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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Huntsville, AL

January 16, 2022Jackson County, Madison County, Marshall County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this river flood warning at Jan 16, 2022, 8:37 AM CST for Jackson County, Madison County, Marshall County, Alabama. It took effect at Jan 17, 2022, 2:34 PM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 16, 2022, 8:37 AM CST (14:37 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 17, 2022, 2:34 PM CST
Expired
Jan 17, 2022, 6:32 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Jackson County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Paint Rock River (AL) near Woodville (WDVA1). The gauge peaked at 13.91 ft at Jan 17, 2022, 6:00 PM CST.

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Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
19 ft
Major stage
22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03574500, 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 Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jan 16, 5:49 AM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 5:49 AM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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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.