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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Huntsville, AL

March 11, 2015Lawrence County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this river flood warning at Mar 11, 2015, 10:15 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Alabama. It took effect at Mar 12, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 11, 2015, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 12, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 12, 2015, 9:57 PM CDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Lawrence County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Nance Creek (AL) at Courtland (BNAA1). The gauge peaked at 14.72 ft at Mar 12, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03586500, 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, 6:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 6:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 3:56 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	HUN	DeKalb	5 hr
Mar 12, 4:07 AM CDT	Flood Watch	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and 1 more	46 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2015 Every 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.