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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Mobile, AL

January 25, 2010Dallas County, Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this river flood warning at Jan 25, 2010, 9:49 AM CST for Dallas County, Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It took effect at Jan 25, 2010, 3:45 PM CST. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 25, 2010, 9:49 AM CST (15:49 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 25, 2010, 3:45 PM CST
Expired: Jan 30, 2010, 7:05 PM CST
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Dallas County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Alabama River near Miller's Ferry (MRFA1). The gauge peaked at 70.28 ft at Jan 28, 2010, 8:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 61 ft
Minor stage: 66 ft
Moderate stage: 80 ft
Major stage: 83 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02427506, 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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jan 25, 4:44 AM CST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 4:44 AM CST, 5 hours 5 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 24, 6:09 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin	27 hr
Jan 24, 8:16 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Covington, Escambia	7 days
Jan 24, 8:19 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin	24 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.