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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Mar 14, 2025, 10:04 AM CDT for Greene County, Marengo County, Sumter County, Alabama. It took effect at Mar 17, 2025, 5:48 PM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2025, 10:04 AM CDT (15:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 17, 2025, 5:48 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2025, 8:38 AM 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 15:09 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 Tombigbee River at Gainesville Lock and Dam (GNSA1).
- 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 Mar 14, 6:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 6:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 2:32 AM CDT, 7 hours 32 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Birmingham AL 232 AM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025 ALZ011>015-017>050-151045- 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- 232 AM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the counties served by the National Weather Service office in Birmingham. .DAY ONE...Outlook through Tonight. Some severe storms will be possible across mainly the western half of Central Alabama from 10 pm tonight through 8 am Saturday morning. Damaging winds up to 60 mph, large hail up to quarter size, and a few tornadoes will be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. An outbreak of severe weather is forecast during the afternoon and evening Saturday through early Sunday morning. Damaging winds up to 70 mph, large hail up to golf ball size, and tornadoes, some of which may be strong and long-tracked, are likely during this time frame. There is a Slight Risk of Excessive Rainfall Saturday through Sunday morning. Generally 2-4 inches of rainfall is expected. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of storm spotters and emergency management may be needed Friday night through Sunday morning.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 9:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Sumter | 5 days |
| Mar 14, 10:42 AM CDT | Flood Watch | BMX | Blount, Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston | 38 hr |
| Mar 14, 12:59 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 36 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.