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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
847 PM CDT WED APR 29 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA...
TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT BEVILL LOCK AND DAM AFFECTING PICKENS, GREENE
AND SUMTER COUNTIES.
.RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER BASIN
WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE RISES ON THE RIVER 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 THURSDAY MORNING, OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.
ALC063-107-119-301700-
/O.EXT.KBMX.FL.W.0005.260430T1040Z-260501T2100Z/
/AVLA1.1.ER.260430T1040Z.260430T1800Z.260501T0900Z.NO/
847 PM CDT WED APR 29 2026
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TOMBIGBEE RIVER AT BEVILL LOCK AND DAM.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 122.0 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 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 119.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 122.5 FEET EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 122.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 3321 8827 3307 8816 3287 8813 3285 8822
3301 8825 3320 8832
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