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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 10, 20205 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Jan 10, 2020, 7:50 PM CST for 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 11, 2020, 11:47 PM CST. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 10, 2020, 7:50 PM CST (01:50 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 11, 2020, 11:47 PM CST
Expired: Jan 18, 2020, 9:13 AM CST
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Sumter County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Tombigbee River at Bevill Lock and Dam (AVLA1).

Action stage: 122 ft
Minor stage: 122 ft
Moderate stage: 133 ft
Major stage: 135 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02444161, 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 10, 6:28 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 6:28 PM CST, 1 hour 22 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 11, 7:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion	66 min
Jan 11, 9:40 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	65 min
Jan 11, 10:07 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Marion	3 hr
Jan 11, 10:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	54 min
Jan 11, 10:47 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion	43 min
Jan 11, 11:00 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	30 min
Jan 11, 11:01 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens	42 min
Jan 11, 11:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens and 2 more	63 min
Jan 11, 11:33 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Tuscaloosa	27 min
Jan 11, 11:50 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette	16 min
Jan 11, 12:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Fayette, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa, Walker	59 min
Jan 11, 12:04 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	56 min
Jan 11, 12:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa	24 min
Jan 11, 12:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Perry	66 min
Jan 11, 12:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	36 min
Jan 11, 12:35 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Marion and 4 more	115 min
Jan 11, 12:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair	67 min
Jan 11, 12:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson	18 min
Jan 11, 12:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas, Marengo	58 min
Jan 11, 12:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby	68 min
Jan 11, 1:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Etowah	81 min
Jan 11, 1:19 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Etowah, Jefferson, St. Clair and 1 more	116 min
Jan 11, 1:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Lowndes	65 min
Jan 11, 1:29 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Calhoun, Cleburne, Coosa, Elmore, Etowah and 3 more	2 hr
Jan 11, 1:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Coosa, Talladega	80 min
Jan 11, 1:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	79 min
Jan 11, 1:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair	28 min
Jan 11, 1:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas	12 min
Jan 11, 2:00 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Cherokee	2 hr
Jan 11, 2:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair, Shelby	14 min
Jan 11, 2:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore, Montgomery	62 min
Jan 11, 2:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay	61 min
Jan 11, 2:18 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Clay, Cleburne, Tallapoosa	117 min
Jan 11, 2:21 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Montgomery	114 min
Jan 11, 2:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cleburne	63 min
Jan 11, 2:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	66 min
Jan 11, 2:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock, Macon, Pike	80 min
Jan 11, 2:44 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Randolph	2 hr
Jan 11, 2:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Randolph	72 min
Jan 11, 2:53 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bullock, Macon, Pike	2 hr
Jan 11, 3:07 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Chambers, Lee	113 min
Jan 11, 3:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Lee, Russell	73 min
Jan 11, 3:27 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Barbour, Russell	2 hr
Jan 11, 3:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers, Tallapoosa	18 min
Jan 11, 3:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Russell	78 min
Jan 11, 4:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour	23 min
Jan 11, 5:24 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	8 days
Jan 11, 5:24 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	10 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.