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FGUS84 KBMX 071426
RVSBMX
ALC021-037-051-117-121-071826-

HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
926 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2013

...RIVER STATEMENT FOR THE COOSA RIVER AT CHILDERSBURG...

RISES ARE OCCURRING ON THE COOSA RIVER AT CHILDERSBURG. HOWEVER...
LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST BELOW ESTABLISHED FLOOD STAGES...
AND ANY OVERFLOW ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD BE OF A MINOR NATURE.

THE COOSA RIVER AT CHILDERSBURG.
 LATEST STAGE:     400.8 FEET AT 9 AM TUESDAY.
 FLOOD STAGE:      402 FEET.
 FORECAST:         CREST NEAR 401.9 FEET THIS EVENING
                   AND THEN BEGIN TO FALL.

* IMPACT...AT 402 FEET...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS BEGINS.  AT
  404 FEET FLOODING OF SOME LOW LYING ROADS IN THE AREA BEGINS...AND
  THE YARDS OF SOME HOMES NEAR THE RIVER BECOME FLOODED.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER
STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS EVENT.

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

&&

FOR DETAILED WEB INFORMATION CONCERNING RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS
FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA...GO TO:

         HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=BMX

FOR PRECIPITATION ANALYSIS...GO TO:

         WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SERFC/QPFVSMAP.SHTML

FOR FORECAST PRECIPITATION...GO TO:

         WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SERFC/?N=QPFPAGE

$$