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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
741 PM CDT FRI MAR 13 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA...
BLACK WARRIOR RIVER AT SELDEN LOCK AND DAM AFFECTING GREENE, HALE
AND MARENGO COUNTIES.
.FLOODING CONTINUES ON THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER DUE TO RAINFALL FROM
EARLIER THIS WEEK, 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 SATURDAY MORNING, OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.
ALC063-065-091-141545-
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741 PM CDT FRI MAR 13 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BLACK WARRIOR RIVER AT SELDEN LOCK AND DAM.
* WHEN...UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 90.0 FEET, PASTURE AND WOOD LANDS BEGIN TO FLOOD.
LIVESTOCK SHOULD BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND AT STAGES ABOVE 90 FEET.
BETWEEN 94 AND 97 FEET, SOME SECONDARY ROADS NEAR LOCK 5 PARK AND
SANDPIPER ROAD BEGIN TO FLOOD AND COULD CUT OFF RESIDENTS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:30 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 91.4 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:30 PM CDT FRIDAY WAS 91.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 93.5
FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE SUNDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 90.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 3277 8782 3256 8769 3251 8782 3262 8784
3273 8790 3281 8789
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