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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 25, 20104 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Jan 25, 2010, 10:10 AM CST for 4 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 25, 2010, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 70 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 25, 2010, 10:10 AM CST (16:10 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 25, 2010, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 28, 2010, 9:43 AM CST
In force: 70 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Sumter County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tombigbee River at Demopolis Lock and Dam (DLDA1). The gauge peaked at 80.11 ft at Jan 26, 2010, 7:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 68 ft
Minor stage: 68 ft
Moderate stage: 77 ft
Major stage: 92 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02467000, 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 25, 5:52 AM CST, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 5:52 AM CST, 4 hours 18 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
Jan 25, 12:35 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Chambers, Elmore, Macon, Randolph, Tallapoosa	9 hr
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, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.