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River Flood Warning 46, NWS Birmingham, AL

December 12, 2022Greene County, Pickens County, Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Dec 12, 2022, 7:07 PM CST for Greene County, Pickens County, Sumter County, Alabama. It took effect at Dec 15, 2022, 9:06 AM CST. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 12, 2022, 7:07 PM CST (01:07 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 15, 2022, 9:06 AM CST
Expired: Dec 16, 2022, 10:04 AM CST
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Greene County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Sumter County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Tombigbee River at Bevill Lock and Dam (AVLA1).

Action stage: 122 ft
Minor stage: 122 ft
Moderate stage: 133 ft
Major stage: 135 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02444161, 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 Dec 12, 6:33 PM CST, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 6:33 PM CST, 34 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
Dec 13, 8:48 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo	6 days
Dec 13, 11:59 AM CST	Flood Watch	BMX	Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Coosa and 17 more	36 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.