Thanks to Glenn Katauskas for this image… he writes:
“road out in bibb county, “old six mile road”, off of highway 25 just south of six mile grocery….
taken by a friend this morning and sent to my cell phone…. no further details…..”
And, a new flood warning for the Cahaba River in Bibb County:
FLWBMX
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
930 AM CDT MON SEP 21 2009
…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA…
CAHABA RIVER AT CENTREVILLE AFFECTING BIBB…DALLAS AND PERRY
COUNTIES.
.HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS IS PRODUCING RISES ON THE
CAHABA RIVER…AND A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE
CAHABA RIVER AT CENTREVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. TURN AROUND…DON’T DROWN.
ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY TUESDAY MORNING…OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.
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930 AM CDT MON SEP 21 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE CAHABA RIVER AT CENTREVILLE.
* UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING…OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 9 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 21 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 23 FEET.
* FORECAST…RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE
TO RISE TO NEAR 23.8 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING.
* IMPACT…AT 23 FEET…PASTURELANDS BEGIN TO FLOOD IN THE
CENTREVILLE AREA AROUND 25 FEET
