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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 17, 20234 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Feb 17, 2023, 9:14 AM CST for 4 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 18, 2023, 7:00 AM CST. It was in force for 60 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 17, 2023, 9:14 AM CST (15:14 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 18, 2023, 7:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 20, 2023, 7:27 PM CST
In force
60 hr
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Sumter County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Demopolis Lock and Dam (DLDA1). The gauge peaked at 80.18 ft at Feb 19, 2023, 4:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
68 ft
Minor stage
68 ft
Moderate stage
77 ft
Major stage
92 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02467000, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 6:49 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXFayette, Lamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston2 hr
Feb 16, 8:56 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXBibb, Chilton, Shelby, Talladega4 hr
Feb 16, 8:59 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXBibb, Hale, Perry3 hr
Feb 16, 11:04 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXDallas, Marengo, Perry2 hr
Feb 17, 9:17 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningBMXGreene, Pickens, Sumter23 hr
Feb 17, 9:18 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningBMXSumter11 hr
Feb 17, 9:45 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningBMXBibb, Dallas, Perry23 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.