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River Flood Warning 43, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 3, 2010Greene County, Hale County, Marengo County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at May 3, 2010, 9:57 AM CDT for Greene County, Hale County, Marengo County, Alabama. It took effect at May 4, 2010, 5:47 PM CDT. It was in force for 49 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2010, 9:57 AM CDT (14:57 UTC)
In effect from: May 4, 2010, 5:47 PM CDT
Expired: May 6, 2010, 6:42 PM CDT
In force: 49 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 14:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Black Warrior River below Selden Dam (WLDA1).

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 May 3, 7:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 7:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 6:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
600 AM CDT MON MAY 3 2010

ALZ011>015-017>050-041100-
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-
600 AM CDT MON MAY 3 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR...AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVES SOUTHEAST
THROUGH THE AREA. WITH GUSTY WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT.
FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY AS MOISTURE LEVELS
REMAIN VERY HIGH. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
TOTALS...REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FOR THE SAME AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

WITH THE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE CURRENT SYSTEM...SEVERAL RIVERS MAY
REACH OR EXCEED FLOOD STAGES THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE
RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE NEEDED
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 3, 6:44 AM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
644 AM CDT MON MAY 03 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0553 AM     FLASH FLOOD      5 ESE MILLERVILLE       33.16N 85.85W
05/03/2010                   CLAY               AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERE FLOODING REPORTED ON COUNTY ROAD 35 IN THE BLUFF
            SPRINGS AREA.

&&

REM

Local storm report, May 3, 7:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 3, 7:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 3, 9:06 AM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 3, 9:25 AM CDT, 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 3, 9:44 AM CDT, 13 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 7:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Lamar	3 hr
May 2, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	37 min
May 2, 7:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Lamar	2 hr
May 2, 8:03 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	14 hr
May 2, 8:03 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	14 hr
May 2, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Marion	40 min
May 2, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	38 min
May 2, 8:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker and 1 more	3 hr
May 3, 2:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Autauga, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery and 1 more	4 hr
May 3, 3:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Tallapoosa	48 min
May 3, 4:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Lee	32 min
May 3, 5:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Clay, Randolph	4 hr
May 3, 7:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Autauga, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Coosa and 9 more	4 hr
May 3, 8:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Chambers, Elmore, Macon, Randolph, Tallapoosa	25 hr
May 3, 10:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Bullock, Chambers, Coosa, Elmore, Lee, Macon and 5 more	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2010 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.