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River Flood Warning 44, NWS Birmingham, AL

December 27, 20157 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Dec 27, 2015, 11:00 AM CST for 7 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Dec 28, 2015, 7:32 PM CST. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 27, 2015, 11:00 AM CST (17:00 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 28, 2015, 7:32 PM CST
Expired: Jan 3, 2016, 8:33 PM CST
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 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 Coosa River at Weiss Dam (CREA1).

Action stage: 564.5 ft
Minor stage: 567 ft
Moderate stage: 572 ft
Major stage: 575 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02399499, 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 Dec 27, 5:57 AM CST, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 5:57 AM CST, 5 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 6:25 AM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
625 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

ALZ011>015-017>050-281530-
MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-
CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-
CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-
CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-
BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
625 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

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

.DAY ONE...OUTLOOK THROUGH TONIGHT.

RIVER FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR FORECAST TO OCCUR FOR SEVERAL
POINTS ON ALL CENTRAL ALABAMA RIVER BASINS. FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS
SEE THE LATEST RIVER STATEMENTS.

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

THERE IS ALSO A LIMITED THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS CENTRAL
ALABAMA ON MONDAY ALONG AN APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM. AT THIS
TIME...THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...BUT
AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINS AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL POSSIBLE...SOME
RIVER FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH AT LEAST MID WEEK.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES IS FORECAST TO
OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS A FRONTAL
SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. WITH SATURATED SOILS AND ELEVATED
RIVERS AND STREAMS THIS ADDITIONAL...RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD ADDITIONAL FLOODING
IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE
NEEDED ON MONDAY.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 27, 9:37 AM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
937 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0329 PM     TORNADO          4 S COALING             33.11N 87.35W
12/25/2015  F0               TUSCALOOSA         AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            WEAK TORNADO WITH MAX WINDS OF 75 MPH TOUCHED DOWN ALONG
            CLEMENTS RD AND MOVED NORTHEAST CROSSING HAGLER COALING
            RD...WIRE RD AND DUDLEY RD BEFORE LIFTING JUST NE OF
            DUDLEY RD. ONLY MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED WITH
            APPROXIMATELY A DOZEN TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED AS
            VIEWED FROM VANTAGE POINTS ALONG THE PATH. THE DAMAGE
            PATH WAS 5 MILES LONG AND 185 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST
            POINT. FINALIZED START POINT.

0342 PM     TORNADO          2 SW MERCEDE            33.16N 87.29W
12/25/2015  F0               TUSCALOOSA         AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            THE FIRST TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF COALING. THE
            TORNADO WAS WEAK AND RATED AN EF-0 WITH HIGHLY SPOTTY
            DAMAGE CONSISTING OF SNAPPED TREES. FINIALIZED ENDING
            POINT.

0455 PM     TORNADO          5 NNE BESSEMER          33.44N 86.91W
12/25/2015  F2               JEFFERSON          AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            *** 2 INJ *** TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN 1.7 MILES
            SSW OF MIDFIELD. INITIAL DAMAGE WAS FOUND NEAR DOWNEY
            STREET AND 51ST STREET, WHERE TREES WERE TOPPLED AND
            SNAPPED. THIS DAMAGE WAS RATED EF-1. THE TORNADO TRACKED
            NORTHEAST WHERE EF-2 DAMAGE OCCURED ALONG JEFFERSON
            AVENUE SW AND PARK AVE SW. FINIALIZED START POINT.

0459 PM     TORNADO          2 SSE FAIRFIELD         33.45N 86.90W
12/25/2015  F2               JEFFERSON          AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            A RAPID DECLINE IN DAMAGE INTENSITY WAS OBSERVED AS THE
            TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST, WITH EF-1 AND EF-0 DAMAGE
            CONSISTING OF ROOF DAMAGE, AS WELL AS SNAPPED AND
            UPROOTED TREES STRETCHING FROM GRASSELLI BLVD TO CARVER
            AVE SW AND 45TH STREET SW BEFORE LIFTING. THERE WERE A
            TOTAL OF ABOUT 50 HOMES IMPACTED OR DAMAGED WITH
            APPROXIMATELY 15 THAT WERE UNINHABITABLE. FINALIZED END
            POINT.

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 26, 9:33 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	4 days
Dec 27, 1:24 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Marengo, Tuscaloosa	23 hr
Dec 27, 3:08 PM CST	Flash Flood Watch	BMX	Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah and 10 more	27 hr

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.