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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Huntsville, AL

February 3, 2016Lawrence County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this river flood warning at Feb 3, 2016, 7:32 PM CST for Lawrence County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 3, 2016, 7:32 PM CST (01:32 UTC)
Expired: Feb 5, 2016, 1:38 PM CST
In force: 42 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 01:33 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 17.44 ft at Feb 4, 2016, 9:00 AM CST.

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 Feb 3, 5:40 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 5:40 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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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.