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River Flood Warning 53, NWS Birmingham, AL

September 22, 2009Dallas County, Perry County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Sep 22, 2009, 9:02 PM CDT for Dallas County, Perry County, Alabama. It took effect at Sep 23, 2009, 12:13 AM CDT. It was in force for 58 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 22, 2009, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 23, 2009, 12:13 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 25, 2009, 10:07 AM CDT
In force: 58 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Dallas County, AL, Perry County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 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 Cahaba River at Suttle (SUTA1).

Action stage: 28 ft
Minor stage: 32 ft
Moderate stage: 43 ft
Major stage: 55 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02424590, 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 22, 6:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 6:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 22, 8:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 22, 6:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 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
Sep 22, 7:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Marengo	3 hr
Sep 22, 8:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Greene, Hale	3 hr
Sep 22, 8:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Greene, Sumter	115 min
Sep 22, 8:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Pickens	3 hr
Sep 22, 9:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Lamar	2 hr
Sep 22, 9:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Marion	3 hr
Sep 22, 11:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Winston	2 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2009 Every river flood warning in 2009

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.