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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Feb 17, 2023, 9:45 AM CST for Bibb County, Dallas County, Perry County, Alabama. It took effect at Feb 17, 2023, 11:47 AM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2023, 9:45 AM CST (15:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2023, 11:47 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2023, 8:48 AM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Bibb County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Perry County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:36 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 Cahaba River at Centreville (CKLA1). The gauge peaked at 24.95 ft at Feb 17, 2023, 8:00 PM CST.
- Action stage
- 23 ft
- Minor stage
- 23 ft
- Moderate stage
- 36 ft
- Major stage
- 42 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02424000, 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, 9:18 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Sumter | 11 hr |
Nearby
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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.