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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 13, 2013Greene County, Hale County, Marengo County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Jan 13, 2013, 7:45 PM CST for Greene County, Hale County, Marengo County, Alabama. It took effect at Jan 14, 2013, 7:55 PM CST. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2013, 7:45 PM CST (01:45 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 14, 2013, 7:55 PM CST
Expired: Jan 22, 2013, 11:40 PM CST
In force: 8 days
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 01:47 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 100.62 ft at Jan 18, 2013, 5:00 PM CST.

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 Jan 13, 5:57 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 5:57 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 13, 2:20 PM CST, 5 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
220 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2013

ALZ011>015-017>050-142020-
AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE-
CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE-
JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-
PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA-
TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON-
220 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE POTENTIAL OF
FLOODING WILL INCREASE BY MONDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE
GREATEST FLOODING THREAT WILL BE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA
NEAR AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 59 CORRIDOR.

THERE IS LOW CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING
ACROSS NORTHWEST CENTRAL ALABAMA AS COLD AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA.
CONFIDENCE IS VERY LOW AT THIS TIME IN THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS
POTENTIAL THREAT. HOWEVER...THE RISK AREA WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF
A LINE FROM VERNON TO ARLEY.

HEAVY RAINFALL UPSTREAM AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA
WILL CAUSE RISES ALONG THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER BASIN. THE UPPER PORTIONS
OF THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER ARE FORECAST TO GO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY
MORNING...RESULTING IN MINOR FLOODING THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE NEEDED
MONDAY AND TUESDAY DUE TO A FLOODING THREAT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 13, 6:12 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 13, 6:26 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 13, 6:32 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 13, 6:44 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Jan 13, 6:50 PM CST, 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 13, 7:25 PM CST, 20 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
Jan 13, 6:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	48 min
Jan 13, 6:17 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Blount, Jefferson	3 hr
Jan 13, 6:44 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter, Tuscaloosa	2 hr
Jan 13, 7:12 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair, Talladega	2 hr
Jan 13, 7:16 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Shelby	119 min
Jan 14, 2:41 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Marengo	3 hr
Jan 14, 4:25 AM CST	Flood Watch	BMX	Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah, Fayette, Jefferson and 7 more	44 hr
Jan 14, 9:34 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	3 days
Jan 14, 1:01 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Lamar	3 hr
Jan 14, 1:06 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Walker	3 hr
Jan 14, 2:32 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Marion, Winston	3 hr
Jan 14, 3:21 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston	18 hr
Jan 14, 3:35 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Lamar	12 hr
Jan 14, 4:22 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Fayette, Marion, Walker, Winston	6 hr
Jan 14, 5:46 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Pickens	4 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.