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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Mar 24, 2013, 6:15 PM CDT for Greene County, Hale County, Marengo County, Alabama. It took effect at Mar 25, 2013, 2:17 AM CDT. It was in force for 67 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2013, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 25, 2013, 2:17 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2013, 9:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 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 23:18 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 96.28 ft at Mar 25, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT.
- 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 Mar 24, 4:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 4:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 117 PM CDT SUN MAR 24 2013 ALZ011>015-017>050-251100- 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- 117 PM CDT SUN MAR 24 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A MUCH COOLER AIR MASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS WEEK. SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY...TUESDAY...AND WEDNESDAY NIGHTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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</html>Local storm report, Mar 24, 5:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
506 PM CDT SUN MAR 24 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1215 AM HAIL 3 NNW CLEVELAND CROSSRO 33.15N 86.00W
03/24/2013 E1.00 INCH CLAY AL PUBLIC
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LINHARESThe 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, Pickens, Sumter | 36 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 |
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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.