Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Feb 11, 1994, 12:12 AM CST for Limestone County, Madison County, Morgan County, Alabama. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 1994, 12:12 AM CST (06:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 11, 1994, 4:15 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Morgan County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 KHSV 110615 FFWHSV ALC083-089-103-111015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1212 AM CST FRI FEB 11 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 AM CST S... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...LIMESTONE COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY...MORGAN COUNTY AT 1210 THIS MORNING WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT HUNTSVILLE INDICATED A BAND OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WESTERN CULLMAN COUNTY ACROSS WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY TO SOUTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTY THEN NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN MADISON COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY FLOODED CAUSING ADDITIONAL FLOODING. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINS THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUST OF 45 TO 50 MPH CAUSING MORE ICE HEAVY TREES IN SATURATED SOIL TO FALL. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JACKSON COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 345 AM CST. MORE HEAVY RAINS ARE LOCATED OVER ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPI SOUTHWEST OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND MORE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY ZBE 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, Feb 10, 7:12 PM CST, 5 hours 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 59 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 40 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 39 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, 46 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, 45 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 10, 11:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Marion | 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.