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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 25, 2010Greene County, Hale County, Marengo County, Alabama

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.

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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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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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette, Lamar, Pickens47 min
Apr 24, 7:16 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXFayette, Lamar, Pickens3 hr
Apr 24, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Lamar36 min
Apr 24, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa46 min
Apr 24, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens27 min
Apr 24, 7:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXFayette, Lamar, Pickens3 hr
Apr 24, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee, Macon, Russell12 min
Apr 24, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa25 min
Apr 24, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette, Walker45 min
Apr 24, 8:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXWalker115 min
Apr 24, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBlount49 min
Apr 24, 9:37 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXGreene, Sumter20 min
Apr 24, 10:01 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyBMXWalker29 min
Apr 24, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston26 min
Apr 24, 10:22 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyBMXBlount, Jefferson, Walker38 min
Apr 24, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour26 min
Apr 24, 11:33 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXEtowah, St. Clair42 min
Apr 24, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Chilton, Hale, Shelby, Tuscaloosa26 min
Apr 24, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Jefferson38 min
Apr 25, 12:07 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXCherokee9 min
Apr 25, 12:18 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXCherokee27 min
Apr 25, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee, Etowah33 min
Apr 25, 4:02 AM CDTWind AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more13 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.