Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 1992, 9:56 AM CDT for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1992, 9:56 AM CDT (14:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1992, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tuscaloosa County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 959 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 271457 FFWBHM ALC125-271800- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 956 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...TUSCALOOSA COUNTY PERSISTENT SLOW MOVING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN OVER TUSCALOOSA COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...THAT WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. 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, Aug 27, 4:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
ALZ004>009-011-013-271030-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
430 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992
...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA TIL 9 AM...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY...
AT 430 AM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE BAND OF RAIN ALONG WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THIS RAIN WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
REMNANTS OF HURRICANE ANDREW AND AS A RESULT...THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN
PRODUCING SOME GUSTY WIND. THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND STORMS WERE WORKING THROUGH
SUMTER AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES ON THEIR WAY TO MARENGO...GREENE...PICKENS AND
HALE COUNTIES. PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT SOAKING RAINS FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS TO 40 OR 45 MILES AN HOUR.
THE CENTER OF ANDREW WILL TRACK ACROSS THE STATE LATER TODAY AND THAT WILL
ALSO PRODUCE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA.
PERSO$NS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.Special weather statement, Aug 27, 4:36 AM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
ALZ010-011-014-015-270925- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 430 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 900 AM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY... AT 430 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED WIDESPREAD RAIN ...ALONG WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...MAINLY BETWEEN TUSCALOOSA AND MOBILE. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THE RAIN AREA CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED TOWARD THE NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED BY RADAR AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER SEVERAL TORNADOES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NIGHT AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...DAMAGING WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE AZCROSS THE AREA...AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE ANDREW MOVE THROUGH DURING THE DAY TODAY. STAY TUNED TO THE LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO... FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 6:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
ALZ010-011-014-015-271330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 630 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 900 AM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY... AT 630 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED WIDESPREAD RAIN ...ALONG WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED IN SUMTER AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES...AND NEAR FLORALA...IN COVINGTON COUNTY. THE RAIN AREA CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED TOWARD THE NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED BY RADAR AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER SEVERAL TORNADOES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING THE NIGHT...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ...DAMAGING WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND POSSI"BLE TORNADOES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE ANDREW MOVE THROUGH. STAY TUNED TO THE LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO... FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 8:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-271500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 845 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTH ALABAMA UNTIL 3 PM CDT. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY... AT 840 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED WIDESPREAD RAIN ...ALONG WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED IN COVINGTON COUNTY...COFFEE COUNTY AND PIKE COUNTY. THE RAIN AREA CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED TOWARD THE NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ...DAMAGING WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE ANDREW MOVE THROUGH. STAY TUNED TO THE LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO... FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Aug 27, 9:15 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 915 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992 HERE ARE SOME PRELIMINARY DAMAGE INFORMATION WE HAVE THUS FAR: ...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN SUMTER COUNTY. ...TREES AND POWER LINE DOWN IN PICKENS COUNTY. ...LARGE TREE ACROSS I-59 NORTH OF BOLIGEE IN GREENE COUNTY. ...TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN MARGENO COUNTY. ...ROOF OFF HOME IN LIVINGSTON IN SUMTER COUNTY. ...TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN NORTHPORT AND TUSCALOOSA IN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 6:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 41 min |
| Aug 27, 6:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens | 57 min |
| Aug 27, 7:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 55 min |
| Aug 27, 7:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens | 50 min |
| Aug 27, 7:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 69 min |
| Aug 27, 7:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 8:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 8:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 8:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 60 min |
| Aug 27, 9:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 116 min |
| Aug 27, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 115 min |
| Aug 27, 10:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 65 min |
| Aug 27, 10:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Walker | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 116 min |
| Aug 27, 11:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Cullman | 117 min |
| Aug 27, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 117 min |
| Aug 27, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 59 min |
| Aug 27, 12:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chilton, Shelby | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 69 min |
| Aug 27, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Aug 27, 1:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Talladega | 119 min |
| Aug 27, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 119 min |
| Aug 27, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 66 min |
| Aug 27, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 55 min |
| Aug 27, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 66 min |
| Aug 27, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 60 min |
| Aug 27, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 65 min |
| Aug 27, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 66 min |
| Aug 27, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 55 min |
| Aug 27, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb, Jackson | 65 min |
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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.