Alert archive / Alabama / River Flood Warnings in 2009
River Flood Warning 4, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this river flood warning at Jan 7, 2009, 2:48 AM CST for Colbert County, Lauderdale County, Alabama. It took effect at Jan 8, 2009, 2:11 AM CST. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2009, 2:48 AM CST (08:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 8, 2009, 2:11 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2009, 3:22 PM CST
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Colbert County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 Tennessee River at Florence (FLOA1).
- Action stage
- 16 ft
- Minor stage
- 18 ft
- Moderate stage
- 27 ft
- Major stage
- 32 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 2440E77C, 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 Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jan 6, 5:30 PM CST, 9 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 5:30 PM CST, 9 hours 18 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 6, 10:45 AM CST, 16 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1045 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-070400- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 1045 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... PERIODS OF RAIN...SOME OF WHICH WILL BECOME HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF STREET AND CREEK FLOODING...WITH FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE WITHIN THE HEAVIEST RAIN BANDS. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVIER RAIN IS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS A WEAK COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST. IN ADDITION...THE RAINFALL WILL CREATE A FLOODING THREAT ON LARGER RIVERS ACROSS THE AREA. CONSULT THE LATEST FLOOD WATCHES...WARNINGS...OR STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST ON THE FLOODING SITUATION. THERE IS A SMALL THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF CULLMAN...MARSHALL...AND DEKALB COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS APPROACHING 50 MPH...WHICH MAY CARRY AN INCREASED RISK OF DOWNED TREES WHEN COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAINFALL. RAIN WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST...BY EARLY TO MID EVENING WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...AND AROUND MIDNIGHT CLOSE TO THE GEORGIA STATE LINE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES WILL BE COMMON...LOCALLY UP TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY. HOWEVER...ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING OR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED. BCC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 11:30 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 7, 8:08 AM CST | River Flood Warning | HUN | Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 3 days |
| Jan 7, 1:09 PM CST | Wind Advisory | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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.