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Flash Flood Watch 10, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 22, 202014 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood watch at Apr 22, 2020, 4:48 AM CDT for 14 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Apr 23, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 22, 2020, 4:48 AM CDT (09:48 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 23, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 23, 2020, 11:48 AM CDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Flood severity: None

Counties Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Apr 22, 4:00 AM CDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 4:00 AM CDT, 48 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.