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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 19, 2019Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Feb 19, 2019, 7:40 AM CST for Sumter County, Alabama. It took effect at Feb 22, 2019, 1:30 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 19, 2019, 7:40 AM CST (13:40 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 22, 2019, 1:30 PM CST
Expired: Feb 20, 2019, 9:33 AM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Sumter County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sucarnoochee River at Livingston (LVNA1). The gauge peaked at 16.35 ft at Feb 21, 2019, 8:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02467500, 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 19, 5:48 AM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 5:48 AM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 19, 4:54 AM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 19, 7:01 AM CST, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 19, 7:26 AM CST, 14 minutes 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 18, 7:45 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter	12 days
Feb 18, 7:45 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	21 days
Feb 18, 7:45 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	18 days
Feb 18, 7:46 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo	18 days
Feb 19, 7:01 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	29 min
Feb 19, 7:26 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	34 min
Feb 19, 7:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	6 days
Feb 19, 7:52 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	23 min
Feb 19, 8:26 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby	23 hr
Feb 19, 8:40 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	35 min
Feb 19, 12:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	29 min
Feb 19, 2:50 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Blount	3 hr
Feb 19, 3:04 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Sumter	41 min
Feb 19, 3:51 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston	6 hr
Feb 19, 4:44 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	16 min
Feb 19, 5:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	40 min
Feb 19, 5:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Walker	36 min
Feb 19, 5:43 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	32 min
Feb 19, 5:49 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2019 Every river flood warning in 2019

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.