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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Jan 10, 2024, 5:30 PM CST for Montgomery County, Alabama. It took effect at Jan 10, 2024, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 2024, 5:30 PM CST (23:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 10, 2024, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2024, 8:27 AM CST
- In force
- 14 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 23:32 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 Catoma Creek near Montgomery (CATA1).
- 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.
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 Jan 10, 3:10 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 3:10 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 10, 4:01 AM CST, 13 hours 29 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Birmingham AL 401 AM CST Wed Jan 10 2024 ALZ011>015-017>050-111315- 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- 401 AM CST Wed Jan 10 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the counties served by the National Weather Service office in Birmingham. .DAY ONE...Outlook through Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Severe storms are possible on Friday. Threats include tornadoes, damaging winds up to 60 mph, and hail up to quarter size. The relatively highest threat will be south of Interstate 20. Winds outside of thunderstorms will also gust to 35 to 45 mph. There is a chance of a light wintry mix late Sunday night and Monday, mainly in far northern portions of Central Alabama. Any accumulations or impacts remain uncertain at this time. A very cold air mass will move in Monday night. Lows below 20 degrees will be possible Monday and Tuesday nights, with wind chills at or below zero Tuesday morning in northwestern portions of Central Alabama. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of storm spotters and emergency management may be needed on Friday.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 7:37 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Chambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 14 hr |
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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.