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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 22, 2019Bibb County, Dallas County, Perry County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Feb 22, 2019, 3:06 AM CST for Bibb County, Dallas County, Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 22, 2019, 3:06 AM CST (09:06 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2019, 8:56 AM CST
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Bibb County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Perry County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cahaba River at Centreville (CKLA1). The gauge peaked at 25.07 ft at Feb 22, 2019, 5:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 23 ft
Minor stage: 23 ft
Moderate stage: 36 ft
Major stage: 42 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02424000, 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 21, 10:59 PM CST, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 10:59 PM CST, 4 hours 7 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 21, 6:24 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton, Shelby	36 min
Feb 21, 6:52 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay, Coosa, Talladega	23 min
Feb 21, 7:48 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Shelby, Talladega	15 days
Feb 22, 8:05 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby	3 hr
Feb 22, 8:33 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	49 hr
Feb 22, 10:35 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah, St. Clair	6 hr
Feb 22, 10:47 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Blount, Fayette, Walker	3 hr
Feb 22, 11:16 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Lamar, Marion	3 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.