This impacts the area all the way from the Birmingham metro area south to Brent/Centreville…
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
949 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011
…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.
CAHABA RIVER AT CENTREVILLE AFFECTING BIBB…DALLAS AND PERRY
COUNTIES.
.HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY OVER THE CAHABA RIVER BASIN AND A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE 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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949 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE CAHABA RIVER NEAR CAHABA HEIGHTS.
* FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO THURSDAY EVENING…OR UNTIL THE WARNING
IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:30 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 2.9 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST…RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 17.4 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE
RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT…AT 17.0 FEET…FLOODING OF SOME COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN THE
AREA BEGINS.
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949 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE CAHABA RIVER AT CENTREVILLE.
* FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO FRIDAY MORNING…OR UNTIL THE WARNING
IS CANCELLED.
* AT 9:00 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.7 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST…RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 25.6 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE
RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY EVENING.
