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Murder Creek at Brewton Observed crest: 18.08 ft at 11:30pm Feb 06 Observed: 14.21 ft at 3:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.2 ft at 4:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.18 ft at 4:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.18 ft at 5:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.16 ft at 5:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.15 ft at 6:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.15 ft at 6:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.17 ft at 7:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.15 ft at 7:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.13 ft at 8:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.16 ft at 8:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.22 ft at 9:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.14 ft at 9:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.14 ft at 10:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.15 ft at 10:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.29 ft at 11:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.31 ft at 11:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.34 ft at 12:00am Feb 5 Observed: 14.47 ft at 12:30am Feb 5 Observed: 14.64 ft at 1:00am Feb 5 Observed: 14.72 ft at 1:30am Feb 5 Observed: 14.86 ft at 2:00am Feb 5 Observed: 14.98 ft at 2:30am Feb 5 Observed: 15.18 ft at 3:00am Feb 5 Observed: 15.4 ft at 3:30am Feb 5 Observed: 15.57 ft at 4:00am Feb 5 Observed: 15.85 ft at 4:30am Feb 5 Observed: 16.02 ft at 5:00am Feb 5 Observed: 16.17 ft at 5:30am Feb 5 Observed: 16.37 ft at 6:00am Feb 5 Observed: 16.49 ft at 6:30am Feb 5 Observed: 16.68 ft at 7:00am Feb 5 Observed: 16.88 ft at 7:30am Feb 5 Observed: 16.92 ft at 8:00am Feb 5 Observed: 17.09 ft at 8:30am Feb 5 Observed: 17.2 ft at 9:00am Feb 5 Observed: 17.39 ft at 9:30am Feb 5 Observed: 17.39 ft at 10:00am Feb 5 Observed: 17.45 ft at 10:30am Feb 5 Observed: 17.43 ft at 11:00am Feb 5 Observed: 17.5 ft at 11:30am Feb 5 Observed: 17.53 ft at 12:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.56 ft at 12:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.59 ft at 1:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.6 ft at 1:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.66 ft at 2:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.68 ft at 2:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.67 ft at 3:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.71 ft at 3:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.69 ft at 4:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.71 ft at 4:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.67 ft at 5:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.73 ft at 5:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.75 ft at 6:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.71 ft at 6:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.69 ft at 7:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.72 ft at 7:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.69 ft at 8:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.7 ft at 8:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.78 ft at 9:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.73 ft at 9:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.68 ft at 10:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.72 ft at 10:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.86 ft at 11:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.76 ft at 11:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.79 ft at 12:00am Feb 6 Observed: 17.8 ft at 12:30am Feb 6 Observed: 17.88 ft at 1:00am Feb 6 Observed: 17.9 ft at 1:30am Feb 6 Observed: 17.89 ft at 2:00am Feb 6 Observed: 18 ft at 2:30am Feb 6 Observed: 17.94 ft at 3:00am Feb 6 Observed: 17.98 ft at 3:30am Feb 6 Observed: 18.08 ft at 4:00am Feb 6 Observed: 18.05 ft at 4:30am Feb 6 Observed: 18.06 ft at 5:00am Feb 6 Observed: 18.14 ft at 5:30am Feb 6 Observed: 18.13 ft at 6:00am Feb 6 Observed: 18.17 ft at 6:30am Feb 6 Observed: 18.19 ft at 7:00am Feb 6 Observed: 18.15 ft at 7:30am Feb 6 Observed: 18.13 ft at 8:00am Feb 6 Observed: 18.17 ft at 8:30am Feb 6 Observed: 18.11 ft at 9:00am Feb 6 Observed: 18.14 ft at 9:30am Feb 6 Observed: 18.13 ft at 10:00am Feb 6 Observed: 18.11 ft at 10:30am Feb 6 Observed: 18.11 ft at 11:00am Feb 6 Observed: 18.01 ft at 11:30am Feb 6 Observed: 17.97 ft at 12:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.95 ft at 12:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.92 ft at 1:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.92 ft at 1:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.87 ft at 2:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.87 ft at 2:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.87 ft at 3:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.84 ft at 3:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.95 ft at 4:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.92 ft at 4:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.79 ft at 5:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.78 ft at 5:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.77 ft at 6:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.8 ft at 6:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.79 ft at 7:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.85 ft at 7:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.76 ft at 8:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.81 ft at 8:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.77 ft at 9:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.83 ft at 9:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.79 ft at 10:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.75 ft at 10:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.79 ft at 11:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 18.08 ft at 11:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.81 ft at 12:00am Feb 7 Observed: 17.8 ft at 12:30am Feb 7 Observed: 17.78 ft at 1:00am Feb 7 Observed: 17.74 ft at 1:30am Feb 7 Observed: 17.77 ft at 2:00am Feb 7 Observed: 17.77 ft at 2:30am Feb 7 Observed: 17.74 ft at 3:00am Feb 7 Observed: 17.78 ft at 3:30am Feb 7 Observed: 17.76 ft at 4:00am Feb 7 Observed: 17.74 ft at 4:30am Feb 7 Observed: 17.77 ft at 5:00am Feb 7 Observed: 17.79 ft at 5:30am Feb 7 Observed: 17.72 ft at 6:00am Feb 7 Observed: 17.72 ft at 6:30am Feb 7 Observed: 17.7 ft at 7:00am Feb 7 Observed: 17.73 ft at 7:30am Feb 7 Observed: 17.68 ft at 8:00am Feb 7 Observed: 17.73 ft at 8:30am Feb 7 Observed: 17.68 ft at 9:00am Feb 7 Observed: 17.69 ft at 9:30am Feb 7 Observed: 17.68 ft at 10:00am Feb 7 Observed: 17.6 ft at 10:30am Feb 7 Observed: 17.57 ft at 11:00am Feb 7 Observed: 17.57 ft at 11:30am Feb 7 Observed: 17.48 ft at 12:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 17.45 ft at 12:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 17.44 ft at 1:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 17.41 ft at 1:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 17.37 ft at 2:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 17.34 ft at 2:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 17.31 ft at 3:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 17.31 ft at 3:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 17.32 ft at 4:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 17.23 ft at 4:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 17.19 ft at 5:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 17.18 ft at 5:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 17.14 ft at 6:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 17.13 ft at 6:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 17.05 ft at 7:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 17.04 ft at 7:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 17.07 ft at 8:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 17.02 ft at 8:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.94 ft at 9:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.9 ft at 9:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.96 ft at 10:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.85 ft at 10:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.85 ft at 11:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.76 ft at 11:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.73 ft at 12:00am Feb 8 Observed: 16.78 ft at 12:30am Feb 8 Observed: 16.7 ft at 1:00am Feb 8 Observed: 16.69 ft at 1:30am Feb 8 Observed: 16.59 ft at 2:00am Feb 8 Observed: 16.54 ft at 2:30am Feb 8 Observed: 16.49 ft at 3:00am Feb 8 Observed: 16.47 ft at 3:30am Feb 8 Observed: 16.44 ft at 4:00am Feb 8 Observed: 16.41 ft at 4:30am Feb 8 Observed: 16.39 ft at 5:00am Feb 8 Observed: 16.39 ft at 5:30am Feb 8 Observed: 16.36 ft at 6:00am Feb 8 Observed: 16.31 ft at 6:30am Feb 8 Observed: 16.22 ft at 7:00am Feb 8 Observed: 16.24 ft at 7:30am Feb 8 Observed: 16.2 ft at 8:00am Feb 8 Observed: 16.14 ft at 8:30am Feb 8 Observed: 16.14 ft at 9:00am Feb 8 Observed: 16.11 ft at 9:30am Feb 8 Observed: 16.07 ft at 10:00am Feb 8 Observed: 16.01 ft at 10:30am Feb 8 Observed: 15.98 ft at 11:00am Feb 8 Observed: 16.03 ft at 11:30am Feb 8 Observed: 15.9 ft at 12:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.87 ft at 12:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.83 ft at 1:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.8 ft at 1:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.77 ft at 2:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.74 ft at 2:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.71 ft at 3:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.69 ft at 3:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.66 ft at 4:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.63 ft at 4:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.61 ft at 5:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.58 ft at 5:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.55 ft at 6:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.52 ft at 6:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.52 ft at 7:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.48 ft at 7:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.46 ft at 8:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.42 ft at 8:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.42 ft at 9:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.4 ft at 9:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.4 ft at 10:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.32 ft at 10:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.34 ft at 11:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.28 ft at 11:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.29 ft at 12:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.21 ft at 12:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.26 ft at 1:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.25 ft at 1:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.16 ft at 2:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.16 ft at 2:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.2 ft at 3:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.12 ft at 3:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.08 ft at 4:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.1 ft at 4:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.14 ft at 5:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.03 ft at 5:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.04 ft at 6:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.06 ft at 6:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.05 ft at 7:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.04 ft at 7:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.07 ft at 8:00am Feb 9 Observed: 14.97 ft at 8:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.01 ft at 9:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15 ft at 9:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15 ft at 10:00am Feb 9 Observed: 14.99 ft at 10:30am Feb 9 Observed: 14.95 ft at 11:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15 ft at 11:30am Feb 9 Observed: 14.98 ft at 12:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 14.93 ft at 12:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 14.93 ft at 1:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 14.92 ft at 1:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 14.92 ft at 2:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 14.91 ft at 2:30pm Feb 9 Graph Created (2:39pm Feb 9, 2010) Observed BWMA1 (plotting HGIRG)   Gage 0  Datum: 62.07 Latest observed value: 14.91 ft at 2:30 PM CST 9-Feb-2010. Flood Stage is 22.0 ft.   Stage (ft) Flow (kcfs)
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Murder Creek 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

Historical 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
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37.5 SEVERE FLOODING IN BREWTON AND EAST BREWTON WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AS THE LEVEL DROPS BELOW 27 FEET.
37.0 SEVERE FLOODING IN BREWTON AND EAST BREWTON WILL OCCUR.
33.0 THE HIGHWAY 29 BRIDGE ACROSS MURDER CREEK AND THE HIGHWAY 31 BRIDGE ACROSS BURNT CORN CREEK WILL BE FLOODED.
31.0 FLOODING SOUTH OF COURT AND EAST STREETS IN BREWTON WILL SUBSIDE AS THE LEVEL DROPS BELOW 30 FEET.
29.0 SEVERE FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN BREWTON SOUTH OF COURT AND EAST STREETS AS THE CREEK CONTINUES TO RISES ABOVE 29 FEET.
27.5 FLOODING IN BREWTON WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE AS THE CREEK LEVEL CONTINUES TO DROP BUT SOME STREET FLOODING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE LEVEL DROPS BELOW 22 FEET.
27.0 FLOODING OF THE BREWTON CITY HALL AND HIGHWAY 31 WILL BEGIN AS THE LEVEL RISES TO 27 FEET.
25.0 WATER WILL REACH TO DOWNING STREET IN BREWTON AND PORTIONS OF SNOWDEN STREET IN EAST BREWTON WILL BECOME FLOODED. FLOODING OF HIGHWAY 29 WILL WORSEN AND BECOME IMPASSABLE.
24.0 FLOODING OF HIGHWAY 29 BEGINS WHEN THE RIVER REACHES 24 FEET.
22.5 STREET FLOODING IN BREWTON SHOULD GRADUALLY END AS THE CREEK LEVELS FALLS BELOW 22 FEET.
22.0 FLOODING OF PERSIMMON AND ANN STREETS WILL BEGIN AS THE CREEK LEVEL RISES ABOVE 22 FEET.

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