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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 11, 2013Greene County, Hale County, Marengo County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Feb 11, 2013, 1:54 PM CST for Greene County, Hale County, Marengo County, Alabama. It took effect at Feb 12, 2013, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 71 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 11, 2013, 1:54 PM CST (19:54 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 12, 2013, 9:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 15, 2013, 8:28 AM CST
In force: 71 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Black Warrior River below Selden Dam (WLDA1). The gauge peaked at 96.16 ft at Feb 13, 2013, 9:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 90 ft
Minor stage: 90 ft
Moderate stage: 102 ft
Major stage: 105 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02466030, 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 Feb 11, 11:37 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 11:37 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 1:24 PM CST, 30 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 11, 10:16 AM CST, 3 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 11, 10:18 AM CST, 3 hours 36 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
Feb 10, 7:12 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes	3 hr
Feb 10, 7:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	46 min
Feb 10, 7:19 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	26 min
Feb 10, 7:28 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Elmore, Montgomery	3 hr
Feb 10, 7:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Pike	46 min
Feb 10, 9:14 PM CST	Flash Flood Watch	BMX	Autauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne and 13 more	50 hr
Feb 10, 10:43 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	3 hr
Feb 10, 11:52 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Dallas, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter	3 hr
Feb 11, 1:02 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Dallas, Lowndes, Perry	6 hr
Feb 11, 1:39 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Montgomery	5 hr
Feb 11, 2:47 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Marengo	3 hr
Feb 11, 3:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	45 min
Feb 11, 3:57 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Chambers, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa	3 hr
Feb 11, 6:12 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Montgomery	4 days
Feb 11, 6:33 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Hale, Marengo	4 hr
Feb 11, 7:02 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo and 2 more	4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2013 Every river flood warning in 2013

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.