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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this river flood warning at Mar 11, 2015, 1:23 PM CDT for Madison County, Alabama. It took effect at Mar 11, 2015, 2:41 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2015, 1:23 PM CDT (18:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 11, 2015, 2:41 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2015, 10:18 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Madison County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Flint River (AL) at Brownsboro (BSBA1). The gauge peaked at 18.74 ft at Mar 12, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 15 ft
- Minor stage
- 17 ft
- Moderate stage
- 19 ft
- Major stage
- 22 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03575100, 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 Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 11, 12:30 PM CDT, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 12:30 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 11, 7:56 AM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 756 AM CDT WED MAR 11 2015 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-111500- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...RUSSELLVILLE... MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR...GUNTERSVILLE... SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG...FAYETTEVILLE... WINCHESTER 756 AM CDT WED MAR 11 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER EXPECTED ON AREA ROADS THIS MORNING WITH FOGGY CONDITIONS TO ALSO CONTINUE THROUGH 10 AM CDT... RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL OVERNIGHT WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS MORNING. MINOR FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN DITCHES... CREEKS AND LOCATIONS THAT NORMALLY EXPERIENCE POOR DRAINAGE. AREAS OF FOG WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH 10 AM CDT. ALTHOUGH VISIBILITY WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 2 TO 4 MILE RANGE...A FEW LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE DENSE FOG AND VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO BOTH STANDING WATER AND FOG. 70/DD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 9:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Madison | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 12:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Madison | 6 hr |
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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.