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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 23, 20134 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Feb 23, 2013, 10:10 AM CST for 4 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 24, 2013, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 23, 2013, 10:10 AM CST (16:10 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 24, 2013, 3:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 24, 2013, 10:08 AM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Flood severity: Minor

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

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tombigbee River at Demopolis Lock and Dam (DLDA1).

Action stage: 68 ft
Minor stage: 68 ft
Moderate stage: 77 ft
Major stage: 92 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02467000, 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 23, 5:56 AM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 5:56 AM CST, 4 hours 14 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 22, 6:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	40 min
Feb 22, 6:23 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee, Russell	52 min
Feb 22, 9:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	39 min
Feb 22, 9:51 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	39 min
Feb 22, 10:00 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	45 min
Feb 22, 10:24 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo	58 hr
Feb 22, 11:30 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	45 min
Feb 23, 12:37 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers	53 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.