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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Huntsville, AL

March 6, 2011Jackson County, Madison County, Marshall County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this river flood warning at Mar 6, 2011, 7:47 PM CST for Jackson County, Madison County, Marshall County, Alabama. It took effect at Mar 7, 2011, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 2011, 7:47 PM CST (01:47 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 7, 2011, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 8, 2011, 3:02 AM CST
In force
21 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 01:47 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 Paint Rock River (AL) near Woodville (WDVA1).

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.

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2011Every 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.