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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 21, 2026Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Jun 21, 2026, 11:23 AM CDT for Sumter County, Alabama. It was in force for 71 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 21, 2026, 11:23 AM CDT (16:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2026, 10:16 AM CDT
In force: 71 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Sumter County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:26 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 Sucarnoochee River at Livingston (LVNA1). The gauge peaked at 20.60 ft at Jun 22, 2026, 1:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02467500, 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 20, 6:33 PM CDT, 16 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 6:33 PM CDT, 16 hours 50 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 20, 7:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Walker	3 hr
Jun 21, 2:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Sumter	42 min
Jun 21, 2:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	38 min
Jun 21, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	43 min
Jun 21, 3:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene, Hale, Pickens	40 min
Jun 21, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	48 min
Jun 21, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Perry	44 min
Jun 21, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	53 min
Jun 21, 4:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	51 min
Jun 21, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Chilton	47 min
Jun 21, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Jefferson, Walker	49 min
Jun 21, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	45 min
Jun 21, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	47 min
Jun 21, 6:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Pike	3 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.