Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 1992, 12:28 PM CDT for Chilton County, Shelby County, Alabama. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1992, 12:28 PM CDT (17:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1992, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chilton County, AL, Shelby County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 271728 FFWBHM ALC073-117-021-271930- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1228 PM CDT THU AUG 27 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...JEFFERSON COUNTY...SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...CHILTON COUNTY AT 12:28 PM RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS JEFFERSON...SHELBY...AND CHILTON COUNTIES. THIS RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS...CREEKS AND STREAMS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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, 6:28 AM CDT, 6 hours 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, 3 hours 45 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, 3 hours 13 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
Local storm report, Aug 27, 11:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1100 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992
10:15 AM LAKE LURLEEN AREA IN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY HAD WIND ESTIMATED
35 MPH - FROM EMA.
10:30 AM LAKE TUSCALOOSA AREA IN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY WINDS ESTIMATED
AT 50+ MPH - FROM EMA.
5:30 TO
8:00 AM TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE AROUND THE ALICEVILLE AREA.
ROOF DAMAGE IN SAME AREA FROM FALLING TREES - FROM HAM
RADIO OPERATORS RELAYED THROUGH EMA.
11:00 AM STREET FLOODING IN TUSCALOOSA AT WOODLAND ROAD AND 32ND
AVENUE, AROUND UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA CAMPUS, AND AT
UNIVERSITY BLVD AT 5 POINTS - FROM EMA.
11:00 AM SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES THROUGHOUT TUSRCALOOSA COUNTY - FROM
EMA.Special weather statement, Aug 27, 11:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-271800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1120 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 1115 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 LOWNDES...BUTLER AND PIKE COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHNORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. MANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS EVEN THOUGH NOT SEVERE ARE BRINGING VERY GUSTY WINDS IN MANY PLACES ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS THAT LIMIT VISIBILITIES TO A FEW HUNDRED FEET. CONDITIONS ARE NOT LIKELY TO IMPROVE AS THE DAY CONTINUES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO INCLINED TO PRODUCE TORNADOES...THEREFORE A TORNADO WATCH IS CONTINUED THROUGH 3PM CDT FOR MOST OF SOUTH ALABAMA. SNELL
Local storm report, Aug 27, 12:07 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1205 PM CDT THU AUG 27 1992
.MONTGOMERY COUNTY...LARGE TREE LIMBS ON POWER LINE NEAR PINE LEVEL.
1015 CDT. REPORT FROM DIXIE ELECTRIC. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING 1002 CDT TILL 1100 CDT.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, 9:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 3 hr |
| 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 | 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 |
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.