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Areal Flood Warning 23, NWS Huntsville, AL

March 31, 2021DeKalb County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this areal flood warning at Mar 31, 2021, 5:29 PM CDT for DeKalb County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2021, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2021, 8:18 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County DeKalb County, AL

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Mar 31, 1:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 1:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 31, 12:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1237 PM CDT WED MAR 31 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1232 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 ENE STEVENSON         34.87N 85.82W
03/31/2021                   JACKSON            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            OLD MOUNT CARMEL ROAD HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO
            FLASH FLOODING.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 3:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Marshall	52 min
Mar 31, 3:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Morgan	49 min
Mar 31, 4:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Jackson	3 hr
Mar 31, 6:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Cullman	3 hr
Mar 31, 7:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Cullman	6 hr
Mar 31, 7:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Jackson, Marshall	4 hr
Mar 31, 7:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Cullman	39 min
Mar 31, 8:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Madison, Marshall, Morgan	3 hr
Mar 31, 9:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall	119 min
Mar 31, 11:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan	6 hr
Mar 31, 1:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Cullman	5 hr
Mar 31, 1:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HUN	Madison, Marshall, Morgan	55 hr
Mar 31, 1:52 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	HUN	Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more	13 hr
Mar 31, 1:52 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	HUN	Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more	42 hr
Mar 31, 6:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Cullman	18 hr
Mar 31, 3:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	5 hr
Mar 31, 7:52 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	3 hr
Mar 31, 10:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	5 hr
Mar 31, 11:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln	22 hr
Mar 31, 1:52 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	17 hr

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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.