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River Flood Warning 13, NWS Huntsville, AL

November 30, 2010Madison County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this river flood warning at Nov 30, 2010, 9:55 AM CST for Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 30, 2010, 9:55 AM CST (15:55 UTC)
Expired: Dec 1, 2010, 7:13 AM CST
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Flood severity: Moderate

County Madison County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Flint River (AL) at Brownsboro (BSBA1). The gauge peaked at 18.82 ft at Nov 30, 2010, 11:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03575100, 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 Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Nov 30, 9:41 AM CST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 9:41 AM CST, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 30, 9:22 AM CST, 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 30, 6:50 AM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
650 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010

TNZ097-301315-
FRANKLIN-
650 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 715 AM
CST...

AT 649 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COWAN...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
WINCHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  COWAN...DECHERD.
  SEWANEE...ST. ANDREWS.
  ALTO.

THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3526 8588 3523 8589 3523 8587 3501 8587
      3503 8612 3520 8611 3531 8595 3531 8594
TIME...MOT...LOC 1250Z 222DEG 35KT 3513 8604

Special weather statement, Nov 30, 7:21 AM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 30, 7:46 AM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 30, 7:54 AM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Nov 30, 7:56 AM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 30, 9:42 AM CST, 13 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 30, 12:17 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	43 min
Nov 30, 12:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence	47 min
Nov 30, 12:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale	25 min
Nov 30, 1:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone	28 min
Nov 30, 1:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Limestone, Madison	44 min
Nov 30, 2:01 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Morgan	44 min
Nov 30, 2:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison, Morgan	38 min
Nov 30, 3:19 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	5 hr
Nov 30, 3:51 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Jackson	54 min
Nov 30, 4:07 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Morgan	38 min
Nov 30, 4:17 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Morgan	5 hr
Nov 30, 4:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Cullman	49 min
Nov 30, 4:47 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Madison	43 min
Nov 30, 5:34 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Jackson	41 min
Nov 30, 5:37 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Cullman	2 hr
Nov 30, 6:00 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Madison	45 min
Nov 30, 6:06 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Cullman	39 min
Nov 30, 7:21 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Jackson, Marshall	54 min
Nov 30, 7:46 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Jackson	44 min
Nov 30, 7:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	66 min
Nov 30, 8:15 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	6 hr
Nov 30, 8:33 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb	27 min
Nov 30, 9:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb	15 min
Nov 30, 1:53 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison, Marshall	64 hr
Nov 30, 2:20 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	6 hr
Nov 30, 2:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lincoln, Moore	51 min
Nov 30, 2:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	46 min
Nov 30, 5:22 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin	23 min
Nov 30, 6:50 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin	25 min

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.