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River Flood Warning 44, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 30, 2014Jefferson County, Tuscaloosa County, Walker County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Apr 30, 2014, 10:12 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Tuscaloosa County, Walker County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 30, 2014, 10:12 AM CDT (15:12 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2014, 2:03 PM CDT
In force: 28 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Jefferson County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Locust Fork at Sayre (SAYA1).

Action stage: 25 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 45 ft
Major stage: 49 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02456500, 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 Apr 30, 6:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 6:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 6:04 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 30, 9:57 AM CDT, 15 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
Apr 29, 7:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	29 min
Apr 29, 9:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	35 min
Apr 29, 9:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay	42 min
Apr 29, 10:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour, Pike	50 min
Apr 29, 11:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	38 min
Apr 30, 2:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes	41 min
Apr 30, 3:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	26 min
Apr 30, 3:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	47 min
Apr 30, 3:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers, Elmore, Tallapoosa	49 min
Apr 30, 9:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	63 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.