Flood Warning For Cahaba River
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
802 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010
CAHABA RIVER NEAR CAHABA HEIGHTS AFFECTING BIBB…JEFFERSON AND
SHELBY COUNTIES.
.HEAVY RAINFALL OF OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAS OCCURRED DURING THE PAST
24 HOURS OVER THE CAHABA RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN…AND A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE CAHABA RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. TURN AROUND…DON’T DROWN.
ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THURSDAY MORNING…OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
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802 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE CAHABA RIVER NEAR CAHABA HEIGHTS.
* UNTIL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT…OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 7:30 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.9 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST…RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO
RISE TO NEAR 16.0 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW . THE RIVER WILL
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON .
* IMPACT…AT 17.0 FEET…FLOODING OF SOME COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN THE
AREA BEGINS AT STAGES NEAR 18 FEET
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