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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Huntsville, AL

January 15, 2013Madison County, Marshall County, Morgan County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this river flood warning at Jan 15, 2013, 8:51 AM CST for Madison County, Marshall County, Morgan County, Alabama. It took effect at Jan 16, 2013, 2:48 AM CST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 15, 2013, 8:51 AM CST (14:51 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 16, 2013, 2:48 AM CST
Expired
Jan 20, 2013, 3:04 AM CST
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Tennessee River at Whitesburg (WHIA1).

Action stage
15 ft
Minor stage
17 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03575500, 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 Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 15, 1:30 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningHUNMadison21 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.