FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 735 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE PAINT ROCK RIVER NEAR WOODVILLE
* UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING
* AT 7 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.8 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 19.5 FEET BY
EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 20.0 FEET...PORTIONS OF ALABAMA STATE HIGHWAY 65 ARE
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. NUMEROUS SIDE ROADS ARE FLOODED...AND
SOME RESIDENTS OF THE PAINT ROCK VALLEY ARE STRANDED IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES DUE TO ROADS BEING FLOODED.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 18.7 FEET
ON JAN 8 2009.
RIVER FLOOD OBSERVED 1AM 7AM 1PM 7PM CREST
LOCATION STAGE STG DAY TIME THU THU THU THU STG DAY TIME
PAINT ROCK RIVER
WOODVILLE 16.0 18.8 WED 7 PM 19.2 19.4 19.5 19.5 19.5 THU 6 PM
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