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NOTE: River forecasts for this location take into account past precipitation and the precipitation amounts expected approximately 48 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time. NOTE: Forecasts for the Murder Creek (AL) at Brewton are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.

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Flood Categories (in feet) Major Flood Stage: 29 Moderate Flood Stage: 25 Flood Stage: 22 Action Stage: 17 Low Stage (in feet): 0 Historic Crests (1) 37.00 ft on 03/15/1929 (2) 32.61 ft on 03/17/1990 (3) 30.93 ft on 03/13/1990 (4) 30.20 ft on 07/08/1916 (5) 29.90 ft on 04/11/1975 Show More Historic Crests (P): Preliminary values subject to further review. Recent Crests (1) 22.18 ft on 06/22/2017 (2) 23.25 ft on 01/04/2017 (3) 22.55 ft on 12/26/2015 (4) 22.22 ft on 05/15/2014 (5) 28.27 ft on 12/15/2009 Show More Recent Crests (P): Preliminary values subject to further review. Low Water Records Currently none available. For more information on your flood risk go to www.floodsmart.gov. Show FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layers FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layers not showing? Why aren't the FEMA National Flood Hazard Layers showing on the ESRI Map? Possible reasons: There are no FEMA National Flood Hazard Layers for the location which you are viewing on ESRI Maps. The FEMA Web Mapping Service (WMS) is down. Note: Your zoom level may have changed. ESRI's zoom levels must be between 14 and 16 to show National Flood Hazard layers.

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Flood Impacts & Photos

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37	Severe flooding in Brewton and East Brewton.
33	The Highway 29 Bridge across Murder Creek and Highway 31 Bridge across Burnt Corn Creek will be flooded.
30	Severe flooding will occur in Brewton south of Court and East Streets.
27	Water reaches Brewton City Hall and Highway 31 beings to flood.
25	Water will reach to Downing Street in Brewton. Portions of Snowden Street in East Brewton will become flooded. Flooding of Highway 29 will worsen and become impassable. St. Nicholas street begins to flood.
24	Flooding of Highway 29 begins.
22	Flooding of Persimmon and Ann Streets will begin.

About This Location

Latitude: 31.100833° N, Longitude: 87.068889° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84 River Stage Reference Frame Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses NWS stage 0 ft 22 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps Vertical Datum Elevation (gauge height = 0) Elevation (gauge height = flood stage) Elevation information source NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps NGVD 29 62.07 ft 84.07 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks Other Not Available Not Available   Current/Historical Observations: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data and Site Info for Brewton

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