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Flood Watch 2, NWS Huntsville, AL

February 27, 201811 counties in Alabama; Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this flood watch at Feb 27, 2018, 2:58 AM CST for 11 counties in Alabama; Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee. It took effect at Feb 28, 2018, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 27, 2018, 2:58 AM CST (08:58 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 28, 2018, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 1, 2018, 1:46 PM CST
In force
32 hr
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Flood severity
None

Counties Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Franklin County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Moore County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 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 Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Feb 26, 10:57 PM CST, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 10:57 PM CST, 4 hours 1 minute before
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Nearby

Flood Watches in Alabama, 2018Flood Watches in Tennessee, 2018Every flood watch in 2018

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.