River Flood Warning 8, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Mar 26, 2012, 9:29 AM CDT (14:29 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 27, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT

Expired

Mar 26, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Flood severity

Minor

County Sumter County, AL

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Written for the forecast point Sucarnoochee River at Livingston (LVNA1). The gauge peaked at 17.21 ft at Mar 26, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT.

Action stage

18 ft

Minor stage

18 ft

Moderate stage

25 ft

Major stage

30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02467500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

819 
WGUS44 KBMX 261429
FLWBMX


BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 
929 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ALABAMA... 

  SUCARNOOCHEE RIVER AT LIVINGSTON AFFECTING SUMTER COUNTY.

.RISES ARE CONTINUING ON THE SUCARNOOCHEE RIVER FOLLOWING LAST
WEEKS HEAVY RAIN...AND THE FORECAST FOR LIVINGSTON HAS BEEN 
REVISED UPWARD.  A FLOOD WARNING FOR MINOR FLOODING IS NOW IN
EFFECT FOR THE SUCARNOOCHEE RIVER AT LIVINGSTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN. 

ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY TUESDAY MORNING...OR SOONER IF 
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

ALC119-270229-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FL.W.0008.120327T0900Z-120328T0359Z/
/LVNA1.1.ER.120327T0900Z.120327T1200Z.120327T1559Z.NO/
929 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE SUCARNOOCHEE RIVER AT LIVINGSTON.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT TO TUESDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS 
  CANCELLED.
* AT 8:30 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.1 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE 
  TO RISE TO NEAR 18.2 FEET BY TUSEDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING .
* IMPACT...AT 18 FEET...FLOODING OF FARMLANDS AROUND LIVINGSTON 
  OCCURS AND CATTLE SHOULD BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND.

$$

711 
WGUS84 KBMX 270100
FLSBMX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED 
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
800 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012


...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE SUCARNOOCHEE RIVER AT 
LIVINGSTON...

THE SUCARNOOCHEE RIVER AT LIVINGSTON HAS CRESTED BELOW FLOOD 
STAGE AND IS SLOWLY FALLING.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ON THIS EVENT.

&&

ALC119-270130-
/O.CAN.KBMX.FL.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120328T0359Z/
/LVNA1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
800 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE SUCARNOOCHEE RIVER AT LIVINGSTON.
* AT  7:30 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.1 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 17.2 FEET.  THE 
  RIVER WILL FALL TO 14.5 FEET BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

$$

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

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.