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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 7, 20097 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Jan 7, 2009, 2:20 PM CST for 7 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 9, 2009, 8:18 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 7, 2009, 2:20 PM CST (20:20 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 9, 2009, 8:18 PM CST
Expired: Jan 8, 2009, 10:06 AM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Coosa River at Weiss Dam (CREA1).

Action stage: 564.5 ft
Minor stage: 567 ft
Moderate stage: 572 ft
Major stage: 575 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02399499, 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 7, 11:26 AM CST, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 11:26 AM CST, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 7, 12:30 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 7, 10:20 AM CST, 4 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1020 AM CST WED JAN 07 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CENTRE                  34.15N 85.67W
01/06/2009                   CHEROKEE           AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES REPORTED DOWN ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY...TIME
            ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 330PM AND 4PM.

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GOLDEN

Local storm report, Jan 7, 10:25 AM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 7, 2:01 PM CST, 19 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 6, 6:56 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah, St. Clair	3 hr
Jan 6, 7:37 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Marengo, Tuscaloosa	38 hr
Jan 6, 7:55 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Cherokee	3 hr
Jan 6, 8:06 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Shelby, Talladega	14 hr
Jan 6, 8:06 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby	34 hr
Jan 6, 8:06 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Etowah and 3 more	18 hr
Jan 6, 8:13 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion, Pickens	3 hr
Jan 6, 9:57 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Blount, Etowah, St. Clair	8 hr
Jan 6, 10:35 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	3 hr
Jan 6, 10:48 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Lamar, Marion, Pickens	7 hr
Jan 6, 11:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pike	52 min
Jan 7, 12:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Pike	56 min
Jan 7, 12:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Russell	46 min
Jan 7, 12:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Tuscaloosa	3 days
Jan 7, 4:12 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	14 hr
Jan 7, 6:10 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Dallas, Perry	31 hr
Jan 7, 11:15 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	5 days

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.