Flood Warning - Nance Creek/Courtland

 Flood Warning

National Weather Service Huntsville AL

1024 AM CDT Sat Sep 14 2024

...The National Weather Service in Huntsville AL has issued a Flood

Warning for the following rivers in Alabama...

  Big Nance Creek AT Courtland affecting Lawrence County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood

deaths occur in vehicles.

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive

cars through flooded areas.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

ALC079-150330-

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1024 AM CDT Sat Sep 14 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO TOMORROW

AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Big Nance Creek at Courtland.

* WHEN...From this afternoon to tomorrow afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 16.0 feet, Water begins to cover roads south of

  downtown Courtland.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 9:00 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 9.8 feet.

  - Bankfull stage is 12.0 feet.

  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage

    late this afternoon to a crest of 15.5 feet just after

    midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage late

    tomorrow morning.

  - Flood stage is 14.0 feet.

  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of

    15.5 feet on 03/03/2004.

  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 3479 8742 3476 8733 3468 8725 3457 8728

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