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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 10, 2024Greene County, Pickens County, Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Feb 10, 2024, 9:10 AM CST for Greene County, Pickens County, Sumter County, Alabama. It took effect at Feb 12, 2024, 1:30 AM CST. It was in force for 65 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 2024, 9:10 AM CST (15:10 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 12, 2024, 1:30 AM CST
Expired
Feb 14, 2024, 6:49 PM CST
In force
65 hr
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Greene County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Sumter County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tombigbee River at Bevill Lock and Dam (AVLA1).

Action stage
122 ft
Minor stage
122 ft
Moderate stage
133 ft
Major stage
135 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02444161, 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 10, 6:06 AM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 6:06 AM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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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.