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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Huntsville, AL

February 16, 2023Madison County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this river flood warning at Feb 16, 2023, 12:55 PM CST for Madison County, Alabama. It took effect at Feb 17, 2023, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2023, 12:55 PM CST (18:55 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 17, 2023, 1:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 17, 2023, 7:18 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Madison County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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 Flint River (AL) at Brownsboro (BSBA1). The gauge peaked at 16.57 ft at Feb 17, 2023, 2:00 PM CST.

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Action stage
15 ft
Minor stage
17 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 03575100, 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 Feb 16, 12:10 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 12:10 PM CST, 45 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 10:17 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison28 min
Feb 15, 10:43 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson32 min
Feb 15, 11:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson23 min
Feb 16, 12:53 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningHUNJackson, Madison, Marshall72 hr
Feb 16, 2:32 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNLauderdale28 min
Feb 16, 3:00 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLauderdale45 min
Feb 16, 3:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLauderdale13 min
Feb 16, 3:29 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLauderdale46 min
Feb 16, 4:10 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert, Lauderdale50 min
Feb 16, 4:55 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone35 min
Feb 16, 5:26 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale4 hr
Feb 16, 5:32 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone43 min
Feb 16, 5:49 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman41 min
Feb 16, 5:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHUNFranklin, Lawrence3 hr
Feb 16, 5:10 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMoore50 min
Feb 16, 5:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLincoln46 min

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.