Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Feb 10, 1990, 1:30 AM CST (07:30 UTC)

Expired

Feb 10, 1990, 6:30 AM CST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Colbert County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Lawrence 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
130 AM CST SAT FEB 10 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
          ...COLBERT...DEKALB...FRANKLIN...JACKSON...LAUDERDALE
          ...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MADISON...MARSHALL...MORGAN
 
AT 1:30 AM CST RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAIN OVER NORTHWEST ALABAMA. LIGHT TO OCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN
WAS ALREADY INDICATED OVER ALL OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AREA.
 
THE GROUND IN NORTH ALABAMA IS SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINS AND
FLOODING WHICH HAS OCCURRED DURING THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
 
FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MANY AREAS ALREADY AND WILL LIKELY
BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
AS THE HEAVY RAIN MOVES ACROSS THE REST OF NORTH ALABAMA.
 
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.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TFO HIGHER GROUND.
 
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Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

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.