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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Huntsville, AL

April 16, 2011Jackson County, Madison County, Marshall County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this river flood warning at Apr 16, 2011, 2:11 PM CDT for Jackson County, Madison County, Marshall County, Alabama. It took effect at Apr 16, 2011, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 43 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 16, 2011, 2:11 PM CDT (19:11 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 16, 2011, 3:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 18, 2011, 10:15 AM CDT
In force: 43 hr
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Jackson County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Paint Rock River (AL) near Woodville (WDVA1). The gauge peaked at 18.07 ft at Apr 17, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 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 03574500, 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 Apr 16, 12:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 12:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 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
Apr 15, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	34 min
Apr 15, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Marshall	49 min
Apr 15, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb	25 min
Apr 15, 8:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	DeKalb	31 min
Apr 15, 9:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Marshall	24 min
Apr 15, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Jackson	46 min
Apr 15, 9:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Marshall	24 min
Apr 16, 4:31 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	HUN	Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more	13 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2011 Every river flood warning in 2011

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.