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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 

951 AM CST TUE JAN 06 2009



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 

WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA... 



  LOCUST FORK AT SAYRE AFFECTING JEFFERSON...TUSCALOOSA AND WALKER 

  COUNTIES.



.HEAVY RAINFALL OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES HAS OCCURRED OVER THE LAST

24 HOURS OVER THE LOCUST FORK BASIN...AND A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW

IN EFFECT FOR THE LOCUST FORK IN SAYRE.



SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  TURN 

AROUND...DON'T DROWN. 



ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...OR SOONER IF 

CONDITIONS WARRANT.



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951 AM CST TUE JAN 06 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A 



* FLOOD WARNING FOR 

  THE LOCUST FORK AT SAYRE.

* FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS 

  CANCELLED.

* AT  9 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.9 FEET. 

* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 

* FLOOD STAGE IS 25 FEET. 

* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND 

  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 29.2 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING . THE RIVER 

  SHOULD FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.





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