Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Dec 2, 1991, 12:03 AM CST (06:03 UTC)

Expired

Dec 2, 1991, 7:00 AM CST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties DeKalb County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL

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ALC033-049-059-071-077-079-083-089-095-103-021300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1203 AM CST MON DEC 2 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 AM CST
 
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...COLBERT COUNTY...DEKALB COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY...JACKSON COUNT   ...LAUDERDALE COUNTY...LAWRENCE COUNTY...LIMESTONE COUNTY...MADISON
   ...MARSHALL COUNTY...MORGAN COUNTY
 
AT MIDNIGHT HUNTSVILLE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF NORTH ALABAMA. THIS
AREA OF PRECIPITATION EXTENDED SOUTHWEST INTO MISSISSIPPI. ALL THE
PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
 
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE WARNED COUNTIES AND THE ADDED
RAINFALL WILL COMPOUND THE PROBLEMS ALREADY EXISTING IN THESE
COUNTIES.
 
RESIDENTS OF THE WARNED COUNTIES SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WEATHER
CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE A SAFE
AREA IF NECESSARY.
 
 
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 TO HIGHER GROUND.

In the hours before

ALZ004-020430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
827 PM CST SUN DEC 1 1991

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LAMAR...FAYETTE...MARION...
WALKER...AND WINSTON COUNTIES FOR TONIGHT...

     AT 825 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN
OCCURRING OVER MARION AND NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTIES.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAIN WILL BE MOVING OUT OF MISSSISSIPPI INTO THESE COUNTIES AS WELL AS
WINSTON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

     THE COUNTIES OF LAMAR...MARION...AND WINSTON HAVE RECEIVED AROUND
TWO INCHES OF RAIN SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING.  WITH THE GROUND
SATURATED...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL RUNOFF RAPIDLY SWELLING
STREAMS AND POSSIBLY FLOODING LOW PLACES ALONG SECONDARY ROADWAYS.  IF
YOU ARE DRIVING IN THESE THREE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO AN UNKNOWN DEPTH.

Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 1991Every flash flood warning in 1991

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.