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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 5, 20105 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Feb 5, 2010, 3:18 AM CST for 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 5, 2010, 4:59 PM CST. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 5, 2010, 3:18 AM CST (09:18 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 5, 2010, 4:59 PM CST
Expired: Feb 5, 2010, 8:14 PM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Chilton County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Shelby County, AL, Talladega County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Coosa River at Childersburg (CHLA1). The gauge peaked at 19.29 ft at Feb 5, 2010, 5:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 402 ft
Minor stage: 402 ft
Moderate stage: 407 ft
Major stage: 410 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02407000, 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 Feb 4, 11:45 PM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 11:45 PM CST, 3 hours 33 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
Feb 4, 6:50 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Marengo	3 hr
Feb 4, 7:08 PM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	11 hr
Feb 4, 8:13 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo	5 days
Feb 4, 8:16 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Greene, Sumter	119 min
Feb 4, 8:29 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Sumter	37 hr
Feb 4, 8:42 PM CST	Flash Flood Watch	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 15 more	9 hr
Feb 4, 10:51 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Jefferson, Lowndes and 2 more	114 min
Feb 5, 1:50 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	3 hr
Feb 5, 8:23 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Dallas, Perry	25 hr
Feb 5, 8:27 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	59 hr
Feb 5, 8:45 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter	47 hr
Feb 5, 8:45 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	5 days
Feb 5, 10:49 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Chambers, Elmore, Macon, Randolph, Tallapoosa	4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2010 Every river flood warning in 2010

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.