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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1019 AM EDT Tue Mar 18 2025

...The National Weather Service in Tallahassee FL has issued a Flood 
Warning for the following rivers in Alabama...

  Pea River near Ariton (US 231) affecting Dale and Coffee Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued this evening at 900 PM CDT.

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919 AM CDT Tue Mar 18 2025

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

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Pea River near Ariton (US 231).

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

* IMPACTS...At 14.0 feet, The backyard of a home near U.S. Highway 
  231 and Pea River will start to flood.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 9:00 AM CDT Tuesday the stage was 12.5 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    early this afternoon to a crest of 15.1 feet just after
    midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage late
    Wednesday morning.
  - Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    15.2 feet on 02/28/2013.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 3162 8571 3143 8590 3149 8593 3162 8579


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Godsey