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River Flood Warning 74, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 11, 2009Montgomery County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Nov 11, 2009, 9:47 PM CST for Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 11, 2009, 9:47 PM CST (03:47 UTC)
Expired: Nov 13, 2009, 9:48 AM CST
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Flood severity: Minor

County Montgomery County, AL

The river

Written for the forecast point Catoma Creek near Montgomery (CATA1). The gauge peaked at 22.64 ft at Nov 12, 2009, 10:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02421000, 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 Nov 11, 5:30 PM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 5:30 PM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes before

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.