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River Flood Warning 34, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 11, 20105 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Mar 11, 2010, 9:07 PM CST for 5 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 2010, 9:07 PM CST (03:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2010, 9:33 AM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Chambers County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Macon County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL

The river

Written for the forecast point Tallapoosa River at Wadley (WDLA1).

Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02414501, 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, 5:37 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 5:37 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 11, 6:57 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
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      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 1:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Marion38 min
Mar 12, 1:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar31 min
Mar 12, 2:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar53 min
Mar 12, 2:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion, Winston56 min
Mar 12, 2:39 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXLamar3 hr
Mar 12, 2:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter58 min
Mar 12, 3:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Lamar, Marion46 min
Mar 12, 3:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion, Winston45 min
Mar 12, 3:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa65 min
Mar 12, 3:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa53 min
Mar 12, 3:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker, Winston63 min
Mar 12, 3:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Hale, Tuscaloosa39 min
Mar 12, 3:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale, Marengo, Perry48 min
Mar 12, 4:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker, Winston44 min
Mar 12, 4:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Hale, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa45 min
Mar 12, 4:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston17 min
Mar 12, 4:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas, Perry41 min
Mar 12, 5:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa45 min
Mar 12, 5:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Perry52 min
Mar 12, 5:44 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXAutauga, Bibb, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby86 min
Mar 12, 6:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Coosa29 min
Mar 12, 6:35 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningBMXMontgomery25 hr
Mar 12, 1:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour23 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2010Every 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.