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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this river flood warning at Sep 18, 2012, 3:25 AM CDT for Madison County, Alabama. It took effect at Sep 18, 2012, 6:08 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 18, 2012, 3:25 AM CDT (08:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 18, 2012, 6:08 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2012, 2:38 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Madison County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 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.
The river
Written for the forecast point Flint River (AL) at Brownsboro (BSBA1). The gauge peaked at 14.41 ft at Sep 18, 2012, 5:00 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 warning 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 warning went out at Sep 18, 12:12 AM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 12:12 AM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1212 AM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012 .UPDATE... FOR 06Z TAFS && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1008 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2012/ CURRENT FORECAST IS WELL ON TRACK THIS EVENING. RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS THE SFC LOW MOVES NE OVERNIGHT. COMBINATION OF CLOUDS...RAIN AND SATURATION WILL RESULT IN LITTLE TEMP CHANGE OVERNIGHT. LOWS WILL ONLY COOL INTO THE MID 60S...WITH CURRENT TEMPS AT 03Z AROUND 70. SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO THE QPF GRIDS BUT THE CURRENT FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 7AM. REDEVELOPMENT OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS THE LOW MOVES NORTHEASTWARD AND THE LLJ STRENGTHENS OVERNIGHT. JMS && .AVIATION... FOR 06Z TAFS... RAIN MAY PERSIST ACROSS BOTH TERMINALS AS A SFC LOW MOVES NORTHEASTWARD. PREVAILING VIS SHOULD REMAIN HIGH END MVFR BUT MAY BE VFR AT TIMES. CIGS SHOULD REMAIN AT MVFR RANGE AROUND 25OOFT. WIND SHIFT TO NW ASSOCIATED WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE EXPECTED AT MSL AROUND 08Z...AND 12Z AT HSV. LIGHT RA AND MVFR CIG WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID DAY WITH NW WINDS INCREASING TO 10KTS. SKIES WILL BECOME MORE CLEAR BY LATE TUESDAY AFTN. JMS && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR ALZ001>010-016. TN...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR TNZ076-096-097. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 17, 8:42 PM CDT, 6 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 842 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2012 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-181015- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 842 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... WIDESPREAD RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY OVERNIGHT. RAINFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS COULD OCCUR WITH STRONGER SHOWERS AND STORMS. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE...WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING UP TO 6 INCHES. IF HEAVY RAIN FALLS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...FLASH FLOODING COULD OCCUR... ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE TENNESSEE VALLEY THROUGH 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL END TUESDAY MORNING AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. SOME PONDING OF WATER WILL OCCUR ON AREAS ROADWAYS EARLY IN THE DAY...ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 70/DD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 7:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 10:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 1:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Marshall and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 6 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 51 hr |
| Sep 18, 4:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Marshall | 6 hr |
| Sep 18, 9:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 5 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.