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Flood Statement

National Weather Service Birmingham AL

919 AM CDT Mon Apr 7 2025



...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Alabama...



  Locust Fork At Sayre affecting Walker, Jefferson and Tuscaloosa 

  Counties.



.Flooding continues on the Black Warrior River and a flood warning 

remains in effect.



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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919 AM CDT Mon Apr 7 2025



...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING...



* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.



* WHERE...Locust Fork at Sayre.



* WHEN...Until tomorrow evening.



* IMPACTS...At 25.0 feet,  Flooding of low lying wood lands and 

  agricultural lands along the Locust Fork occurs.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 8:00 AM CDT Monday the stage was 24.8 feet.

  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 29.0

    feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below

    flood stage tomorrow morning.

  - Flood stage is 25.0 feet.





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

      3362 8714 3373 8698





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