Crap! It is starting up again. There are 5 flood warnings for Birmingham right now, and this one is mine:
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FORECAST INFORMATION FOR *BLACK WARRIOR RIVER AT BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM. ** AT *1:30 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 188.1 FEET. ** FLOOD STAGE IS 189.0 FEET. ** FORECAST
THE RIVER WILL RISE TO NEAR 188.1 FEET THIS EVENING. ** IMPACT
AT 189.0 FEET
FLOODING OF FARMLAND AND LOW LYING *WOODLANDS IN THE AREA OCCURS. *
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The Warrior is a huge deep commercial shipping river. In the 18 yrs we have lied here, it has never flooded. I didn't think it could flood, what with the locks and dams.