Flood Warning – Cahaba River

James Spann | May 18, 2013 @ 2:34 pm

This is for the Cahaba River in the Birmingham metro…

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BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
226 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

…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 OF 4 TO 6 INCHES HAS OCCURRED SINCE FRIDAY OVER THE
UPPER CAHABA RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN…AND A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN
EFFECT FOR THE CAHABA RIVER NEAR CAHABA HEIGHTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. TURN AROUND…DON’T DROWN.

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226 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE CAHABA RIVER NEAR CAHABA HEIGHTS.
* UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT…OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 1:30 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.2 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST…THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 18 FEET BY SUNDAY
MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT…AT 17 FEET…FLOODING OF SOME COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN THE
AREA BEGINS.

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