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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 
1015 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER...LOCUST FORK...

LOCUST FORK AT SAYRE... 
 MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
                     
  LATEST STAGE:    14.4 FEET AT 9 AM THURSDAY.
  BANKFULL STAGE:  25 FEET.  
  FLOOD STAGE:     25 FEET.
  FORECAST:        RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 
                   CREST 29 TO 29.5 FEET MID DAY SATURDAY. 
                   FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
 
FLOODING OF LOW LYING WOODLANDS AND AGRICULTURAL LANDS
ALONG THE LOCUST FORK OCCURS AS THE RIVER RISES ABOVE 25 FEET.  

HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER THE LOCUST FORK BASIN AND 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL SEND THE 
LOCUST FORK INTO FLOOD.

ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST 
FORECASTS...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND 
PROPERTY FROM RISING RIVER LEVELS. 

IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT THIS FORECAST IS BASED ON RAINFALL THAT HAS 
ALREADY OCCURRED AND ON ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED TODAY AND 
TONIGHT.  IF MORE RAINFALL THAN IS CURRENTLY FORECAST OCCURS IT MAY 
BECOME NECESSARY TO REVISE THIS FORECAST UPWARD.

ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FRIDAY MORNING...OR SOONER IF 
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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