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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this river flood warning at Apr 3, 2009, 12:44 AM CDT for Madison County, Alabama. It took effect at Apr 3, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2009, 12:44 AM CDT (05:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2009, 6:32 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Madison County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Flint River (AL) at Brownsboro (BSBA1). The gauge peaked at 18.09 ft at Apr 3, 2009, 3:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 15 ft
- Minor stage
- 17 ft
- Moderate stage
- 19 ft
- Major stage
- 22 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03575100, 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 Apr 2, 6:48 PM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 6:48 PM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 12:52 PM CDT, 11 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1252 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-031000- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 1252 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THROUGH THE EVENING. AS WARM...MOIST AND INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED FROM THE MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING ARE ALL POSSIBLE THREATS. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL END ACROSS NORTHEAST ALABAMA BY THE LATE EVENING...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT TRACKS ACROSS THE REGION. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. JLL/RSB
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 2, 6:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 2, 7:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Apr 2, 7:05 PM CDT | Flood Watch | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 7:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 27 min |
| Apr 2, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 41 min |
| Apr 2, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 7:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Madison | 3 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2009Every 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.