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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Birmingham, AL

December 8, 2013Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Dec 8, 2013, 7:01 PM CST for Sumter County, Alabama. It took effect at Dec 9, 2013, 3:39 AM CST. It was in force for 55 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 8, 2013, 7:01 PM CST (01:01 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 9, 2013, 3:39 AM CST
Expired
Dec 11, 2013, 11:00 AM CST
In force
55 hr
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
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 01:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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).

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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 8, 7:53 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXBibb, Chilton, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Jefferson and 8 more6 hr
Dec 9, 1:50 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXBibb, Chilton, Coosa, Shelby, Talladega3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2013Every 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.