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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 4, 20225 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Feb 4, 2022, 8:41 AM CST for 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 5, 2022, 3:36 AM CST. It was in force for 53 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 4, 2022, 8:41 AM CST (14:41 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 5, 2022, 3:36 AM CST
Expired: Feb 7, 2022, 8:12 AM CST
In force: 53 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Autauga County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Montgomery County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Alabama River at Montgomery (MGMA1). The gauge peaked at 35.24 ft at Feb 6, 2022, 9:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 26 ft
Minor stage: 35 ft
Moderate stage: 45 ft
Major stage: 53 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02419988, 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 Feb 4, 5:58 AM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 5:58 AM CST, 2 hours 43 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
Feb 3, 6:16 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Elmore, Montgomery	3 hr
Feb 3, 7:16 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	44 min
Feb 3, 7:52 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	38 min
Feb 3, 8:51 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bullock, Macon, Montgomery, Pike	3 hr
Feb 3, 9:19 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Lowndes, Montgomery	6 hr
Feb 3, 9:39 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Lee, Russell	6 hr
Feb 3, 9:59 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Bullock, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Russell	6 hr
Feb 3, 11:07 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	23 min
Feb 4, 12:42 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Pike, Russell	3 hr
Feb 4, 1:19 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Montgomery	61 hr
Feb 4, 1:23 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Elmore, Montgomery	3 days
Feb 4, 4:10 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Chambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa	10 hr
Feb 4, 9:09 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Cherokee	24 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.