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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Huntsville, AL

January 1, 2020Madison County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this river flood warning at Jan 1, 2020, 8:29 PM CST for Madison County, Alabama. It took effect at Jan 3, 2020, 12:51 AM CST. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 1, 2020, 8:29 PM CST (02:29 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 3, 2020, 12:51 AM CST
Expired
Jan 4, 2020, 4:50 AM CST
In force
28 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 02:30 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 Flint River (AL) at Brownsboro (BSBA1). The gauge peaked at 19.92 ft at Jan 3, 2020, 2:00 PM CST.

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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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 1, 8:28 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningHUNJackson, Madison, Marshall4 days
Jan 1, 8:30 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningHUNLawrence71 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2020Every 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.