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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 17, 2023Greene County, Pickens County, Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Feb 17, 2023, 9:17 AM CST for Greene County, Pickens County, Sumter County, Alabama. It took effect at Feb 17, 2023, 4:40 PM CST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 17, 2023, 9:17 AM CST (15:17 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 17, 2023, 4:40 PM CST
Expired
Feb 18, 2023, 8:45 AM CST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Greene County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Sumter County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 112 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 Tombigbee River at Bevill Lock and Dam (AVLA1).

Action stage
122 ft
Minor stage
122 ft
Moderate stage
133 ft
Major stage
135 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02444161, 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, 9:14 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningBMXGreene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter3 days
Feb 17, 9:18 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningBMXSumter11 hr
Feb 17, 9:45 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningBMXBibb, Dallas, Perry23 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2023Every river flood warning in 2023

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.