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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 8, 2025Greene County, Marengo County, Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Jun 8, 2025, 3:11 PM CDT for Greene County, Marengo County, Sumter County, Alabama. It took effect at Jun 10, 2025, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2025, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 10, 2025, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 9, 2025, 8:10 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Greene County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Sumter County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tombigbee River at Gainesville Lock and Dam (GNSA1). The gauge peaked at 99.43 ft at Jun 9, 2025, 6:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 101 ft
Minor stage: 101 ft
Moderate stage: 110 ft
Major stage: 118 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02447026, 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 Jun 8, 2:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 2:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 9:54 AM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:12 AM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:33 AM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 11:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 12:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	63 min
Jun 8, 12:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	31 min
Jun 8, 1:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	21 min
Jun 8, 1:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Tuscaloosa	66 min
Jun 8, 1:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa	34 min
Jun 8, 1:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Lamar	3 hr
Jun 8, 3:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	44 min
Jun 8, 3:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Tuscaloosa	30 min
Jun 8, 3:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	19 min
Jun 8, 4:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene, Hale	44 min
Jun 8, 4:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore	57 min
Jun 8, 4:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay	43 min
Jun 8, 4:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale	28 min
Jun 8, 4:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay	19 min
Jun 8, 4:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Coosa, Tallapoosa	39 min
Jun 8, 4:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	45 min
Jun 8, 4:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Randolph	41 min
Jun 8, 4:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Perry	65 min
Jun 8, 5:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers, Lee	59 min
Jun 8, 5:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers	17 min
Jun 8, 5:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Macon, Montgomery	43 min
Jun 8, 5:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	3 hr
Jun 8, 6:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar	43 min
Jun 8, 6:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	3 hr
Jun 8, 6:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock, Lowndes, Montgomery, Russell	43 min
Jun 8, 6:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	28 min
Jun 8, 6:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	28 min
Jun 8, 7:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour, Pike	44 min
Jun 8, 7:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	32 min
Jun 8, 7:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour, Pike	44 min
Jun 8, 8:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	3 hr
Jun 8, 9:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale	33 min
Jun 8, 9:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	27 min
Jun 8, 9:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	31 min
Jun 8, 12:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	24 min
Jun 8, 12:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	26 min
Jun 8, 3:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	29 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.