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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Mar 8, 2024, 8:32 AM CST for Montgomery County, Alabama. It took effect at Mar 9, 2024, 4:09 PM CST. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2024, 8:32 AM CST (14:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 9, 2024, 4:09 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2024, 8:47 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Montgomery County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:33 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 Catoma Creek near Montgomery (CATA1). The gauge peaked at 22.81 ft at Mar 10, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 17 ft
- Minor stage
- 20 ft
- Moderate stage
- 24 ft
- Major stage
- 28 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02421000, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 8:34 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 47 hr |
| Mar 8, 8:35 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Sumter | 43 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Sumter | 61 min |
| Mar 8, 3:25 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 5:18 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Montgomery | 3 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.