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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Apr 25, 2010, 7:41 AM CDT for Greene County, Hale County, Marengo County, Alabama. It took effect at Apr 26, 2010, 3:43 PM CDT. It was in force for 34 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2010, 7:41 AM CDT (12:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 26, 2010, 3:43 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2010, 1:56 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 Black Warrior River below Selden Dam (WLDA1). The gauge peaked at 96.13 ft at Apr 27, 2010, 12:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 90 ft
- Minor stage
- 90 ft
- Moderate stage
- 102 ft
- Major stage
- 105 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02466030, 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 Apr 25, 6:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 6:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 10:48 PM CDT, 8 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1048 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010 ALZ011>015-017>050-251100- 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- 1048 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010 ...RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE POSSIBLE...INCLUDING TORNADOES...DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL BE NECESSARY OVERNIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 7:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 7:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon, Russell | 12 min |
| Apr 24, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 8:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Walker | 115 min |
| Apr 24, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 20 min |
| Apr 24, 10:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, Walker | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 11:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Etowah, St. Clair | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Hale, Shelby, Tuscaloosa | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 12:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 9 min |
| Apr 25, 12:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 27 min |
| Apr 25, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 4:02 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 13 hr |
Nearby
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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.