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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 10, 2024Elmore County, Montgomery County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Mar 10, 2024, 8:37 PM CDT for Elmore County, Montgomery County, Alabama. It took effect at Mar 11, 2024, 4:36 AM CDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2024, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 11, 2024, 4:36 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 12, 2024, 7:57 AM CDT
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Elmore County, AL, Montgomery County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 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 Tallapoosa Water Plant (MGYA1). The gauge peaked at 25.14 ft at Mar 11, 2024, 4:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
15 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
32 ft
Major stage
38 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02419890, 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 10, 8:01 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton, Coosa and 16 more13 hr
Mar 11, 12:26 AM CDTFrost AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more33 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.