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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 
856 PM CDT SAT APR 09 2005


...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE SUCARNOOCHEE RIVER...

SUCARNOOCHEE RIVER AT LIVINGSTON... 
 MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
                     
  LATEST STAGE:    18.2 FEET AT 7 PM SATURDAY.
  BANKFULL STAGE:  17.0 FEET.  
  FLOOD STAGE:     18.0 FEET.
  FORECAST:        THE SUCARNOOCHEE RIVER AT LIVINGSTON IS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
                   AND WILL CREST NEAR 18.7 FEET AROUND 7 AM SUNDAY MORNING. 
                   IT IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 11 PM 
                   SUNDAY NIGHT.
 
AT 18.0 FEET,  FLOODING OF FARMLANDS AROUND LIVINGSTON OCCURS AND 
CATTLE SHOULD BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND.  

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 CCURRED
LAST WEEK.  THE CHANGE IS DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF WATER FLOWING DOWNSTREAM
FROM LAST WEEKS HEAVY RAINS.

ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY TOMORROW MORNING.



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