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River Flood Warning 48, NWS Birmingham, AL

September 19, 2009Jefferson County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Sep 19, 2009, 6:33 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 19, 2009, 6:33 AM CDT (11:33 UTC)
Expired: Sep 19, 2009, 9:46 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Flood severity: Minor

County Jefferson County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Village Creek (AL) at Avenue W in Ensley (ENSA1). The gauge peaked at 10.91 ft at Sep 19, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02458450, 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 Sep 19, 3:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 3:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 19, 5:50 AM CDT, 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
550 AM CDT SAT SEP 19 2009

ALZ011>015-017>050-200000-
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-
550 AM CDT SAT SEP 19 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MIDNIGHT...
...THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HIGH TODAY...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IS EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR ALL
OF THE AREA...EXCEPT THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL. THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINFALL...AND ANY
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

PERIODS OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...
KEEPING THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE FORECAST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE
NECESSARY IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 19, 2:17 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 19, 5:36 AM CDT, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
536 AM CDT SAT SEP 19 2009

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

0300 AM     FLASH FLOOD      5 SE MOUNTAIN CREEK     32.65N 86.42W
09/19/2009                   AUTAUGA            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL PAVED ROADS WASHED OUT.

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MROSE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 18, 7:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	96 min
Sep 18, 7:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Lamar	117 min
Sep 18, 7:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Lamar	2 hr
Sep 18, 7:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Walker	114 min
Sep 18, 8:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Fayette	3 hr
Sep 18, 8:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Walker	2 hr
Sep 18, 8:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston	3 hr
Sep 18, 11:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Montgomery	56 min
Sep 19, 12:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore	3 hr
Sep 19, 2:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson, St. Clair	111 min
Sep 19, 3:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Clay, Coosa, Talladega	115 min
Sep 19, 5:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Clay, Coosa	2 hr
Sep 19, 8:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby	24 hr
Sep 19, 9:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Randolph	3 hr
Sep 19, 9:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Clay, Coosa, Talladega, Tallapoosa	3 hr
Sep 19, 11:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Chambers, Randolph	3 hr
Sep 19, 11:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Perry	3 hr
Sep 19, 12:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	3 hr
Sep 19, 12:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Perry, Shelby	3 hr
Sep 19, 3:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Perry	4 hr
Sep 19, 4:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Dallas, Perry	4 days
Sep 19, 6:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Chambers, Lee, Russell	3 hr
Sep 19, 6:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Bullock, Chambers, Lee, Macon, Russell	3 hr

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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.