Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 1992, 1:14 AM CST for Colbert County, Alabama. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 1992, 1:14 AM CST (07:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 1992, 5:15 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Colbert County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 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 100715 FFWHSV ALC033-101115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 114 AM CST TUE MAR 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 AM CST IN NORTH ALABAMA ...COLBERT COUNTY FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ON MT. HESTER ROAD SOUTH OF CHEROKEE AND HIWAY 43 1 MILE SOUTH OF MUSLCLE SHOALS. WATER COVERS THESE ROADS. ADDITIONAL RAIN IS LIKELY OVER THE WARNED COUNTY AND FURTHER FLOODING IS LIKELY. 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 WATFERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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 9, 7:14 PM CST, 6 hours before
ALZ001>014-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 710 PM CST MON MAR 9 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 IS EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA UNTIL 100 AM CST... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 65 HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN ALABAMA ARE UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 100 AM CST.. FRANKLIN...LAWRENCE...MORGAN...MARSHALL...MARION...WINSTON...CULLMAN... WALKER...FAYETTE...LAMAR...TUSCALOOSA...PIKCKENS...AND SUMTER. NO OTHER COUNTIES IN ALABAMA ARE UNDER ANY OTHER WATCH AT THIS TIME.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 8:04 PM CST, 5 hours 10 minutes before
ALZ004>009-011-100310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 803 PM CST MON MAR 9 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA UNTIL 100 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING... AT 800 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS IN ALABAMA SHOWED VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF RAIN...WITH ONLY SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS OCCURING OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF ALABAMA TONIGHT AS THE AIRMASS OVER THE STATE BECOMES INCREASINGLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE IN ADVANCE OF A STORM SYSTEM NOW PUSHING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS AS IF THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER A CROSS THE STATE OF ALABAMA WILL COME AFTER MIDNIGHT. SO...PLEASE STAY ADVISED OF THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION BY TUNING IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 10:07 PM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
ALZ004>009-011-100510- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1005 PM CST MON MAR 9 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST ALABAMA UNTIL 100 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 68 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION OF ALABAMA UNTIL 300 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING... AT 1000 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM NEAR MUSCLE SHOALS ALABAMA SOUTHWESTWARD INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND BACK INTO LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT OF THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF ALABAMA AROUND MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BECOME SEVERE ACROSS MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WITH THE AIRMASS BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE ACROSS ALABAMA TONIGHT THERE IS THE STRONG POSSIBILIBTY OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. PLEASE...STAY INFORMED OF THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION BY TUNING IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 11:17 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
ALZ004>009-011-100615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1115 PM CST MON MAR 9 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST ALABAMA UNTIL 100 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING... AT 1115 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LINE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM NEAR HUNTSVILLE ALABABAMA SOUTHWESTWARD INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND BACK INTO LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT OF THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA COUNTIES OF LAMAR... MARION AND PICKENS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS IN MISSISSIPPI. PLEASE...STAY INFORMED OF THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION BY TUNING IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 9:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 63 min |
| Mar 9, 10:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 69 min |
| Mar 9, 10:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 60 min |
| Mar 9, 10:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 35 min |
| Mar 9, 11:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 56 min |
| Mar 10, 12:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 60 min |
| Mar 10, 12:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence | 56 min |
| Mar 10, 12:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 56 min |
| Mar 10, 12:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 56 min |
| Mar 10, 12:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 56 min |
| Mar 10, 12:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 63 min |
| Mar 10, 12:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa, Walker | 68 min |
| Mar 10, 1:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 58 min |
| Mar 10, 1:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 56 min |
| Mar 10, 1:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 56 min |
| Mar 10, 1:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale | 62 min |
| Mar 10, 1:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 63 min |
| Mar 10, 3:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 59 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992
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.