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River Flood Warning 36, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Apr 14, 2019, 7:42 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Apr 15, 2019, 12:40 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2019, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2019, 12:40 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2019, 9:31 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Sumter County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Tombigbee River at Gainesville Lock and Dam (GNSA1). The gauge peaked at 105.07 ft at Apr 16, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 101 ft
- Minor stage
- 101 ft
- Moderate stage
- 110 ft
- Major stage
- 118 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02447026, 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 Apr 14, 3:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 3:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 9 days |
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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.