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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 12, 2013Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Feb 12, 2013, 2:31 PM CST for Sumter County, Alabama. It took effect at Feb 12, 2013, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 12, 2013, 2:31 PM CST (20:31 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 12, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 17, 2013, 8:47 AM CST
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Flood severity: Minor

County Sumter County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Sucarnoochee River at Livingston (LVNA1). The gauge peaked at 21.63 ft at Feb 14, 2013, 12:00 AM CST.

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.

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 12, 12:00 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 12:00 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 12, 12:55 PM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1255 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2013

ALZ011>015-017>050-131900-
MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-
CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-
CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-
CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-
BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
1255 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A SMALL TORNADO THREAT HAS DEVELOPED FOR PIKE AND BARBOUR
COUNTIES. THIS THREAT WILL GENERALLY BE BETWEEN 6 PM THIS EVENING
UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

A SMALL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT HAS ALSO DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE...TO
ROCKFORD...TO CENTREVILLE...TO EUTAW. DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL AND
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST STORMS
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH PERSISTENT SHOWERS AND STORMS COULD
LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOOD AND AREAL FLOOD CONCERNS. THE
MAIN AREA OF CONCERN WILL GENERALLY BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM REFORM...TO BIRMINGHAM...TO JACKSONVILLE. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO
2 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN SPOTS...WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF
THIS LINE...BUT IF ANY FLOODING DEVELOPS...IT WILL BE VERY BRIEF
AND MINOR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS...COMBINED WITH ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL EXPECTED TODAY...WILL LEAD TO RISES ALONG AREA
RIVERS. SOME MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE
LOWER TOMBIGBEE...LOWER BLACK WARRIOR...LOWER CAHABA AND ALABAMA
RIVERS. ANY RIVER FLOODING THAT DOES OCCUR COULD PERSIST THROUGH
THE END OF THE WORK WEEK AND PERHAPS EVEN INTO THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE
NEEDED DUE TO FLOODING AND SEVERE THREAT THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 12, 8:50 AM CST, 5 hours 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 12, 1:25 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
125 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2013

ALZ022-030-031-122000-
GREENE AL-PICKENS AL-SUMTER AL-
125 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN SUMTER...SOUTHERN
PICKENS AND GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CST...

AT 118 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF PANOLA TO
BOYD...AND MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  ALICEVILLE...
  EUTAW...
  NEW WEST GREENE...
  GAINESVILLE...
  EPES...

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3308 8833 3326 8784 3302 8784 3302 8771
      3299 8771 3298 8775 3294 8773 3293 8778
      3291 8776 3290 8780 3286 8783 3281 8782
      3255 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 240DEG 63KT 3302 8827 3290 8821
          3269 8827

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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 11, 7:18 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	5 days
Feb 12, 8:50 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	40 min
Feb 12, 9:33 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes	3 hr
Feb 12, 10:10 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Elmore, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa	3 hr
Feb 12, 10:39 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Marengo, Perry	3 hr
Feb 12, 1:25 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	35 min
Feb 12, 2:10 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bullock, Dallas, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery	3 hr
Feb 12, 2:13 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Greene, Sumter	3 hr
Feb 12, 3:41 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	34 min

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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.