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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Huntsville, AL

December 28, 2018Madison County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this river flood warning at Dec 28, 2018, 6:20 AM CST for Madison County, Alabama. It took effect at Dec 28, 2018, 8:32 AM CST. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2018, 6:20 AM CST (12:20 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 28, 2018, 8:32 AM CST
Expired: Dec 29, 2018, 9:37 AM CST
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Madison County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Flint River (AL) at Brownsboro (BSBA1). The gauge peaked at 18.85 ft at Dec 28, 2018, 8:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03575100, 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 27, 5:55 PM CST, 12 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 5:55 PM CST, 12 hours 25 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 28, 12:35 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	115 min
Dec 28, 1:16 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Cullman, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 1 more	119 min
Dec 28, 2:29 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	4 hr
Dec 28, 3:15 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Cullman, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 3 more	10 hr
Dec 28, 7:23 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison, Marshall	71 hr
Dec 28, 7:45 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	DeKalb	13 hr
Dec 28, 7:54 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HUN	Lawrence	47 hr
Dec 28, 8:24 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Marshall	5 hr
Dec 28, 8:54 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HUN	Madison, Marshall, Morgan	4 days
Dec 28, 1:26 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Cullman	11 hr
Dec 28, 1:48 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	3 hr
Dec 28, 2:06 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale	9 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2018 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.