Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 16, 1990, 3:19 AM CST for Talladega County, Alabama. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 1990, 3:19 AM CST (09:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 1990, 7:15 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Talladega 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
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 431 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 494 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 KBHM 160920 FFWBHM ALC121-021-161315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 319 AM CST FRI MAR 16 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...TALLADEGA COUNTY IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...CHILTON COUNTY REPORTS FROM THE COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICES IN CHILTON AND TALLADEGA COUNTIES INDICATE THAT SERIOUS STREET FLOODING WAS OCCURRING. A FEW COUNTY ROADS WERE BEING CLOSED IN CHILTON COUNTY WHILE EVACUATIONS WERE CURRENTLY BEING CONDUCTED IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE CITY OF TALLADEGA. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT CENTREVILLE INDICATED MODERATE TO OCCASINALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH AND EAST ALABAMA MOVING NORTHEAST. 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.
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, Mar 15, 11:06 PM CST, 4 hours 13 minutes before
ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-160700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1110 PM CST THU MAR 15 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR DALLAS AND WILCOX COUNTIES TONIGHT AND TOMORROW... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERING MOST OF ALABAMA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOCATED IN DALLAS AND SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTIES. THE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS NOT ENDED AND RESIDENTS OF SOUTHCENTRAL ALABAMA ARE ADVISED TO CONTINUE MONITORING THE SITUATION AS RAIN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. SNELL
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 12:47 AM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-160900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1245 AM CST FRI MAR 16 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SECTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA TO INCLUDE CITIES SUCH AS AUBURN...ALEXANDER CITY...MONTGOMERY... SELMA AND CAMDEN FOR FRIDAY... AT 1240 AM CST...RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT EXTENDED FROM SYLACAUGA TO THE WESTERN EDGE OF MITCHELL LAKE TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SELMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. 0 PERSONS IN CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTIONS IF FLASH FLOODING BEGINS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 1:23 AM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-160900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 120 AM CST FRI MAR 16 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SECTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA TO INCLUDE CITIES SUCH AS AUBURN...ALEXANDER CITY...MONTGOMERY... SELMA AND CAMDEN FOR FRIDAY... LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES OVER MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. AT 115 AM CST...RADAR ALSO INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT EXTENDED FROM NORTH CENTRAL LOWNDES COUNTY NORTH INTO AUTAUGA COUNTY...ON INTO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF COOSA AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ELMORE COUNTY. THE STORMS WILL BE EFFECTING THE CITIES OF MONTGOEMRY...PRATTVILLE...MILLBROOK AND WETUMPKA THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...POSSILBLY SOME SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUWR. PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 3:05 AM CST, 14 minutes before
ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-160900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 310 AM CST FRI MAR 16 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SECTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA TO INCLUDE CITIES SUCH AS AUBURN...ALEXANDER CITY...MONTGOMERY... SELMA AND CAMDEN FOR FRIDAY... LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES OVER MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. AT 300 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN LOWNDES...MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHERN ELMORE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. AT DANNELLY FIELD IN MONTGOMERY...OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR BRINGING THE TOTAL TO OVER FOUR INCHES SINCE THE RAIN STARTED ON THURSDAY. THE STORMS HAVE SLOWED THEIR EASTWARD MOVEMENT AND MORE LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 3:19 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chilton | 4 hr |
| Mar 16, 6:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:06 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Talladega | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 9:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 116 min |
| Mar 16, 11:02 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 118 min |
| Mar 16, 1:10 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Tuscaloosa | 105 min |
| Mar 16, 1:10 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Pickens | 105 min |
| Mar 16, 1:21 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah, St. Clair | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:21 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Randolph | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:21 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Talladega | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:24 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby | 116 min |
| Mar 16, 1:24 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Perry | 116 min |
| Mar 16, 1:24 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Blount, Cullman | 116 min |
| Mar 16, 3:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | DeKalb, Marshall, Morgan | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
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.