Warrior River Flood Update

The image below is from Twitter user @CrimsonFJR, taken at Manderson Park near the University of Alabama campus…

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BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
944 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2011

…THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LOCUST FORK AT SAYRE…

.HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES HAS OCCURRED SINCE MONDAY MORNING
OVER THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER BASIN…AND A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. TURN AROUND…DON`T DROWN.

ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING…OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

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944 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2011

…FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON…THE FLOOD
WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE LOCUST FORK AT SAYRE.
* UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON…OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 9:00 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 28.4 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 25 FEET.
* FORECAST…THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 31.3 FEET BY THIS
EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TOMORROW .

$$

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944 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER AT HOLT LOCK AND DAM.
* UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING…OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 9:00 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 141.5 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 140 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST…THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
TONIGHT.
* IMPACT…AT 140 FEET…SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IN
OCCURS.

$$

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/TODA1.1.ER.110906T0322Z.110907T0600Z.110908T0322Z.NO/
944 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER AT OLIVER LOCK AND DAM.
* UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING…OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 7:00 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 132.2 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 129 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST…THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 134.4 FEET BY
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT . THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW LATE EVENING .
* IMPACT…AT 135 FEET…NUMEROUS CAMPHOUSES AND SOME PERMANENT
RESIDENCES SOUTHWEST OF TUSCALOOSA BECOME CUTOFF.

$$

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944 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER AT SELDEN LOCK AND DAM.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE…OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
CANCELLED.
* AT 6:00 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 81.8 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 90 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST…RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TOMORROW AND CONTINUE
TO RISE TO NEAR 98.9 FEET BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT…AT 98 FEET…SOME CABINS AND TRAILERS ALONG THE RIVER
BEGIN TO FLOOD.

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