FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
955 AM CST THU JAN 08 2009
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LOCUST FORK...
.FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE LOCUST FOR...AND THE FLOOD
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.
SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  TURN
AROUND...DON`T DROWN.
ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY FRIDAY MORNING...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.
955 AM CST THU JAN 08 2009
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE LOCUST FORK AT SAYRE.
* UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 9 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 39 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 25 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 39.4 FEET BY THIS
AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE FRIDAY.
* IMPACT...AT 25 FEET...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS BEGINS AND
INCREASES AS LEVELS RISE ABOVE 30 FEET.