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WGUS84 KBMX 141422
FLSBMX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
922 AM CDT SAT MAR 14 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA...
BLACK WARRIOR RIVER AT SELDEN LOCK AND DAM AFFECTING MARENGO,
HALE AND GREENE COUNTIES.
.FLOODING CONTINUES ON THE BLACK WARRIOR 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.
ALC063-065-091-150530-
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922 AM CDT SAT MAR 14 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BLACK WARRIOR RIVER AT SELDEN LOCK AND DAM.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 90.0 FEET, PASTURE AND WOOD LANDS BEGIN TO FLOOD.
LIVESTOCK SHOULD BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND AT STAGES ABOVE 90 FEET.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 91.8 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:00 AM CDT SATURDAY WAS 91.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 92.0
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 90.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 3277 8782 3256 8769 3251 8782 3262 8784
3273 8790 3281 8789
25/OWEN
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