BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1240 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2009
…THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE CAHABA RIVER…
.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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1240 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2009
…FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON…
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE CAHABA RIVER NEAR CAHABA HEIGHTS.
* UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON…OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 12:30 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.3 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14 FEET.
* FORECAST…THE RIVER HAS CRESTED AND WILL BEGIN TO FALL TO
BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT…AT 20 FEET…WATER OVERFLOWS THE YARDS OF SOME HOMES
NEAR THE RIVER
