BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
648 AM CDT FRI SEP 18 2009
…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 OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAS PRODUCED RISES ON THE CAHABA RIVER…AND A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE CAHABA RIVER AT CAHABA HEIGHTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. TURN AROUND…DON’T DROWN.
ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY SATURDAY MORNING…OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.
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648 AM CDT FRI SEP 18 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE CAHABA RIVER NEAR CAHABA HEIGHTS.
* UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON…OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 6:30 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.8 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14 FEET.
* FORECAST…RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE
TO RISE TO NEAR 14.9 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT…AT 14 FEET…MINOR FLOODING OCCURS IN THE CAHABA HEIGHTS
AREA AS THE LEVEL RISES
