Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Feb 16, 1990, 12:32 AM CST for DeKalb County, Jackson County, Marshall County, Alabama. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 1990, 12:32 AM CST (06:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 1990, 4:30 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties DeKalb County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Marshall County, AL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 185 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 801 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 393 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHSV 160633 FFWHSV ALC049-071-095-161030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1232 AM CST FRI FEB 16 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM CST FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH ALABAMA COUNTIES... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...DEKALB COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY...MARSHALL COUNTY AT 12;30 PM CST... RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL OVER NORTHERN ALABAMA BUT RAIN HAS BEEN HEAVIEST IN THE NORTHEAST. FORT PAYNE HAS HAD OVER FOUR INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS... AND FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN FORT PAYNE AND IN COLLINSVILLE. NORTHEAST ALABAMA HAS THE MOST CHANCE FOR MORE HEAVY RAIN AS A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING INTO MARSHALL AND JACKSON COUNTIES... MOVING TO THE EAST. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES IN SOME PARTS OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA BY 4 AM. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 8:06 PM CST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-160400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 800 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 41 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHAMBERS...LEE... TALLAPOOSA...COOSA...ELMORE...AUTAUGA AND DALLAS COUNTIES OF SOUTH ALABAMA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... RADAR SHOWED RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA AT 8PM. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN...ESPECIALLY IN A BAND FROM BIRMINGHAM TO TUSCALOOSA ...AND SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI. A BAND OF SHOWERS WAS OVER WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA FROM SELMA TO MILLERS FERRY. NEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THEREFORE PER!SONS IN SOUTH ALABAMA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER PARTS OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA LATER TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 10:04 PM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-160600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1000 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 42 IN EFFECT FOR AUTAUGA...DALLAS AND WILCOX COUNTIES OF SOUTH ALABAMA UNTIL 4 AM CST FRI... RADAR SHOWED RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA AT 950PM CST. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN...ESPECIALLY IN A BAND FROM MERIDIAN TO TUSCALOOSA AND OVER TO THE LEWIS SMITH RESERVOIR. MORE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS... SOME OF WHICH WERE SEVERE...EXTENDED FROM MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI TO BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA. THIS BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EASTWARD AND WILL EFFECT ALABAMA TOMORROW MORNING. FOR THIS REASON RESIDENTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD KEEP CURRENT WITH THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THROUGH LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. SNELL
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 12:03 AM CST, 29 minutes before
ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-160800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1200 AM CST FRI FEB 16 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 42 IN EFFECT FOR AUTAUGA...DALLAS AND WILCOX COUNTIES OF SOUTH ALABAMA UNTIL 4 AM CST FRI... AT 1150 PM CST WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMRY SHOWED AN EXTENSIVE AND WIDE BAND OF RAIN FROM WAYNESBORO MISSISSIPPI TO ALTOONA IN ETOWAH COUNTY. AND FROM REFORM IN PICKENS COUNTY TO MAPLESVILLE IN CHILTON COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR... THE BAND OF PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD. SOME OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST WEST OF DALLAS COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AND SOME MAiY PENETRATE INTO THE EXTREME WEST PART OF THE COUNTY. RESIDENTS THERE CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER BULLETINS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SNELL
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 12:06 AM CST, 26 minutes before
ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-160800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1200 AM CST FRI FEB 16 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 42 AND 43 IN EFFECT FOR AUTAUGA...DALLAS... WILCOX AND COOSA COUNTIES OF SOUTH ALABAMA UNTIL 4 AM CST FRI... AT 1150 PM CST WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMRY SHOWED AN EXTENSIVE AND WIDE BAND OF RAIN FROM WAYNESBORO MISSISSIPPI TO ALTOONA IN ETOWAH COUNTY. AND FROM REFORM IN PICKENS COUNTY TO MAPLESVILLE IN CHILTON COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR... THE BAND OF PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD. SOME OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST WEST OF DALLAS COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AND SOME MAY PENETRATE INTO THE EXTREME WEST PART OF THE COUNTY. RESIDENTS THERE CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER BULLETINS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. mSNELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 6:14 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 3 hr |
| Feb 15, 6:14 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Feb 15, 6:21 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 6:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 58 min |
| Feb 15, 7:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 42 min |
| Feb 15, 7:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 30 min |
| Feb 15, 7:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Calhoun, St. Clair | 3 hr |
| Feb 15, 8:25 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 8:25 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Marshall | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 63 min |
| Feb 15, 8:55 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Talladega | 5 hr |
| Feb 15, 8:55 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Hale | 5 hr |
| Feb 15, 9:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Tuscaloosa | 3 hr |
| Feb 15, 9:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Walker | 3 hr |
| Feb 15, 9:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 41 min |
| Feb 15, 9:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Feb 15, 10:43 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, St. Clair, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah | 29 min |
| Feb 16, 12:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Etowah | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Walker | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:35 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Blount, Cullman | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:48 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:48 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chilton | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:48 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah, Talladega | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:48 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Walker | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:07 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:22 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 5:06 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 5:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Perry, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 5:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 6:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, Talladega | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 6:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 42 min |
| Feb 16, 8:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 47 min |
| Feb 16, 8:54 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.