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River Flood Advisory 1, NWS Huntsville, AL

January 21, 2012Madison County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this river flood advisory at Jan 21, 2012, 4:44 PM CST for Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 8 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 21, 2012, 4:44 PM CST (22:44 UTC)
Expired: Jan 21, 2012, 4:52 PM CST
In force: 8 min
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL

County Madison County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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 12.90 ft at Jan 21, 2012, 11:00 PM CST.

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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Jan 21, 3:15 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 3:15 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 21, 2:50 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 21, 12:45 PM CST, 3 hours 59 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
Jan 21, 2:55 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Colbert	50 min
Jan 21, 3:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale	32 min
Jan 21, 4:02 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale	28 min
Jan 21, 4:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Limestone	44 min
Jan 21, 5:04 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison	41 min
Jan 21, 5:40 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Jackson, Lawrence, Madison	50 min
Jan 21, 7:17 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	28 min
Jan 21, 7:21 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	9 hr
Jan 21, 7:30 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Marshall	30 min
Jan 21, 7:58 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	47 min
Jan 21, 2:46 PM CST	Wind Advisory	HUN	Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more	39 hr
Jan 21, 4:39 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lincoln, Moore	51 min
Jan 21, 4:56 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin	49 min
Jan 21, 5:29 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin	46 min

Nearby

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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.