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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Huntsville, AL

January 19, 2019Madison County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this river flood warning at Jan 19, 2019, 2:27 PM CST for Madison County, Alabama. It took effect at Jan 19, 2019, 7:41 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 19, 2019, 2:27 PM CST (20:27 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 19, 2019, 7:41 PM CST
Expired: Jan 20, 2019, 7:57 PM CST
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Madison County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Flint River (AL) at Brownsboro (BSBA1). The gauge peaked at 18.99 ft at Jan 20, 2019, 6:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03575100, 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 Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jan 19, 11:32 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 11:32 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 19, 3:15 AM CST	Wind Advisory	HUN	Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more	28 hr
Jan 19, 7:38 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	6 hr
Jan 19, 9:39 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert	8 hr
Jan 19, 1:28 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	7 hr
Jan 19, 3:50 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Jackson	85 min
Jan 19, 5:14 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Jackson	6 hr
Jan 19, 1:26 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Moore	7 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.