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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this river flood warning at May 5, 2013, 1:43 PM CDT for Madison County, Marshall County, Morgan County, Alabama. It took effect at May 6, 2013, 4:54 PM CDT. It was in force for 66 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2013, 1:43 PM CDT (18:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 6, 2013, 4:54 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 9, 2013, 10:50 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 hr
- 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 18:44 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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 8:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 4 days |
| May 5, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 44 min |
| May 5, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert | 29 min |
| May 5, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert | 31 min |
| May 5, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 25 min |
| May 5, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 50 min |
| May 5, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 33 min |
| May 5, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 19 min |
Nearby
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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.