Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - NWS Birmingham, Alabama
Areas Affected: Greene, AL; Hale, AL; Marengo, AL
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Sunday 8:05pm CST
Alert Effective: Sunday 8:05pm CST
Alert Expires: Monday 11:15am CST (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Tuesday 10:40pm CST
Event Ends: Friday 5:16pm CST
Issued by: NWS Birmingham AL
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...The National Weather Service in Birmingham AL has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Alabama... Black Warrior River At Selden Lock and Dam affecting Marengo, Greene and Hale Counties. .Heavy rainfall of 2 to 3 inches has occurred the past several days over the Black Warrior River basin, and a flood warning is now in effect for the Black Warrior River. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Black Warrior River at Selden Lock and Dam. * WHEN...From Tuesday evening to Friday afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 90.0 feet, Pasture and wood lands begin to flood. Livestock should be moved to higher ground at stages above 90 feet. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 7:45 PM CST Sunday the stage was 75.5 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late Tuesday evening to a crest of 91.5 feet early Thursday morning. It will then fall below flood stage early Friday morning. - Flood stage is 90.0 feet.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && The next statement will be issued Monday morning, or sooner if conditions warrant.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f9b90620868668b75be0839476b027fc48ff9ecf.001.1 Codes: ALC063, ALC065, ALC091 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f9b90620868668b75be0839476b027fc48ff9ecf.001.1