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River Flood Warning 79, NWS Birmingham, AL

December 9, 2009Greene County, Hale County, Marengo County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Dec 9, 2009, 8:53 AM CST for Greene County, Hale County, Marengo County, Alabama. It took effect at Dec 11, 2009, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 38 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 9, 2009, 8:53 AM CST (14:53 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 11, 2009, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 12, 2009, 1:33 PM CST
In force: 38 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Black Warrior River below Selden Dam (WLDA1). The gauge peaked at 96.17 ft at Dec 9, 2009, 4:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 90 ft
Minor stage: 90 ft
Moderate stage: 102 ft
Major stage: 105 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02466030, 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 Dec 9, 5:45 AM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 5:45 AM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 6:14 AM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 9, 5:16 AM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 9, 5:26 AM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 9, 7:18 AM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 9, 7:20 AM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 9, 7:23 AM CST, 1 hour 30 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
Dec 8, 6:05 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Lamar	9 hr
Dec 8, 7:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	49 min
Dec 8, 7:58 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette	3 hr
Dec 8, 8:56 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Fayette, Marion, Walker, Winston	6 hr
Dec 8, 9:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens	41 min
Dec 8, 9:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens, Tuscaloosa	46 min
Dec 8, 9:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens	24 min
Dec 8, 10:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa	37 min
Dec 8, 10:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Walker	33 min
Dec 8, 10:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson	38 min
Dec 8, 11:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah, St. Clair	22 min
Dec 8, 11:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion	42 min
Dec 8, 11:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Sumter	61 min
Dec 9, 12:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Greene, Hale, Perry, Sumter, Tuscaloosa	40 min
Dec 9, 12:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair	51 min
Dec 9, 12:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Hale, Marengo, Perry and 1 more	52 min
Dec 9, 12:25 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Coosa and 6 more	3 hr
Dec 9, 1:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Shelby, Talladega	40 min
Dec 9, 1:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore	49 min
Dec 9, 1:30 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Clay, Talladega	90 min
Dec 9, 1:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Cleburne, Randolph	38 min
Dec 9, 2:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa	44 min
Dec 9, 4:16 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	13 hr
Dec 9, 6:41 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter	51 hr
Dec 9, 9:38 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Lamar	24 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.