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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Feb 15, 1990, 4:06 PM CST for Bibb County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 1990, 4:06 PM CST (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 1990, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bibb County, AL, Tuscaloosa 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 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 402 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 152208 FFWBHM ALC007-125-160015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 406 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...BIBB COUNTY...TUSCALOOSA COUNTY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BROUGHT HEAVY RAINS TO AS MUCH AS NEARLY 4 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SEVERAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE WEST BLOCTON AREA OF FLOODED ROADS AND CREEKS OVERFLOWING. 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 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, Feb 15, 10:59 AM CST, 5 hours 7 minutes before
ALZ004-006-008-005-009-151800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1059 AM CST THU FEB 15 1990 AT 1059 AM CENTREVILLE RADAR SHOWS A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDS FROM CARROLTON SOUTHWESTWARD INTO EASTERN MISSISSIPPI TO JUST NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN MS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD AFFECT THE CITIES OF CARROLTON AND REFORM IN PICKENS COUNTY AND FAYETTE IN FAYETTE COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR. THE UNION FIRE CHIEF REPORTED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN...MARBLE SIZED HAIL...AND ROOFS OFF BUSINESSES IN AND AROUND UNION MS WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL ABABAMA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPID[LY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 11:33 AM CST, 4 hours 33 minutes before
ALZ004-006-008-005-009-151930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1130 AM CST THU FEB 15 1990 AT 1130 AM CENTREVILLE RADAR SHOWS A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDS FROM NEAR REFORM AND CARROLTON SOUTHWESTWARD INTO TO JUST SOUTH OF MERIDIAN MS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD AFFECT THE CITIES OF CARROLTON...REFORM...ALICEVILLE IN PICKENS COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR. THIS LINE OF STRONG STORMS WERE MAKING VERY SLOW PROGRESS TO THE EAST AROUND 15 MPH. THE UNION FIRE CHIEF AT 925 AM REPORTED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN... MARBLE SIZED HAIL...AND ROOFS OFF BUSINESSES IN AND AROUND UNION MS WITH THESE STORMS. AT 1030 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE IN MERIDIAN REPORTED NICKLE SIZE HAIL ON I20 1 MILE WEST OF NEWTON IN NEWTON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL ABABAMA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 12:27 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
ALZ004-006-008-005-009-151930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1225 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990 AT 1225 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WESTERN WALKER COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS WESTERN TUSCALOOSA INTO GREENE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD AFFECT THE CITIES OF JASPER...TUSCALOOSA AND EUTAW BY 1PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEW OUTLETS AS THE WEATHER MAY CHANGE RAP(IDLY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 12:55 PM CST, 3 hours 11 minutes before
ALZ004-006-008-005-009-152000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1256 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990 AT 1255 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD INTO SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD AFFECT THE CITIES OF TUSCALOOSA...MELTON AND MOUNTSVILLE BY 200 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEW OUTLETS AS THE WEATHER MAY CHANGE RA[PIDLY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 1:31 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
ALZ004-006-008-005-009-152030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 130 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990 AT 125 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF TUSCALOOSA SOUTHWESTWARD INTO GREENE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD AFFECT THE CITY OF GREENSBORO BY 2 PM. POLICE AND TROOPER REPORTS INDICATE THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. WITH THESE STORMS LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS...MAY OCCUR. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEW OUTLETS AS THE WEATHER MAY CHANGE RAPIDLY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 2:13 PM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
ALZ004-006-008-005-009-152130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 213 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990 AT 213 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF OAK GROVE IN WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE CITIES OF BROOKWOOD...GREENSBORO...TO DEMOPOLIS. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. WITH THESE STORMS LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS...MAY OCCUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER AND POSSIBLE TORNDAOES IN MISSISSIPPI HAVE BEEN RECIEVED AT THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN HALF OF ALABAMA. RESIDENTS IN CENTRAL ALABAMA ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS AS THE WEATHER MAY CHANGE RAPIDLY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 2:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale | 47 min |
| Feb 15, 3:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 38 min |
| Feb 15, 3:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 64 min |
| Feb 15, 4:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Shelby | 115 min |
| Feb 15, 4:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale | 3 hr |
| Feb 15, 5:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 3 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.