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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 25, 20105 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Jan 25, 2010, 12:35 AM CST for 5 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 25, 2010, 12:35 AM CST (06:35 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2010, 9:29 AM CST
In force: 9 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 Jan 24, 5:30 PM CST, 7 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 5:30 PM CST, 7 hours 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 24, 1:45 PM CST, 10 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
145 PM CST SUN JAN 24 2010

ALZ011>015-017>050-251230-
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-
145 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

AS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES THROUGH THE EASTERN HALF OF THE
STATE THIS AFTERNOON...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE...INCLUDING ONE OR TWO TORNADOES. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO
RESULT IN A BRIEF PERIOD OF EXCESSIVE RAIN RUNOFF ON STREETS AND
SMALL STREAMS.  THE MAIN THREAT AREA IS FOR AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 85 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. IN ADDITION...AHEAD OF THE
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
UP TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL END WITH
THE PASSAGE OF THE LINE OF STORMS...AS WELL AS THE GUSTY
WINDS...ENDING ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA BY SUNSET.

MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE UPPER TOMBIGBEE RIVER AS IT
RISES TO FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

BREEZY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE UPPER TOMBIGBEE RIVER THROUGH
MONDAY. PLEASE REVIEW THE LATEST RIVER STATEMENTS FOR MORE
INFORMATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BECOME
NECESSARY TODAY SOUTH AND EAST.

STEFKOVICH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 25, 4:25 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	13 hr
Jan 25, 6:39 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo	4 days
Jan 25, 10:10 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	72 hr
Jan 25, 1:24 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	43 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.