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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Huntsville, AL

December 2, 2015Madison County, Marshall County, Morgan County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this river flood warning at Dec 2, 2015, 2:07 PM CST for Madison County, Marshall County, Morgan County, Alabama. It took effect at Dec 3, 2015, 9:36 AM CST. It was in force for 47 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 2, 2015, 2:07 PM CST (20:07 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 3, 2015, 9:36 AM CST
Expired: Dec 5, 2015, 9:00 AM CST
In force: 47 hr
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tennessee River at Whitesburg (WHIA1).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03575500, 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 Dec 2, 11:49 AM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 11:49 AM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 2, 9:39 AM CST, 4 hours 28 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
Dec 1, 7:28 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	3 hr
Dec 1, 8:03 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall	3 hr
Dec 1, 8:33 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	DeKalb	117 min
Dec 1, 10:08 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	23 hr
Dec 1, 10:31 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	6 hr
Dec 2, 12:51 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall	6 hr
Dec 2, 6:48 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	DeKalb	4 hr
Dec 2, 2:17 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale	5 days

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.