Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Oct 5, 1995, 12:31 AM CDT for DeKalb County, Jackson County, Marshall County, Alabama. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 5, 1995, 12:31 AM CDT (05:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 1995, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties DeKalb County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Marshall County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHSV 050531 FFWHSV ALC049-071-095-050930- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1231 AM CDT THU OCT 5 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...DEKALB COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY...MARSHALL COUNTY AT 1230 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HUNTSVILLE SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA. THIS RAIN WAS IN ASSOCIATION WITH HURRICANE OPAL AS IT CONTINUES TO TRACK ACROSS EASTERN ALABAMA. STRONG WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MILES AN HOUR ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THESE COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. DE KALB COUNTY EMA REPORTED SEVERAL STREETS CLOSED IN RAINSVILLE DUE TO FLOODING. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF FLOODING OVER THE NORTH END OF FORT PAYNE. THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. 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 SP&OTS 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, Oct 4, 10:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 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 17 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 16 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 42 min |
| Oct 4, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 47 min |
| Oct 4, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon | 47 min |
| Oct 4, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 64 min |
| Oct 4, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 49 min |
| Oct 4, 11:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 24 min |
| Oct 5, 12:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 3 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.