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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Birmingham, AL

October 5, 1995Cherokee County, Etowah County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Oct 5, 1995, 12:17 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Etowah County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 5, 1995, 12:17 AM CDT (05:17 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 1995, 3:35 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cherokee County, AL, Etowah County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 236 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1995-10-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1995-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -46 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 050518 RRA
FFWBHM
ALC019-055-050915-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1217 AM CDT THU OCT 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...CHEROKEE COUNTY...ETOWAH COUNTY
 
AT 1215 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY
RAIN OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE OPAL. THE AREA OF
RAIN IS MOVING NORTH AND WILL LIKELY TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 4 AM.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGE~RS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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, Oct 4, 10:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
ALZ023-032>035-039>042-050715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1013 PM CDT WED OCT 4 1995

THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...

TUSCALOOSA...HALE...BIB...CHILTON...PERRY...AUTAUGA...DALLAS...MARENGO..

AND LOWNDES.

EVEN THOUGH THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFEC...CONTINUE THE

HIGH WIND WARNING AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN THE AREA.
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 10:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
ALZ023-032>035-039>042-050715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1013 PM CDT WED OCT 4 1995

THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...

TUSCALOOSA...HALE...BIB...CHILTON...PERRY...AUTAUGA...DALLAS...MARENGO..

AND LOWNDES.

EVEN THOUGH THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFEC...CONTINUE THE

HIGH WIND WARNING AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN THE AREA.
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 10:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
ALZ023-032>035-039>042-050715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1013 PM CDT WED OCT 4 1995

THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...

TUSCALOOSA...HALE...BIB...CHILTON...PERRY...AUTAUGA...DALLAS...MARENGO..

AND LOWNDES.

EVEN THOUGH THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFEC...THE

HIGH WIND WARNING AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN THE AREA.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 4, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPike42 min
Oct 4, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBullock47 min
Oct 4, 9:43 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMacon47 min
Oct 4, 9:56 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery64 min
Oct 4, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXElmore49 min
Oct 4, 11:21 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXSt. Clair24 min
Oct 5, 12:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXDeKalb, Jackson, Marshall4 hr

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.