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River Flood Warning 61, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 3, 2020Elmore County, Montgomery County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Mar 3, 2020, 1:20 PM CST for Elmore County, Montgomery County, Alabama. It took effect at Mar 5, 2020, 12:27 AM CST. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 3, 2020, 1:20 PM CST (19:20 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 5, 2020, 12:27 AM CST
Expired: Mar 10, 2020, 8:11 PM CDT
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Elmore County, AL, Montgomery County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tallapoosa River at Tallapoosa Water Plant (MGYA1). The gauge peaked at 34.12 ft at Mar 7, 2020, 2:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 32 ft
Major stage: 38 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02419890, 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 Mar 3, 11:57 AM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 11:57 AM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 10:27 AM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 3, 8:06 AM CST, 5 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 3, 8:13 AM CST, 5 hours 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 3, 8:49 AM CST, 4 hours 31 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
Mar 2, 8:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	24 min
Mar 2, 8:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	36 min
Mar 3, 4:48 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	19 min
Mar 3, 5:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	40 min
Mar 3, 5:33 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale	42 min
Mar 3, 6:29 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Perry	31 min
Mar 3, 6:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry	37 min
Mar 3, 11:44 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes, Marengo, Perry	3 hr
Mar 3, 12:24 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bullock, Elmore, Macon, Montgomery	3 hr
Mar 3, 1:03 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Greene, Hale, Perry, Sumter	6 hr
Mar 3, 1:09 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Chambers, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore and 1 more	6 hr
Mar 3, 2:35 PM CST	Flash Flood Watch	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 25 more	45 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2020 Every river flood warning in 2020

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.