET.
LAT...LON 3252 8782 3225 8790 3201 8806 3201 8816
3241 8809 3253 8790
ALC063-107-119-180530-
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/AVLA1.1.ER.250213T1127Z.250214T0745Z.250219T0448Z.NO/
828 AM CST MON FEB 17 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT BEVILL LOCK AND DAM.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 122 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 7:00 AM CST MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 125 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:00 AM CST MONDAY WAS 125.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE TOMORROW EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 115.7 FEET
SATURDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 122 FEET.
LAT...LON 3321 8827 3307 8816 3287 8813 3285 8822
3301 8825 3320 8832
86/MARTIN
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