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Flood Watch 1, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 9, 201839 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flood watch at Feb 9, 2018, 1:45 PM CST for 39 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 10, 2018, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 9, 2018, 1:45 PM CST (19:45 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 10, 2018, 9:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 11, 2018, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 33 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Flood severity: None

All 39 counties

Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Feb 9, 11:44 AM CST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 11:44 AM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 9, 8:52 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter	6 days

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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.