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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 6, 20134 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at May 6, 2013, 8:57 AM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It took effect at May 6, 2013, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 41 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2013, 8:57 AM CDT (13:57 UTC)
In effect from: May 6, 2013, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 8, 2013, 9:20 AM CDT
In force: 41 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Etowah County, AL, St. Clair County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Coosa River at Gadsden (GAPA1). The gauge peaked at 24.34 ft at May 6, 2013, 11:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 511 ft
Minor stage: 511 ft
Moderate stage: 514 ft
Major stage: 517 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02400500, 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 May 5, 6:51 PM CDT, 14 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 6:51 PM CDT, 14 hours 6 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
May 6, 1:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Cherokee	3 hr
May 6, 1:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Calhoun, Etowah	3 hr
May 6, 3:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Cherokee	3 hr
May 6, 4:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Calhoun, Etowah	2 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.