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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 23, 2019Jefferson County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Jan 23, 2019, 4:43 PM CST for Jefferson County, Alabama. It took effect at Jan 23, 2019, 4:58 PM CST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 23, 2019, 4:43 PM CST (22:43 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 23, 2019, 4:58 PM CST
Expired: Jan 24, 2019, 3:56 AM CST
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Jefferson County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Village Creek (AL) at Avenue W in Ensley (ENSA1). The gauge peaked at 10.67 ft at Jan 23, 2019, 7:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02458450, 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 Jan 23, 3:56 PM CST, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 3:56 PM CST, 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 23, 3:43 PM CST, 1 hour before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 23, 10:57 AM CST, 5 hours 46 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
Jan 23, 4:19 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	16 hr
Jan 23, 8:10 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter	55 hr
Jan 23, 8:10 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	37 hr
Jan 23, 8:17 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo	5 days
Jan 23, 10:57 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	48 min
Jan 23, 1:43 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry	3 hr
Jan 23, 3:46 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson	3 hr
Jan 23, 4:33 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Dallas, Lowndes and 2 more	3 hr
Jan 23, 4:48 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Blount	3 hr
Jan 23, 5:00 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, St. Clair, Shelby and 1 more	6 hr
Jan 23, 5:48 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Clay, Coosa, Tallapoosa	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.