Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Jun 14, 1989, 2:27 AM CDT (07:27 UTC)

Expired

Jun 14, 1989, 3:30 AM CDT

In force

63 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Colbert County, AL, Franklin 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
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING CORRECTION TO ISSUE TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
227 AM CDT WED JUN 14 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 AM CDT
AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTH ALABAMA
          ...COLBERT...FRANKLIN

AT 2:25 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WEST AND
NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 3O TO 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH
FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN COLBERT COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

ASIDE FROM DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL... THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DUMPING
VERY HEAVY RAIN ON AREAS THAT HAVE HAD MUCH RAIN OVER THE PAST FEW
DAYS.  THIS IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE SOME FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREAS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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.