Flood Warning Issued for Cahaba River

For our friends in the southern suburbs of Birmingham near the Cahaba River, watch for rising river levels. Very heavy rain overnight has caused excessive runoff in the river basin and this runoff is now causing river levels to rise. Flooding is expected to impact areas along the river in portions of Shelby, Jefferson and Bibb Counties.

…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA…

CAHABA RIVER NEAR CAHABA HEIGHTS AFFECTING BIBB…JEFFERSON AND
SHELBY COUNTIES.

HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED LAST NIGHT IS PRODUCING RISES OVER THE
UPPER CAHABA RIVER BASIN…AND A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
THE CAHABA RIVER NEAR CAHABA HEIGHTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

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

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE CAHABA RIVER NEAR CAHABA HEIGHTS.
* UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING…OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 12:30 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.4 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST…RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO
RISE TO NEAR 15.5 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* IMPACT…AT 14 FEET…MINOR FLOODING OCCURS IN THE CAHABA HEIGHTS
AREA.

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