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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 23, 2022Jefferson County, Tuscaloosa County, Walker County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Mar 23, 2022, 9:33 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Tuscaloosa County, Walker County, Alabama. It took effect at Mar 23, 2022, 11:20 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 23, 2022, 9:33 AM CDT (14:33 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 23, 2022, 11:20 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 24, 2022, 9:05 AM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Jefferson County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Locust Fork at Sayre (SAYA1). The gauge peaked at 23.42 ft at Mar 24, 2022, 1:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 25 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 45 ft
Major stage: 49 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02456500, 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 23, 6:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 6:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 23, 4:27 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 23, 4:34 AM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 23, 4:42 AM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 23, 4:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 47 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 22, 7:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	2 hr
Mar 22, 7:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	47 min
Mar 22, 7:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Sumter, Tuscaloosa	2 hr
Mar 22, 7:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson, Walker	2 hr
Mar 22, 7:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Hale	3 hr
Mar 22, 8:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Hale, Perry	19 min
Mar 22, 8:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Dallas, Marengo, Perry, Shelby	4 hr
Mar 22, 8:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	35 min
Mar 22, 9:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Shelby	19 min
Mar 22, 9:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Chilton, Shelby	4 hr
Mar 22, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	48 min
Mar 22, 9:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Walker	87 min
Mar 22, 9:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Shelby	88 min
Mar 22, 9:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	47 min
Mar 22, 10:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby	23 hr
Mar 22, 10:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Dallas, Perry	35 hr
Mar 22, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Coosa, Talladega	34 min
Mar 22, 10:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Tuscaloosa	67 hr
Mar 22, 10:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson	2 hr
Mar 22, 11:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Coosa, Talladega	114 min
Mar 22, 11:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	25 min
Mar 22, 11:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Shelby, Talladega	4 hr
Mar 23, 1:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Talladega	3 hr
Mar 23, 3:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Shelby and 1 more	6 hr
Mar 23, 2:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Cherokee	24 hr
Mar 23, 6:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa	14 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.