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WGUS44 KHUN 150137
FLWHUN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
837 PM CDT SAT SEP 14 2024
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA...
BIG NANCE CREEK AT COURTLAND AFFECTING LAWRENCE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
EVEN 6 INCHES OF FAST-MOVING FLOOD WATER CAN KNOCK YOU OFF YOUR FEET
AND A DEPTH OF 2 FEET WILL FLOAT YOUR CAR. NEVER TRY TO WALK, SWIM,
OR DRIVE THROUGH SUCH SWIFT WATER. IF YOU COME UPON FLOOD WATERS,
STOP, TURN AROUND AND GO ANOTHER WAY.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
ALC079-151500-
/O.EXT.KHUN.FL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-240916T1318Z/
/BNAA1.2.ER.240914T2200Z.240915T1200Z.240916T0718Z.NO/
837 PM CDT SAT SEP 14 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BIG NANCE CREEK AT COURTLAND.
* WHEN...UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, WATER BEGINS TO COVER ROADS SOUTH OF
DOWNTOWN COURTLAND.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 16.0 FEET TOMORROW MORNING.
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
16.1 FEET ON 01/03/1937.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3479 8742 3476 8733 3468 8725 3457 8728
3458 8741
RSB
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