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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 22, 20125 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Mar 22, 2012, 1:57 PM CDT for 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Mar 23, 2012, 4:35 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 22, 2012, 1:57 PM CDT (18:57 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 23, 2012, 4:35 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 23, 2012, 8:19 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Sumter County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tombigbee River at Bevill Lock and Dam (AVLA1). The gauge peaked at 121.75 ft at Mar 23, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 122 ft
Minor stage: 122 ft
Moderate stage: 133 ft
Major stage: 135 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02444161, 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 Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 22, 12:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 12:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 1:12 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
112 PM CDT THU MAR 22 2012

ALZ011>015-017>050-231800-
AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE-
CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE-
JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-
PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA-
TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON-
112 PM CDT THU MAR 22 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY...ROUGHLY ALONG AND EAST
OF A LINE FROM JASPER TO TUSCALOOSA TO DEMOPOLIS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM FRIDAY. THE MAIN
THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE
NEEDED FRIDAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 22, 11:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 22, 12:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 22, 10:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Sumter	3 hr
Mar 22, 11:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	65 min
Mar 22, 12:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Pickens, Tuscaloosa	45 min
Mar 22, 2:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Greene, Marengo, Sumter	3 hr
Mar 22, 4:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Sumter	18 hr
Mar 22, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	29 min
Mar 22, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock	40 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2012 Every river flood warning in 2012

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.