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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Mar 18, 2022, 10:57 AM CDT for Greene County, Hale County, Marengo County, Alabama. It took effect at Mar 19, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2022, 10:57 AM CDT (15:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 19, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2022, 8:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Black Warrior River below Selden Dam (WLDA1). The gauge peaked at 96.24 ft at Mar 18, 2022, 4:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 90 ft
- Minor stage
- 90 ft
- Moderate stage
- 102 ft
- Major stage
- 105 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02466030, 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 18, 10:32 AM CDT, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 10:32 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Birmingham AL 435 AM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022 ALZ011>015-017>050-191245- Marion-Lamar-Fayette-Winston-Walker-Blount-Etowah-Calhoun-Cherokee- Cleburne-Pickens-Tuscaloosa-Jefferson-Shelby-St. Clair-Talladega- Clay-Randolph-Sumter-Greene-Hale-Perry-Bibb-Chilton-Coosa-Tallapoosa- Chambers-Marengo-Dallas-Autauga-Lowndes-Elmore-Montgomery-Macon- Bullock-Lee-Russell-Pike-Barbour- 435 AM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the counties served by the National Weather Service office in Birmingham. .DAY ONE...Outlook through Tonight. Severe thunderstorms are possible across Central Alabama from 7AM in the west through 3PM in the southeast. Threats includes damaging straight line winds and large hail, and the potential for tornadoes near and south of the Highway 80/Interstate 85 corridor. A second round of severe thunderstorms is possible from 1PM in the west through 10PM in the east. Threats for this round of storms include tornadoes, damaging straight line winds and large hail as well. Localized flooding is possible, especially in areas that experienced heavy rain recently. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Severe thunderstorms are possible next Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning across all of Central Alabama. Threats include tornadoes, damaging winds up to 60 mph, and large hail. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of storm spotters and emergency management may be needed through this evening, and again Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 7:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Mar 18, 5:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pickens | 24 min |
| Mar 18, 6:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Sumter | 35 min |
| Mar 18, 6:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 38 min |
| Mar 18, 6:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Perry | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 6:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bibb | 35 min |
| Mar 18, 7:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Dallas | 28 min |
| Mar 18, 7:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry | 50 min |
| Mar 18, 7:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Mar 18, 7:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Shelby | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 7:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa, Shelby | 112 min |
| Mar 18, 7:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa | 53 min |
| Mar 18, 7:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Talladega | 35 min |
| Mar 18, 7:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Talladega | 46 min |
| Mar 18, 8:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lowndes | 26 min |
| Mar 18, 8:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Macon, Montgomery | 29 min |
| Mar 18, 8:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chambers, Lee, Tallapoosa | 44 min |
| Mar 18, 9:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Chilton, Coosa, Shelby | 4 min |
| Mar 18, 9:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 10:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike | 3 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.