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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
849 PM CDT WED APR 29 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA...
BLACK WARRIOR RIVER AT SELDEN LOCK AND DAM AFFECTING GREENE,
MARENGO AND HALE COUNTIES.
.RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER
BASIN
WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE RISES ON THE RIVER AT SELDEN 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 AFTERNOON, OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.
ALC063-065-091-301700-
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849 PM CDT WED APR 29 2026
...FLOOD WARNING NOW 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 8:30 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 78.6 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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