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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 9, 2024Chambers County, Randolph County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Mar 9, 2024, 12:08 AM CST for Chambers County, Randolph County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It took effect at Mar 9, 2024, 1:00 AM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2024, 12:08 AM CST (06:08 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 9, 2024, 1:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 9, 2024, 3:11 PM CST
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Chambers County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:07 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 Tallapoosa River at Wadley (WDLA1).

Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02414501, 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
Mar 8, 7:36 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXChambers, Lee, Tallapoosa4 hr
Mar 8, 7:40 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXMontgomery4 hr
Mar 8, 8:45 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningBMXGreene, Hale, Marengo25 hr
Mar 8, 8:49 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXRandolph3 hr
Mar 8, 8:51 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXElmore3 hr
Mar 8, 9:06 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXBullock, Chambers, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa3 hr
Mar 9, 12:35 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXBarbour, Bullock, Pike3 hr
Mar 9, 1:18 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningBMXCherokee10 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2024Every river flood warning in 2024

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.