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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this river flood watch at Sep 5, 2011, 10:33 AM CDT for Madison County, Alabama. It took effect at Sep 6, 2011, 12:24 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 2011, 10:33 AM CDT (15:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 6, 2011, 12:24 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2011, 6:56 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Flood severity
- None
County Madison County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:34 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 9.50 ft at Sep 6, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT.
- 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 watch 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 watch went out at Sep 5, 9:33 AM CDT, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 9:33 AM CDT, 1 hour before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 514 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-051800- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 514 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. HIGH RAINFALL RATES EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER AREAS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING. THEREFORE...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY. PLEASE CONSULT THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. AS HEAVY RAINFALL RUNS OFF INTO AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS...RIVER FLOODING WILL BECOME LIKELY AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT AS RAIN BANDS MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY. CULLMAN...MARSHALL AND DEKALB COUNTIES WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST THREAT OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO. THE MAIN THREAT FOR THE AREA WILL REMAIN IN THE FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION LEE TRACKS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. HAZARDOUS WEATHER COULD PERSIST INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. CONTINUED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PROVIDE THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...WHILE RIVER FLOODING WILL POTENTIALLY LINGER THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS LIKELY TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. TT
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 5, 9:45 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 7:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 10:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 10 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 7 hr |
| Sep 5, 8:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 9:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall | 15 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:34 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 10 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:34 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | HUN | Lawrence | 8 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 10 hr |
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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.