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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 13, 2015Greene County, Hale County, Marengo County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Apr 13, 2015, 8:44 AM CDT for Greene County, Hale County, Marengo County, Alabama. It took effect at Apr 16, 2015, 4:13 AM CDT. It was in force for 58 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 2015, 8:44 AM CDT (13:44 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 16, 2015, 4:13 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 18, 2015, 1:51 PM CDT
In force
58 hr
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
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 13:48 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 Black Warrior River below Selden Dam (WLDA1). The gauge peaked at 96.44 ft at Apr 17, 2015, 5:00 AM CDT.

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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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 8:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningBMXGreene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter3 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2015Every river flood warning in 2015

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.