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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Huntsville, AL

April 24, 2017Madison County, Marshall County, Morgan County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this river flood warning at Apr 24, 2017, 2:33 AM CDT for Madison County, Marshall County, Morgan County, Alabama. It took effect at Apr 26, 2017, 12:09 AM CDT. It was in force for 61 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2017, 2:33 AM CDT (07:33 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 26, 2017, 12:09 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 28, 2017, 1:08 PM CDT
In force
61 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 07:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 2:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale5 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2017Every river flood warning in 2017

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.