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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 16, 20224 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Apr 16, 2022, 10:14 AM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Apr 18, 2022, 2:26 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 16, 2022, 10:14 AM CDT (15:14 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 18, 2022, 2:26 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 21, 2022, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Sumter County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tombigbee River at Demopolis Lock and Dam (DLDA1).

Action stage: 68 ft
Minor stage: 68 ft
Moderate stage: 77 ft
Major stage: 92 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02467000, 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 16, 6:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 6:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 4:25 AM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 16, 6:59 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 16, 8:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 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
Apr 16, 12:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale	40 min
Apr 16, 12:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale, Perry	43 min
Apr 16, 12:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Perry	26 min
Apr 16, 1:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas, Perry	47 min
Apr 16, 1:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	44 min
Apr 16, 2:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	60 min
Apr 16, 3:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair, Walker	56 min
Apr 16, 4:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Winston	3 hr
Apr 16, 4:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, Walker	3 hr
Apr 16, 9:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson	96 min
Apr 16, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo	4 days
Apr 16, 10:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Sumter	24 hr
Apr 16, 2:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Marengo	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2022 Every river flood warning in 2022

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.