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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 25, 2009Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Mar 25, 2009, 9:01 AM CDT for Sumter County, Alabama. It took effect at Mar 26, 2009, 12:53 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 25, 2009, 9:01 AM CDT (14:01 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 26, 2009, 12:53 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 1, 2009, 7:54 PM CDT
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Flood severity: Minor

County Sumter County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Sucarnoochee River at Livingston (LVNA1). The gauge peaked at 21.89 ft at Mar 29, 2009, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02467500, 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 Mar 25, 7:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 7:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 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
Mar 25, 5:00 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	13 hr
Mar 25, 8:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter	5 days
Mar 25, 8:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	9 days
Mar 25, 8:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo	8 days
Mar 25, 3:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	18 hr

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.