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River Flood Warning 31, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Mar 2, 2019, 8:09 AM CST for 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Mar 4, 2019, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2019, 8:09 AM CST (14:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2019, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2019, 8:27 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Autauga County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Montgomery County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Alabama River at Montgomery (MGMA1).
- Action stage
- 26 ft
- Minor stage
- 35 ft
- Moderate stage
- 45 ft
- Major stage
- 53 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02419988, 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 Mar 2, 5:57 AM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 5:57 AM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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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.