Alert archive / Alabama / River Flood Warnings in 2009
River Flood Warning 1, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Jan 5, 2009, 8:50 PM CST for 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 6, 2009, 1:39 PM CST. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 5, 2009, 8:50 PM CST (02:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 6, 2009, 1:39 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2009, 10:39 AM CST
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Sumter County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Tombigbee River at Bevill Lock and Dam (AVLA1). The gauge peaked at 132.41 ft at Jan 8, 2009, 9:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 122 ft
- Minor stage
- 122 ft
- Moderate stage
- 133 ft
- Major stage
- 135 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02444161, 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 Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jan 5, 8:00 PM CST, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 8:00 PM CST, 50 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 5, 6:50 PM CST, 2 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 650 PM CST MON JAN 5 2009 ALZ011>015-017>050-070045- AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE- CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE- JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY- PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA- TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON- 650 PM CST MON JAN 5 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT AND MUCH OF THE DAY TUESDAY. THE AREA WITH THE POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE THE MOST RAINFALL...UP TO 4 INCHES...IS ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST MONDAY THROUGH 6 PM TUESDAY FOR THESE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY...FROM THE CITIES OF ALICEVILLE...BIRMINGHAM...TALLADEGA...AND WEDOWEE... SOUTHWARD. THE PRIMARY THREAT TIME IS BETWEEN THE HOURS OF NOON AND 10 PM. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH BOW ECHOES. HOWEVER...TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 THROUGH 6 PM TUESDAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON NEAR THE ALABAMA... MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE...AND MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY. WHILE WIND PROFILES APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR WIDESPREAD DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG STORMS...QUESTIONS REMAIN ABOUT AVAILABLE INSTABILITY. HOWEVER...THERE IS NOW SOME CONCERN THAT A FEW BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS MAY OCCUR IN THE WARM SECTOR OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...WHICH WOULD RAPIDLY DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE AND SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED SUPERCELLS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHERN ALABAMA MAY CONTRIBUTE TO RIVER RISES AND POSSIBLE FLOODING IN THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER BASIN WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 7:22 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Blount | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 7:34 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 7:43 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 3 hr |
| Jan 6, 9:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 6 days |
| Jan 6, 9:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 9 days |
| Jan 6, 9:51 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 4 days |
| Jan 6, 9:56 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo | 9 days |
| Jan 6, 11:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Blount, Cherokee, Etowah | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 11:12 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 15 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 6, 11:58 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 1:06 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 1:37 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter, Tuscaloosa | 4 days |
| Jan 6, 1:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 23 min |
| Jan 6, 1:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Walker | 31 min |
| Jan 6, 2:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah | 23 min |
| Jan 6, 3:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah, St. Clair | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 31 min |
| Jan 6, 3:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:45 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Bibb, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 16 min |
| Jan 6, 5:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 6, 5:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne | 33 min |
| Jan 6, 5:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 26 min |
Nearby
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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.