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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Feb 11, 2024, 5:44 AM CST for Greene County, Marengo County, Sumter County, Alabama. It took effect at Feb 13, 2024, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 2024, 5:44 AM CST (11:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 13, 2024, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2024, 12:08 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Greene County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Sumter County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:46 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 Gainesville Lock and Dam (GNSA1). The gauge peaked at 99.53 ft at Feb 13, 2024, 12:00 PM CST.
- Action stage
- 101 ft
- Minor stage
- 101 ft
- Moderate stage
- 110 ft
- Major stage
- 118 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02447026, 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 Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Feb 11, 3:36 AM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 3:36 AM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 3:39 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Birmingham AL 339 AM CST Sun Feb 11 2024 ALZ011>015-017>050-121245- Marion-Lamar-Fayette-Winston-Walker-Blount-Etowah-Calhoun-Cherokee- Cleburne-Pickens-Tuscaloosa-Jefferson-Shelby-St. Clair-Talladega- Clay-Randolph-Sumter-Greene-Hale-Perry-Bibb-Chilton-Coosa-Tallapoosa- Chambers-Marengo-Dallas-Autauga-Lowndes-Elmore-Montgomery-Macon- Bullock-Lee-Russell-Pike-Barbour- 339 AM CST Sun Feb 11 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the counties served by the National Weather Service office in Birmingham. .DAY ONE...Outlook through Tonight. There is a risk of heavy rain that could lead to isolated flooding today, especially for areas north of Interstate 20. Strong to severe storms are possible across most of Central AL this evening and through the overnight hours. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Strong to severe storms are possible through Monday morning across all of Central Alabama. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Limited activation of storm spotters and emergency management may be needed today and tomorrow.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 7:04 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo | 6 days |
| Feb 11, 9:57 AM CST | Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 25 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:01 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes, Montgomery | 70 min |
| Feb 11, 3:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Montgomery | 25 min |
| Feb 11, 3:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon, Montgomery | 22 min |
| Feb 11, 3:54 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Bullock, Macon, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:11 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Feb 11, 5:39 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 3 days |
| Feb 11, 5:42 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Lee, Macon, Russell | 2 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.