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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Huntsville, AL

February 11, 2018Colbert County, Lauderdale County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this river flood warning at Feb 11, 2018, 1:04 AM CST for Colbert County, Lauderdale County, Alabama. It took effect at Feb 12, 2018, 2:24 AM CST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 11, 2018, 1:04 AM CST (07:04 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 12, 2018, 2:24 AM CST
Expired
Feb 16, 2018, 9:55 AM CST
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Colbert County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:06 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 Florence (FLOA1).

Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
18 ft
Moderate stage
27 ft
Major stage
32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 2440E77C, 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
Feb 10, 6:55 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningHUNLawrence47 hr
Feb 10, 8:13 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningHUNLawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan6 hr
Feb 10, 10:15 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNDeKalb30 min
Feb 10, 10:39 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson36 min
Feb 10, 10:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson25 min
Feb 11, 1:37 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningHUNMadison30 hr
Feb 11, 7:12 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningHUNMadison6 hr
Feb 11, 10:42 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningHUNMadison12 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2018Every 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.