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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Mar 11, 2010, 8:29 AM CST for 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Mar 13, 2010, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2010, 8:29 AM CST (14:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 13, 2010, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2010, 1:57 PM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Sumter County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Tombigbee River at Bevill Lock and Dam (AVLA1). The gauge peaked at 120.25 ft at Mar 12, 2010, 1:00 PM CST.
- Action stage
- 122 ft
- Minor stage
- 122 ft
- Moderate stage
- 133 ft
- Major stage
- 135 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02444161, 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 11, 5:58 AM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 5:58 AM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 11, 8:28 AM CST, 1 minute before
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Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| 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, 7:56 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery | 5 days |
| 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, 8:48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.