Full Notification

FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
857 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA...

COOSA RIVER AT GADSDEN AFFECTING CALHOUN...CHEROKEE...ETOWAH AND
ST. CLAIR COUNTIES.

.HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WEEKEND IS PRODUCING RISES ALONG THE COOSA
RIVER...AND A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE COOSA RIVER AT
GADSDEN FOR MINOR FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN.

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

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857 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE COOSA RIVER AT GADSDEN .
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
CANCELLED.
* AT 7 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 510.7 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 511 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 511.1 FEET BY EARLY TONIGHT. THE RIVER
WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT .
* IMPACT...AT 511 FEET...LOW LYING FARM LANDS IN THE GADSDEN AREA
BEGIN TO FLOOD.