Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Feb 10, 1994, 11:58 PM CST for Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 10, 1994, 11:58 PM CST (05:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 11, 1994, 3:45 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 554 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 371 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 472 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 110557 FFWBHM ALC093-111100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1158 PM CST THU FEB 10 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...MARION COUNTY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN HAMILTON REPORTS THAT BEAR CREEK IS OUT OF IT'S BANKS AND HAS FLOODED HIGHWAY 5 IN EXTREME NORTHEAST MARION COUNTY. FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED DOWNSTREAM TO THE FRANKLIN COUNTY LINE DURING THE NIGHT. FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ON OTHER SMALL STREAMS IN MARION COUNTY AS ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH. 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, Feb 10, 7:12 PM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
ALZ011>039-110215-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
712 PM CST THU FEB 10 1994
...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA...
AT 710 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED SCATTERED RAIN
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM NEAR GADSDEN IN ETOWAH COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD TO MONTEVALLO
IN SHELBY COUNTY AND INTO PERRY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.Special weather statement, Feb 10, 7:13 PM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
ALZ011>039-110215-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
712 PM CST THU FEB 10 1994
...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA...
AT 710 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED SCATTERED RAIN
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM NEAR GADSDEN IN ETOWAH COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD TO MONTEVALLO
IN SHELBY COUNTY AND INTO PERRY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.Special weather statement, Feb 10, 7:32 PM CST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
ALZ066-068-067-069-110230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 733 PM CST THU FEB 10 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH #11 IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH ALABAMA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO GENEVA...HOUSTON COUNTY... AT 724 PM CST NEXRAD WEATHER RADAR IN TALLAHASSEE SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN JUST SOUTH OF GENEVA COUNTY AND IN EASTERN GENEVA COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN GENEVA AND HOUSTON COUNTIES AND ESPECIALLY NEAR DOTHAN SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE6 COVER IN THE EVENT OF A WARNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO LIKELY CROSS INTO DALE AND HENRY COUNTIES AFTER 8PM. SNELL
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 7:33 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
ALZ066-068-067-069-110230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 733 PM CST THU FEB 10 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH #11 IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH ALABAMA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO GENEVA...HOUSTON COUNTY... AT 724 PM CST NEXRAD WEATHER RADAR IN TALLAHASSEE SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN JUST SOUTH OF GENEVA COUNTY AND IN EASTERN GENEVA COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN GENEVA AND HOUSTON COUNTIES AND ESPECIALLY NEAR DOTHAN SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER IN THE EVENT OF A WARNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO LIKELY CROSS INTO DALE AND HENRY COUNTIES AFTER 8PM. SNELL
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 11:26 PM CST, 32 minutes before
ALZ011>039-110615-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1126 PM CST THU FEB 10 1994
...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA...
AT 1123 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED SCATTERED RAIN
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE IN EASTERN FAYETTE...WESTERN WALKER...MARENGO AND HALE
COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.Special weather statement, Feb 10, 11:27 PM CST, 31 minutes before
ALZ011>039-110615-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1126 PM CST THU FEB 10 1994
...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA...
AT 1123 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED SCATTERED RAIN
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE IN EASTERN FAYETTE...WESTERN WALKER...MARENGO AND HALE
COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 11:38 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:12 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 4 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:48 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Winston | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994
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.