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River Flood Warning 31, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 5, 2022Montgomery County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Apr 5, 2022, 2:21 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Alabama. It took effect at Apr 6, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 5, 2022, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 6, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 5, 2022, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Montgomery County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Catoma Creek near Montgomery (CATA1).

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02421000, 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 Apr 5, 1:48 PM CDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 1:48 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 2:00 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 5, 8:57 AM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
857 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2022

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

0815 AM     HAIL             1 NW TROY COUNTRY CLUB  31.79N 85.98W
04/05/2022  E1.00 INCH       PIKE               AL   PUBLIC

&&

JD

Local storm report, Apr 5, 12:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 12:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 12:21 PM CDT, 2 hours before

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 12:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 12:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 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
Apr 5, 4:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo	40 min
Apr 5, 4:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	36 min
Apr 5, 4:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	35 min
Apr 5, 4:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	34 min
Apr 5, 5:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale, Perry	44 min
Apr 5, 5:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	58 min
Apr 5, 5:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo	43 min
Apr 5, 5:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Dallas	39 min
Apr 5, 7:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore, Montgomery, Tallapoosa	40 min
Apr 5, 7:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lowndes, Montgomery	39 min
Apr 5, 7:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pike	27 min
Apr 5, 9:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby	2 hr
Apr 5, 10:10 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bullock, Lowndes, Montgomery	50 min
Apr 5, 10:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Montgomery, Pike	40 min
Apr 5, 10:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Elmore	28 min
Apr 5, 10:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BMX	Elmore	27 min
Apr 5, 11:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BMX	Lee, Tallapoosa	28 min
Apr 5, 11:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BMX	Bullock, Montgomery	47 min
Apr 5, 11:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Elmore, Macon, Montgomery, Pike and 1 more	84 min
Apr 5, 11:26 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BMX	Lee, Macon	19 min
Apr 5, 11:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	3 hr
Apr 5, 11:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bullock, Montgomery, Pike	20 min
Apr 5, 12:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour	23 min
Apr 5, 2:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Elmore, Montgomery	4 days
Apr 5, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	34 min

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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.