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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Huntsville, AL

December 10, 2008Madison County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this river flood warning at Dec 10, 2008, 5:20 AM CST for Madison County, Alabama. It took effect at Dec 10, 2008, 8:24 AM CST. It was in force for 55 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 10, 2008, 5:20 AM CST (11:20 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 10, 2008, 8:24 AM CST
Expired: Dec 12, 2008, 3:08 PM CST
In force: 55 hr
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Flood severity: Minor

County Madison County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Flint River (AL) at Brownsboro (BSBA1).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03575100, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Dec 10, 4:21 AM CST, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 4:21 AM CST, 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 8:51 PM CST, 8 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
851 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-101100-
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
851 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH IN THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS. IN ADDITION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH
DAYBREAK...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UNDER TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS.
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN. FOR MORE
INFORMATION...PLEASE SEE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH /HUNFFAHUN/.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES EASTWARD...THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL TENNESSEE VALLEY EARLY WEDNESDAY. COLDER
AND DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY.

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM DIGGING INTO THE GULF COASTAL REGION...IS
FORECAST TO TRACK FROM THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO AND THROUGH
THE SOUTHEAST STATES WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WILL
BRING ANOTHER BATCH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW THURSDAY.

UNCERTAINTY REMAINS QUITE HIGH WITH REGARDS TO STRENGTH AND TIMING
OF THIS PARTICULAR STORM. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MONITOR FUTURE
UPDATED FORECASTS AS THIS SYSTEM DEVELOPS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY STORM
DAMAGE OR RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
HUNTSVILLE.

AMP/DJN/JLL

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 10, 2:11 AM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 10, 2:21 AM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 10, 3:15 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 10, 3:45 AM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 10, 3:51 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 10, 5:03 AM CST, 17 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 9, 8:44 PM CST	Flash Flood Watch	HUN	Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more	12 hr
Dec 9, 9:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin	37 min
Dec 9, 9:29 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	6 hr
Dec 9, 9:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	47 min
Dec 9, 10:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lawrence	44 min
Dec 9, 10:34 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Cullman, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 3 more	9 hr
Dec 10, 12:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Cullman	52 min
Dec 10, 12:22 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Cullman	23 min
Dec 10, 12:43 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Cullman	32 min
Dec 10, 1:06 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson	24 min
Dec 10, 1:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson, Marshall	33 min
Dec 10, 1:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Cullman	31 min
Dec 10, 1:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson	20 min
Dec 10, 1:44 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall	3 hr
Dec 10, 2:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Marshall	23 min
Dec 10, 2:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Cullman	20 min
Dec 10, 3:18 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	6 hr
Dec 10, 5:29 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HUN	Lawrence	3 days
Dec 10, 2:08 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	16 hr
Dec 10, 4:05 PM CST	Flood Watch	HUN	Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more	23 hr
Dec 10, 4:07 PM CST	Wind Advisory	HUN	Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more	10 hr
Dec 9, 11:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	6 hr
Dec 10, 5:15 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln	14 hr
Dec 10, 5:38 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2008 Every river flood warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.