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River Flood Warning 54, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Sep 24, 2009, 9:29 AM CDT for 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Sep 24, 2009, 3:24 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 24, 2009, 9:29 AM CDT (14:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 24, 2009, 3:24 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2009, 9:40 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- 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 14:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Tombigbee River at Bevill Lock and Dam (AVLA1).
- 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 Sep 24, 7:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 24, 7:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 7:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar | 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.