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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 18, 2019Greene County, Hale County, Marengo County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Feb 18, 2019, 7:46 PM CST for Greene County, Hale County, Marengo County, Alabama. It took effect at Feb 21, 2019, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2019, 7:46 PM CST (01:46 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 21, 2019, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 8, 2019, 11:21 AM CST
In force
15 days
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 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 Black Warrior River below Selden Dam (WLDA1). The gauge peaked at 101.64 ft at Feb 26, 2019, 3:00 PM CST.

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Action stage
90 ft
Minor stage
90 ft
Moderate stage
102 ft
Major stage
105 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02466030, 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 Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Feb 18, 6:29 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 6:29 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 18, 4:36 AM CST, 15 hours 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 7:45 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningBMXGreene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter12 days
Feb 18, 7:45 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningBMXGreene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter21 days
Feb 18, 7:45 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningBMXGreene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter18 days
Feb 19, 7:01 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarengo29 min
Feb 19, 7:26 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarengo34 min
Feb 19, 7:38 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningBMXJefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker6 days
Feb 19, 7:40 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningBMXSumter26 hr
Feb 19, 7:52 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBMXDallas23 min
Feb 19, 8:26 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningBMXBibb, Jefferson, Shelby23 hr
Feb 19, 8:40 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPickens35 min
Feb 19, 12:31 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChilton29 min
Feb 19, 2:50 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXBlount3 hr
Feb 19, 3:04 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBMXSumter41 min
Feb 19, 3:51 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXFayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston6 hr
Feb 19, 4:44 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWinston16 min
Feb 19, 5:05 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWalker40 min
Feb 19, 5:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Walker36 min
Feb 19, 5:43 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBlount32 min
Feb 19, 5:49 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXCherokee, Etowah3 hr

Nearby

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.