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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Birmingham, AL

September 22, 1995Talladega County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 22, 1995, 1:53 AM CDT for Talladega County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr.

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The facts

Issued
Sep 22, 1995, 1:53 AM CDT (06:53 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 1995, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Talladega County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 61 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1995-09-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 592 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1995-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
592 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
733 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 220653
FFWBHM
ALC121-221000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
153 AM CDT FRI SEP 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN TALLADEGA COUNTY
 
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED ACROSS SOUTHERN TALLADEGA COUNTY SINCE 9 PM
THURSDAY EVENING. THE SYLACAUGA SHERIFF HAS REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS
COVERED WITH WATER AND CLOSED IN SOUTHERN TALLADEGA COUNTY. IN ADDITION
...SOME SAND BAGS ARE NOW BEING PLACED AROUND SOME RESIDENCES. RAINFALL
GAUGES AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FROM 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS
SOUTHERN TALLADEGA COUNTY SINCE 9 PM. RADAR INDICATES THAT ANOTHER AREA
OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN TALLADEGA COUNTY
THROUGH 400 AM THIS MORNING.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  TxHE 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.
 
 
 
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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.