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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 24, 20135 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Mar 24, 2013, 9:37 AM CDT for 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Mar 24, 2013, 5:52 PM CDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 24, 2013, 9:37 AM CDT (14:37 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 24, 2013, 5:52 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 25, 2013, 9:20 PM CDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Flood severity: Minor

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

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tombigbee River at Bevill Lock and Dam (AVLA1). The gauge peaked at 123.31 ft at Mar 25, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 122 ft
Minor stage: 122 ft
Moderate stage: 133 ft
Major stage: 135 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02444161, 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 Mar 24, 6:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 6:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute 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
Mar 23, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Perry	60 min
Mar 23, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	41 min
Mar 23, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	46 min
Mar 23, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton	65 min
Mar 23, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock, Montgomery, Pike	61 min
Mar 23, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale	49 min
Mar 23, 8:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar, Marion	60 min
Mar 23, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale, Marengo, Perry	54 min
Mar 23, 8:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	49 min
Mar 23, 8:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	51 min
Mar 23, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	46 min
Mar 23, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene, Pickens	58 min
Mar 23, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	47 min
Mar 23, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale	44 min
Mar 23, 10:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	50 min
Mar 23, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Perry	56 min
Mar 23, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa, Elmore	47 min
Mar 23, 10:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	31 min
Mar 23, 10:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Shelby	55 min
Mar 23, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	39 min
Mar 23, 10:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	50 min
Mar 23, 11:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa, Talladega	54 min
Mar 23, 11:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	24 min
Mar 23, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa	39 min
Mar 23, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Tallapoosa	52 min
Mar 24, 12:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers, Randolph	40 min
Mar 24, 12:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	16 min
Mar 24, 1:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Pickens	2 hr
Mar 24, 1:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	51 min
Mar 24, 2:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Perry	45 min
Mar 24, 2:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	43 min
Mar 24, 2:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson, Walker	3 hr
Mar 24, 3:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale	44 min
Mar 24, 3:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	38 min
Mar 24, 3:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	33 min
Mar 24, 4:06 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	17 hr
Mar 24, 9:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	9 hr
Mar 24, 9:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	3 days
Mar 24, 6:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo	3 days

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.