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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this river flood warning at Jan 1, 2020, 8:30 PM CST for Lawrence County, Alabama. It took effect at Jan 3, 2020, 2:18 PM CST. It was in force for 29 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 2020, 8:30 PM CST (02:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 3, 2020, 2:18 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2020, 7:24 PM CST
- In force
- 29 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Lawrence County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 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 Big Nance Creek (AL) at Courtland (BNAA1). The gauge peaked at 14.72 ft at Jan 4, 2020, 5:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 14 ft
- Moderate stage
- 16 ft
- Major stage
- 19 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03586500, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 8:28 PM CST | River Flood Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 4 days |
| Jan 1, 8:29 PM CST | River Flood Warning | HUN | Madison | 56 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.