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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 15, 1995Lawrence County, Madison County, Morgan County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Feb 15, 1995, 10:48 PM CST for Lawrence County, Madison County, Morgan County, Alabama. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 15, 1995, 10:48 PM CST (04:48 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 1995, 2:45 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lawrence County, AL, Madison County, AL, Morgan County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 1995-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 660 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 1995-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 313 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
660 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
532 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
313 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
346 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KHSV 160446
FFWHSV
ALC059-079-089-103-160845-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1048 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 AM CST
S...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY...LAWRENCE COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY
   ...MORGAN COUNTY
 
AT 1040 PM CST RADAR AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
HUNTSVILLE INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING IN A LINE FROM
SOUTHWEST FRANKLIN COUNTY THROUGH LAWRENCE...SOUTHEAST LIMESTONE...
SOUTHEAST MORGAN...AND JACKSON COUNTIES IN NORTH ALABAMA.
 
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS.
 
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
MOTORIST SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS AND
REMAIN ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLOODING ACROSS AREA ROADS.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NI(GHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 9:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion40 min
Feb 15, 10:48 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXFranklin4 hr
Feb 15, 11:28 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXJackson3 hr
Feb 16, 2:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion49 min
Feb 16, 2:22 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXFranklin68 min
Feb 16, 2:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin68 min
Feb 16, 2:49 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXColbert, Lauderdale56 min
Feb 16, 2:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Lauderdale56 min
Feb 16, 3:12 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXLawrence63 min
Feb 16, 3:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence63 min
Feb 16, 3:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion63 min
Feb 16, 3:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston60 min
Feb 16, 3:54 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXLimestone, Morgan66 min
Feb 16, 3:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone, Morgan66 min
Feb 16, 4:01 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXWinston29 min
Feb 16, 4:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison68 min
Feb 16, 4:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman50 min
Feb 16, 5:00 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXMarshall45 min
Feb 16, 5:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson42 min
Feb 16, 5:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan53 min
Feb 16, 5:32 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXDeKalb43 min
Feb 16, 5:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison31 min
Feb 16, 6:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson, Marshall53 min
Feb 16, 6:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens, Tuscaloosa48 min
Feb 16, 6:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb29 min
Feb 16, 7:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson35 min

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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.