Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Oct 1, 1989, 11:35 AM CDT (16:35 UTC)

Expired

Oct 1, 1989, 3:30 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Madison County, AL

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1135 AM CDT SUN OCT 1 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
          ...MADISON
 
HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING IN THE HUNTSVILLE AREA WITH OVER AN INCH
OF RAIN RECORDED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE DURING THE
PAST TWO HOURS HUNTSVILLE POLICE DEPT. REPORTS STREET FLOODING THROUGH
OUT THE CITY AND SOME ROADS MAY NEED TO BE CLOSED. ALSO IN
SOME AREAS OF THE CITY THE WATHER WAS RISING AND MAY ENTER SOME HOMES.
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
608 AM CDT SUN OCT 1 1989

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS MOVING ACROSS SECTIONS OF NORTH
AND CENTRAL ALABAMA.

AT 605 AM CDT THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN ONEONTA AND
GADSDEN MOVING TOWARDS GUNTERSVILLE...AND IN THE BIRMINGHAM METRO AREA
MOVING NORTH TOWARDS WARRIOR AND CULLMAN.

BESIDES LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN...THE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SOME
HAIL.

OTHERWISE...WIDESPREAD RAIN COVERED MOST OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA WHILE
THE RAIN WAS MORE PATCHY OVER THE WEST CENTRAL COUNTIES.

DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...PERSONS NEED TO BE
AWARE FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS.#

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
650 AM CDT SUN OCT 1 1989

AT 640 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MIXED IN A
WIDESPREAD AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER
ELMORE...LOWNDES AND MACON COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT AROUND 35
MPH.

POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN SOME OF THESE AREAS AS
RAINFXALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN A SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME...ESPECIALLY IN TALLAPOOSA AND ELMORE COUNTIES.

Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.