NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNINGS/WATCHES ARE NOT TO BE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AFTER EXPIRATION TIME. RWUS42 KBHM 221730 FLSBHM FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1130 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 ...MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE ALONG THE SUCARNOOCHEE RIVER... RAINFALL EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS IS FORECAST TO SEND THE SUCARNOOCHEE RIVER TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE...AND AT THIS TIME SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOWLANDS ALONG THE RIVER IS POSSIBLE. AT LIVINGSTON...WHERE FLOOD STAGE IS 18 FEET...THE RIVER WAS AT 3.4 FEET THIS MORNING. A CREST NEAR 18 FEET IS FORECAST AT LIVINGSTON ON MONDAY...JANUARY 25TH. THIS WOULD PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING OF LOWLANDS IN THE AREA. IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT THIS FORECAST IS BASED ON RAINFALL EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IF THE RAINFALL THAT OCCURS IS GREATER OR LESS THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO REVISE THIS FORECAST. WRUS2 KBHM 221610 FLWBHM FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1010 AM CDT FRI JAN 22 1998 ...A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER BLACK WARRIOR RIVER... HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER BASIN DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AS A RESULT...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO GO INTO FLOOD DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AND A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER BLACK WARRIOR FROM AROUND TUSCALOOSA DOWNSTREAM. AT THE LOWER BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM...WHERE FLOOD STAGE IS 189 FEET... THE RIVER WAS AT 186.6 FEET THIS MORNING. A CREST OF 188 TO 189 FEET IS FORECAST AT BANKHEAD DAM ON SUNDAY JANUARY 24TH. THIS WOULD PRODUCE MINOR OVERFLOW IN THE AREA. AT THE LOWER TUSCALOOSA OLIVER LOCK AND DAM...WHERE FLOOD STAGE IS 129 FEET...THE RIVER WAS AT 102.2 FEET THIS MORNING. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH FLOOD STAGE AT OLIVER DAM ON SUNDAY...AND CREST NEAR 130 FEET LATE SUNDAY...JANUARY 24TH. THIS WOULD PRODUCE MAINLY AGRICULTURAL FLOODING IN AREAS AROUND TUSCALOOSA. AT THE LOWER SELDEN LOCK AND DAM...WHERE FLOOD STAGE IS 90 FEET...THE RIVER WAS AT 78.1 FEET THIS MORNING. A CREST NEAR 98 FEET IS FORECAST ON MONDAY...JANUARY 25TH. THIS WOULD FLOOD SOME SECONDARY ROADS IN THE AREAS...AND ALSO THREATEN SOME CABINS IN THE AREA. IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT THESE FORECASTS ARE BASED ON RAINFALL THAT IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IF THE EXPECTED RAINFALL IS GREATER OR LESS THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED...IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO REVISE THESE FORECASTS. WRUS2 KBHM 221602 FLWBHM FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1001 AM CDT FRI JAN 22 1998 ...A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER... HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER BASIN DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AS A RESULT... RISES ARE FORECAST ALONG THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO GO INTO FLOOD. AT THE LOWER BEVILL LOCK AND DAM...WHERE FLOOD STAGE IS 122 FEET... THE RIVER WAS AT 109.3 FEET THIS MORNING. THE TOMBIGBEE IS FORECAST TO GO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT BEVILL DAM BY SATURDAY EVENING...AND CREST NEAR 130 FEET ON MONDAY...JANUARY 25TH. CATTLE BEGIN TO BE CUT OFF IN THE LOWLANDS OF SOUTHERN PICKENS COUNTY AT STAGES AROUND 122 FEET... AND AT 128 FEET SOME CAMPHOUSES ALONG THE RIVER BEGIN TO FLOOD. AT THE LOWER GAINESVILLE LOCK AND DAM (HOWELL HEFLIN LOCK AND DAM)... WHERE FLOOD STAGE IS 101 FEET...THE RIVER WAS AT 79.1 FEET THIS MORNING. THE TOMBIGBEE IS FORECAST TO GO INTO FLOOD AT GAINESVILLE BY SUNDAY MORNING...AND CREST BETWEEN 103 AND 104 FEET ON MONDAY...JANUARY 25TH. THIS WILL FLOOD LOW-LYING WOODED AND AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN THE AREA. AT THE LOWER DEMOPOLIS LOCK AND DAM...WHERE FLOOD STAGE IS 68 FEET... THE RIVER WAS AT 42.9 FEET THIS MORNING. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS AT DEMOPOLIS...REACHING FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY...AND CRESTING NEABETWEEN 76 AND 77 FEET ON THURSDAY...JANUARY 28TH. SOME CABINS AND TRAILERS...AS WELL AS SECONDARY ROADS...BEGIN TO FLOOD AT STAGES AROUND 73 FEET. THE PARKING LOT AT THE CITY LANDING BEGINS TO FLOOD AT STAGES ABOVE 77 FEET. IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT THESE FORECASTS ARE BASED ON RAINFALL THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED...AND ON ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TODAY AND TONIGHT IS GREATER OR LESS THAN EXPECTED IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO REVISE THESE FORECASTS. WWUS35 KBHM 221257 COR SPSBHM ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-221500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED FOR NORTH/CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 640 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY AND TONIGHT... A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT...WILL MOVE JUST WEST AND NORTH OF ALABAMA...AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH SATURDAY. AS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTH OF THE AREA...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS ALABAMA...AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL EXIST ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORM SYSTEM...HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES...OR GREATER...ARE POSSIBLE. RAINFALL WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE DAY ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY START DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA. THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. STILL...THE BULK OF THE RAINFALL SHOULD OCCUR TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. PLEASE NOTE: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS MAY BE THE MOST SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS... AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. COMPUTER MODELS SUGGEST THAT A LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. THE STORM PREDICTIONS CENTER HAS PLACE AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF A VERNON...ALABASTER...AUBURN...DOTHAN LINE UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF THIS LINE ARE UNDER A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PLANNING... IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS ACTIVATE THIS MORNING ACROSS THE NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED EITHER BY MIDDAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON ...AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. EVERYONE SHOULD PLAN FOR A LONG DURATION OF POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO TONIGHT. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SEE PRODUCT BHMSPSMOB. FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...LOOK AT MIASPSTLH. FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT OUR INTERNET SITE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT http://www.acesag.auburn.edu/department/nws/ WWUS35 KBHM 221255 SPSBHM ALZ001>069-FLZ001>015-GAZ089-090-102-120-221500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 653 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT...WILL MOVE JUST WEST AND NORTH OF ALABAMA...AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH SATURDAY. AS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTH OF THE AREA...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS ALABAMA...AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL EXIST ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORM SYSTEM...HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE NOTE: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS MAY BE THE MOST SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS... AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. COMPUTER MODELS SUGGEST THAT A LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. THE STORM PREDICTIONS CENTER HAS PLACE AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF A VERNON...ALABASTER...AUBURN...DOTHAN LINE UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF THIS LINE ARE UNDER A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. USERS... PLEASE REFER TO THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MOBILE CONCERING SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PLEASE REFER TO THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA CONCERING SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. WWUS35 KBHM 221241 SPSBHM ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-221500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH/CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 640 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY AND TONIGHT... A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT...WILL MOVE JUST WEST AND NORTH OF ALABAMA...AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH SATURDAY. AS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTH OF THE AREA...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS ALABAMA...AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL EXIST ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORM SYSTEM...HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS AREA POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. RAINFALL WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE DAY ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY START DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA. THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. STILL...THE BULK OF THE RAINFALL SHOULD OCCUR TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. PLEASE NOTE: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS MAY BE THE MOST SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS... AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. COMPUTER MODELS SUGGEST THAT A LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. THE STORM PREDICTIONS CENTER HAS PLACE AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF A VERNON...ALABASTER...AUBURN...DOTHAN LINE UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF THIS LINE ARE UNDER A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLANNING... IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS ACTIVATE THIS MORNING ACROSS THE NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED EITHER BY MIDDAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON ...AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. EVERYONE SHOULD PLAN FOR A LONG DURATION OF POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO TONIGHT. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SEE PRODUCT BHMSPSMOB. FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...LOOK AT MIASPSTLH. FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT OUR INTERNET SITE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT http://www.acesag.auburn.edu/department/nws/ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNINGS/WATCHES ARE NOT TO BE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AFTER EXPIRATION TIME. *** NO WARNINGS/WATCHES DURING THE LAST 6 HOURS ***