Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Feb 10, 1990, 1:30 AM CST for DeKalb County, Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- 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 DeKalb County, AL, Jackson 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 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 100732
FFWHSV
ALC033-049-059-071-077-079-083-089-095-103-101230-
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.
NWhat 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 9, 8:41 PM CST, 4 hours 49 minutes before
ALZ004-005-006-008-009-100400- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 840 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990 THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI WERE MOVING INTO WESTERN ALABAMA. AT 838 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO MARION...LAMAR...FAYETTE AND WINSTON COUNTIES IN THE NEXT 30 TO 60 MINUTES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA NEED TO BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF WEATHER CONDITIONS TURNS THREATENING.
Special weather statement, Feb 9, 8:42 PM CST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
ALZ004-005-006-008-009-100400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 840 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990 THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI WERE MOVING INTO WESTERN ALABAMA. AT 838 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO MARION...LAMAR...FAYETTE AND WINSTON COUNTIES IN THE NEXT 30 TO 60 MINUTES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA NEED TO BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF WEATHER CONDITIONS TURNS THREATENING.
Special weather statement, Feb 9, 10:48 PM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
ALZ010-100600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1055 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4AM CST FOR COOSA AND TALLAPOOSA COUNTIES... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11PM UNTIL 6AM FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... AT 10 55PM CST WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH ALABAMA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTH ALABAMA SOUTHWESTWARD INTO MISSISSIPPI. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDER STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 50 MPH. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER OVER ALABAMA FOR TONIGHT IS HIGH AND PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS AS WELL A>S OTHER PARTS OF ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT. PETTIT
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 12:13 AM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
ALZ010-100800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1215 AM CST FRI FEB 10 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4AM CST FOR COOSA AND TALLAPOOSA COUNTIES... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11PM UNTIL 6AM FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... AT 1215 AM CST WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE THUNDERSHOWERS OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NORTH ALABAMA SOUTHWESTWARD INTO MISSISSIPPI. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER OVER ALABAMA FOR TONIGHT IS HIGH. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE LdIKELY TO SPREAD ACROSS SOUTH ALABAMA LATER TONIGHT. PERSONS IN SOUTH ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT. PETTIT
Local storm report, Feb 10, 12:16 AM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1215 AM CST SAT FEB 10 1990 ...AT 915 PM CST A HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 5 MILES EAST OF FAYETTE IN FAYETTE COUNTY. ...TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 18 WEST IN LAMAR COUNTY AROUND 1045 PM CST...ALSO WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 50 TO 60 MPH. REPORT FROM LAMAR COUNTY EMA AT 1120 PM CST. ...AT 1120 PM CST WALKER COUNTY EMA REPORTS TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 78 IN THE CARBON HILL AND ELDRIDGE AREAS IN WALKER COUNTY. ...AT 1123 PM CST REPORT FROM CARBON HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT VIA HAM RADIO OPERATORS OF FUNNEL CLOUD OVER CARBON MILL MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 55 MPH. ...AT 1124 PM CST BIRMINGHAM STATE RELAYS REPORT OF TREES DOWN IN JASPER. ...AT 1125 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE ARLEY AREA IN WINSTON COUNTY AND FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED OVER DUNCANS BRIDGE IN SOUTHEAST WINSTON COUNTY. ...AT 1132 PM CST REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUD 6 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF ARLEY IN THE SMITH LAKE AREA OF WINSTON COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST. HOUSE ALSO REPORTED STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND BURNED DOWN. ...AT 1135 PM CST HAM RADIO OPERATORS REPORT 45 MPH WINDS AND BLUE LIGHTNING 7 MILES NORTH ON MANCHESTER IN WALKER COUNTY. ...AT 1140 PM CST...FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED MOVING FROM PARISH TOWARD JASPER IN WALKER COUNTY BY WALKER COUNTY EMA. ...AT 1143 PM CST NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS SIGHTED NEAR LEWIS SMILTH LAKE AND IN SOUTHERN CULLMAN COUNTY. ...AT 1146 PM CST PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN VINEMONT IN CULLMAN COUNTY. TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN AT SAME TIME IN THE HELICON AREA. REPORT RECEIVED FROM HAM RADIO OPERATORS. ...AT 1155 PM TREES REPORTEDg FALLING 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BERRY ALONG THE WALKER...FAYETTE COUNTY LINE. REPORT RECEIVED FROM HAM RADIO OPERATORS. ...AT 1200 AM CST PEA SIZE HAIL AND 45 MPH GUSTS REPORTED 7 MILES NORTH OF MANCHESTER IN WALKER COUNTY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 8:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 61 min |
| Feb 9, 8:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 30 min |
| Feb 9, 8:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 34 min |
| Feb 9, 9:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 37 min |
| Feb 9, 9:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 30 min |
| Feb 9, 9:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 47 min |
| Feb 9, 10:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 27 min |
| Feb 9, 10:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 68 min |
| Feb 9, 10:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson, Madison | 37 min |
| Feb 9, 11:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 28 min |
| Feb 9, 11:16 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 4 hr |
| Feb 9, 11:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman, Winston | 47 min |
| Feb 9, 11:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 40 min |
| Feb 9, 11:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 40 min |
| Feb 10, 12:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 22 min |
| Feb 10, 12:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 37 min |
| Feb 10, 1:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 69 min |
| Feb 10, 1:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 68 min |
| Feb 10, 1:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence | 5 hr |
| Feb 10, 1:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 5 hr |
| Feb 10, 1:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 5 hr |
| Feb 10, 1:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 57 min |
| Feb 10, 1:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 67 min |
| Feb 10, 2:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale | 35 min |
| Feb 10, 2:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 29 min |
| Feb 10, 2:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 56 min |
| Feb 10, 2:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 55 min |
| Feb 10, 2:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 58 min |
| Feb 10, 2:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 51 min |
| Feb 10, 2:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 30 min |
| Feb 10, 2:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 55 min |
| Feb 10, 2:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Talladega | 66 min |
| Feb 10, 3:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 64 min |
| Feb 10, 3:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 64 min |
| Feb 10, 3:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne, Randolph | 37 min |
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.