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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Birmingham AL

1036 AM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025



...The National Weather Service in Birmingham AL has issued a Flood 

Warning for the following rivers in Alabama...



  Locust Fork At Sayre affecting Walker, Jefferson and Tuscaloosa 

  Counties.



.Heavy rainfall is expected to produce rises over the Black Warrior 

River basin and a flood warning is now in effect for the Black 

Warrior River at Sayre.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 

deaths occur in vehicles.



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The next statement will be issued late tonight, or sooner if 

conditions warrant.





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1036 AM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING TO LATE WEDNESDAY 

MORNING...



* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.



* WHERE...Locust Fork at Sayre.



* WHEN...From Monday morning to late Wednesday morning.



* IMPACTS...At 25 feet,  Flooding of low lying wood lands and 

  agricultural lands along the Locust Fork occurs.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 6:00 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 4.8 feet.

  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage

    late tomorrow morning to a crest of 27.8 feet early Tuesday

    morning. It will then fall below flood stage late Tuesday

    evening.

  - Flood stage is 25 feet.





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LAT...LON 3371 8694 3358 8705 3345 8733 3348 8737

      3362 8714 3373 8698





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86/Martin