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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Mar 10, 2010, 7:56 PM CST for 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Mar 11, 2010, 9:33 AM CST. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 2010, 7:56 PM CST (01:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 11, 2010, 9:33 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2010, 11:14 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Autauga County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Montgomery County, AL
The river
Written for the forecast point Alabama River at Montgomery (MGMA1). The gauge peaked at 39.65 ft at Mar 12, 2010, 3:00 PM CST.
- Action stage
- 26 ft
- Minor stage
- 35 ft
- Moderate stage
- 45 ft
- Major stage
- 53 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02419988, 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 Mar 10, 5:33 PM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 5:33 PM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 533 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 .UPDATE...FOR 00Z AVIATION. && .DISCUSSION... GOING TO FOCUS ON THE MAIN CONCERN FOR RIGHT NOW AND THAT IS THE SEVERE THREAT AS WELL AND CONTINUED FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. LOOKING AT SOME MESOSCALE FEATURES ONGOING RIGHT NOW...WE HAVE TWO MAIN FEATURES THAT WE ARE WATCHING. THE FIRST IS A STUBBORN BUBBLE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE AREA. THIS BUBBLE HIGH IS PROVIDING TWO SCENARIOS TO THE REGION. THE FIRST IS THAT IT IS KEEPING THE NORTHEAST A LITTLE MORE STABLE THAN THE SOUTHWEST. THE SECOND IS THAT IS PROVIDING SOME EXTRA CONVERGENCE THAT IS RESULTING IN OVER-RUNNING ACROSS THE NORTH AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA. THIS OVER-RUNNING HAS ALLOWED TRAINING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND PRODUCED VERY LARGE RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS AREAS GENERALLY NORTH OF I-20. THESE HAVE BEEN COVERED WITH AREAL FLOOD WARNINGS. THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN FALLING OVER A PERIOD OF 12 PLUS HOURS. WHAT THIS DOES IS RESULTS IN A SLOWER RISE TO FLOOD LEVELS ACROSS THE AREA. WHILE THESE ARE NOT FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS...THESE WARNINGS ARE JUST AS DANGEROUS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODING PLEASE TURN AROUND AND DO NOT DROWN. SOME REPORTS OF OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN CENTERED AROUND SHELBY COUNTY HAVE FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT. THE SECOND FEATURE IS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT IS CURRENTLY NOW SOUTH OF A CARROLLTON TO MONTGOMERY LINE. THIS BOUNDARY HAS BEEN SLOWLY MOVING NORTH. SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOW 70S. NUMEROUS SUPER CELLS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THIS AREA AND CROSS OVER THE BOUNDARY. THIS HAS HELPED TO INCREASE THE ROTATION WITH THE SUPERCELLS THAT DEVELOPED. MOST OF THE CELLS ARE NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY AND WE WILL LIKELY SEE A WEAKENING TREND OVER THE NEXT HOUR. HAIL WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. MORE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AS THIS BOUNDARY SLIDES NORTH. THIS SYSTEM AND AIRMASS WILL SLIDE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT...WHILE THE SECOND MORE AGGRESSIVE DRYLINE WORKS INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. MODELS ARE NOW INDICATING THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...SO RAISED POPS QUITE A BIT THURSDAY MORNING. STILL MAY SEE DEVELOPMENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE MAIN COLD FRONT WORKS THROUGH ACROSS THE EAST. SOME DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN POSSIBLE SATURDAY BEFORE FINALLY CLEARING SUNDAY. && .AVIATION...00Z TAF DISCUSSION. AVIATION PROBLEMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO STREAM NORTHWARD. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AROUND ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA HAS ALSO SEEN WATER OVER MANY TAXIWAYS...ESPECIALLY HERE AT EET...SO BE MINDFUL OF ALL OF THE WATER ON THE GROUND. HAVE DECIDED TO GO WITH AN OVERALL MVFR SET UP...AND WILL AMEND FOR TS AS WARRANTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WITH LIKELY IFR CIGS AND VIS IN AND AROUND HEAVIER RAINS AND TS. WINDS HAVE NOT BEEN A BIG PROBLEM...THOUGH A FEW GUSTS TO 25 AROUND THE AREA HAVE BEEN REPORTED. WITH A SIGNIFICANT BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA FROM KEUF TO KTOI TO K7A2...WINDS NORTH OF THAT LINE ARE OUT OF THE EAST...AND SOUTHERLY FLOW SOUTH OF THAT BOUNDARY. 27 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: AUTAUGA...BARBOUR...BIBB...BLOUNT...BULLOCK... CALHOUN...CHAMBERS...CHEROKEE...CHILTON...CLAY...CLEBURNE... COOSA...DALLAS...ELMORE...ETOWAH...FAYETTE...GREENE...HALE... JEFFERSON...LAMAR...LEE...LOWNDES...MACON...MARENGO...MARION... MONTGOMERY...PERRY...PICKENS...PIKE...RANDOLPH...RUSSELL... SHELBY...ST. CLAIR...SUMTER...TALLADEGA...TALLAPOOSA... TUSCALOOSA...WALKER...WINSTON. && 16/27
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 10, 5:08 PM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 508 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 ALZ011>015-017>050-111300- AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE- CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE- JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY- PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA- TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON- 508 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH TONIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO ONGOING FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND WARNING STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. THERE IS A THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT COULD LAST AS LATE AS MIDNIGHT. THE HIGHEST THREAT...INCLUDING A SMALL TREAT OF TORNADOES...IS IN THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 61
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 10, 5:46 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
546 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM HAIL BIRMINGHAM 33.53N 86.80W
03/10/2010 E0.25 INCH JEFFERSON AL AMATEUR RADIO
PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT TRINITY MEDICAL CENTER ON
MONTCLAIR ROAD.
0516 PM FLOOD 8 NE TALLADEGA 33.51N 86.00W
03/10/2010 TALLADEGA AL EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING IN THE MUNFORD AREA
APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF TALLADEGA...INCLUDING
THE COMMUNITIES OF STEMLEY...RENFROE AND MOXLEY
CROSSROADS.
&&Local storm report, Mar 10, 5:52 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
552 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM HAIL WETUMPKA 32.54N 86.20W
03/10/2010 E0.25 INCH ELMORE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
PEA SIZE HAIL ALONG HWY 231 IN WETUMPKA.
0350 PM FLOOD HELENA 33.29N 86.85W
03/10/2010 SHELBY AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
HELENA PD REPORTS NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED AND CLOSED
THROUGHOUT HELENA.
&&Local storm report, Mar 10, 6:11 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
611 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 PM FLOOD 8 NE TALLADEGA 33.51N 86.00W
03/10/2010 TALLADEGA AL EMERGENCY MNGR
FLOODING JUST NORTH OF MUNFORD ON MCAFFEE RD AT RITCHIE
TOWN RD.
0550 PM FLOOD 5 N TALLADEGA 33.50N 86.10W
03/10/2010 TALLADEGA AL EMERGENCY MNGR
911 REPORTS BRIDGE WASHED OUT AT JACKSON TRACE RD AND
PINE HILL RD.
&&Local storm report, Mar 10, 6:14 PM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
614 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0605 PM HAIL CUSSETA 32.78N 85.31W
03/10/2010 E0.50 INCH CHAMBERS AL PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT OF DIME SIZE HAIL IN CUSSETA.
&&Local storm report, Mar 10, 6:44 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
644 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM HAIL 1 E WARD 32.36N 88.26W
03/10/2010 E0.75 INCH SUMTER AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
CUBA VFD REPORTS PENNY SIZE HAIL 3/4 MILE EAST OF WARD ON
CR 9.
&&Local storm report, Mar 10, 7:01 PM CST, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
701 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM HAIL 4 SE CUBA 32.40N 88.33W
03/10/2010 E1.00 INCH SUMTER AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
CUBA VFD REPORTS QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT JCT HWY 17 AND CR
42.
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 6:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 39 min |
| Mar 10, 6:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens, Sumter | 46 min |
| Mar 10, 6:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 51 min |
| Mar 10, 7:40 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Shelby, Talladega | 42 hr |
| Mar 10, 7:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 9 min |
| Mar 10, 7:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 41 min |
| Mar 10, 8:20 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 8:34 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 48 hr |
| Mar 10, 8:38 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter, Tuscaloosa | 36 hr |
| Mar 10, 8:38 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo | 6 days |
| Mar 10, 8:44 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 6 days |
| Mar 11, 12:25 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Pike | 2 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:45 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Chambers, Elmore, Macon, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 8 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:44 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 5:06 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Fayette, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Marion, Pickens and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 8:29 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter | 29 hr |
| Mar 11, 8:48 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Sumter | 5 days |
| Mar 11, 9:01 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 4 days |
| Mar 11, 9:05 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes | 71 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:05 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Dallas | 3 days |
| Mar 11, 9:07 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Dallas, Perry | 35 hr |
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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.