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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Feb 17, 2023, 9:18 AM CST for Sumter County, Alabama. It took effect at Feb 17, 2023, 11:18 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2023, 9:18 AM CST (15:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2023, 11:18 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2023, 8:31 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Sumter County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:19 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 Sucarnoochee River at Livingston (LVNA1). The gauge peaked at 17.81 ft at Feb 17, 2023, 6:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 18 ft
- Minor stage
- 18 ft
- Moderate stage
- 25 ft
- Major stage
- 30 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02467500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 6:49 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston | 2 hr |
| Feb 16, 8:56 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Shelby, Talladega | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 8:59 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Bibb, Hale, Perry | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 11:04 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Dallas, Marengo, Perry | 2 hr |
| Feb 17, 9:14 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 3 days |
| Feb 17, 9:17 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Sumter | 23 hr |
| Feb 17, 9:45 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Dallas, Perry | 23 hr |
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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.