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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 12, 2026Greene County, Hale County, Marengo County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Mar 12, 2026, 8:29 AM CDT for Greene County, Hale County, Marengo County, Alabama. It took effect at Mar 12, 2026, 6:40 PM CDT. It was in force for 63 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2026, 8:29 AM CDT (13:29 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 12, 2026, 6:40 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 15, 2026, 9:29 AM CDT
In force: 63 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Black Warrior River below Selden Dam (WLDA1). The gauge peaked at 96.31 ft at Mar 13, 2026, 3:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 90 ft
Minor stage: 90 ft
Moderate stage: 102 ft
Major stage: 105 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02466030, 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 12, 5:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 5:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 12, 2:29 AM CDT, 6 hours before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
229 AM CDT Thu Mar 12 2026

ALZ044-046-049-050-120815-
Pike AL-Montgomery AL-Bullock AL-Barbour AL-
229 AM CDT Thu Mar 12 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PIKE...SOUTHERN BULLOCK...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHWESTERN BARBOUR COUNTIES THROUGH 315
AM CDT...

At 229 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Grady to near Petrey to Rutledge to 8
miles north of Dozier. Movement was east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Troy, Union Springs, Brundidge, Clio, Midway, Goshen, Meadville,
Banks, Pickett, Pine Level, Aberfoil, Dublin, Beans Crossroads,
Linwood, Grady, Ramer, Boot Hill, Doster, Kent, and Strata.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT for south central
and southeastern Alabama.

&&

LAT...LON 3166 8616 3166 8615 3179 8615 3179 8620
      3181 8620 3183 8618 3196 8618 3197 8620
      3197 8630 3205 8630 3214 8551 3196 8552
      3173 8560 3162 8566 3162 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 0729Z 254DEG 40KT 3200 8624 3185 8625 3171 8629 3160
8640

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Special weather statement, Mar 12, 2:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
245 AM CDT Thu Mar 12 2026

ALZ038-045>048-120830-
Lee AL-Macon AL-Bullock AL-Russell AL-Chambers AL-
245 AM CDT Thu Mar 12 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LEE...CENTRAL BULLOCK...MACON...
SOUTHERN CHAMBERS AND NORTHWESTERN RUSSELL COUNTIES THROUGH 330 AM
CDT...

At 245 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Waverly to Tuskegee to near Shopton.
Movement was east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Auburn, Opelika, Tuskegee, Valley, Union Springs, Notasulga,
Hurtsboro, Midway, Waverly, Cusseta, Beulah, Uchee, Beans Mill,
Franklin Field, Lake Tuskegee, Auburn University, Guerryton, River
View, Tuskegee National Forest, and Shopton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT for southeastern
and east central Alabama.

&&

LAT...LON 3252 8516 3215 8535 3214 8543 3209 8543
      3206 8598 3242 8579 3258 8573 3260 8570
      3270 8569 3271 8568 3271 8561 3276 8559
      3286 8518 3286 8516 3281 8517 3278 8512
      3276 8514 3274 8511 3271 8512 3268 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 0745Z 260DEG 27KT 3268 8564 3244 8573 3214 8588

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Local storm report, Mar 12, 6:14 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 12, 6:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 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
Mar 11, 8:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	48 min
Mar 11, 10:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	44 min
Mar 11, 10:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Perry	50 min
Mar 11, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo	57 min
Mar 11, 11:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Tuscaloosa	117 min
Mar 11, 11:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Dallas	51 min
Mar 11, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry	42 min
Mar 11, 11:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson	2 hr
Mar 11, 11:47 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	19 hr
Mar 11, 11:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	37 min
Mar 12, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore	44 min
Mar 12, 12:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	42 min
Mar 12, 12:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Coosa, Tallapoosa	38 min
Mar 12, 1:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	50 min
Mar 12, 1:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph, Tallapoosa	50 min
Mar 12, 1:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore, Macon, Montgomery	49 min
Mar 12, 2:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers	35 min
Mar 12, 2:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock, Pike	46 min
Mar 12, 2:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock, Lee, Macon	45 min
Mar 12, 2:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Pike	48 min
Mar 12, 3:03 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour, Pike	27 min
Mar 12, 3:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Lee, Macon, Russell	67 min
Mar 12, 3:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	40 min
Mar 12, 3:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour	15 min
Mar 12, 3:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Russell	28 min
Mar 12, 10:59 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 25 more	23 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2026 Every river flood warning in 2026

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.