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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
222 PM CDT WED APR 29 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA...
BLACK WARRIOR RIVER AT SELDEN LOCK AND DAM AFFECTING HALE, GREENE
AND MARENGO COUNTIES.
.DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER BASIN, A
FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER.
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.
ALC063-065-091-301030-
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/WLDA1.1.ER.260501T1115Z.260501T1800Z.260502T0325Z.NO/
222 PM CDT WED APR 29 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO LATE SATURDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BLACK WARRIOR RIVER AT SELDEN LOCK AND DAM.
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO LATE SATURDAY 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:00 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 75.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
FRIDAY MORNING TO A CREST OF 90.6 FEET EARLY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE FRIDAY
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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