Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Feb 15, 1995, 10:48 PM CST for Franklin 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
County Franklin County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 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
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.
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 15, 9:38 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
ALZALL-160400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 935 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 66: CHOCTAW...CLARKE...MONR~OE...WASHINGTON...CONECUH... ESCAMBIA...COVINGTON...COFFEE...GENEVA. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OTHER PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 9:46 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
ALZ036>038-040>047-049-050-054-057-058-060-065>069-160550- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 946 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 66...COVINGTON...COFFEE...GENEVA COUNTIES... AT 945 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED WITHIN AND AREA OF RAIN FROM ANNISTON TO MAPLESVILLE ALABAMA. THE STONGER OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR CLANTON ALABAMA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF COOSA COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR. A LINE OF RAINSHOWERS CONTINUES TO STRETCH FROM COLUMBUS GEORGIA TO NEW BROCKTON ALABAMA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 9:48 PM CST, 1 hour before
ALZ036>038-040>047-049-050-054-057-058-060-065>069-160550- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 946 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 66...COVINGTON...COFFEE...GENEVA COUNTIES... AT 945 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED WITHIN AND AREA OF RAIN FROM ANNISTON TO MAPLESVILLE ALABAMA. THE STONGER OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR CLANTON ALABAMA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF COOSA COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR. A LINE OF RAINSHOWERS CONTINUES TO STRETCH FROM COLUMBUS GEORGIA TO NEW BROCKTON ALABAMA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 9:55 PM CST, 53 minutes before
ALZALL-160430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 955 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 66 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF ALABAMA.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 10:00 PM CST, 48 minutes before
ALZALL-160430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 955 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 66 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF ALABAMA.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 10:32 PM CST, 16 minutes before
ALZ011>029-031>035-039-160535- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1032 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MARION COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 1025 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER EASTERN ALABAMA FROM NEAR SYLACAUGA IN SOUTHERN TALLGEGA COUNTY AND EXTENDING INTO CALHOUN..CLEBURNE..CLAY.. AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES. THE STONGEST STORMS WERE IN CLAY COUNTY NEAR ASHLAND. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA FROM NEAR HAMILTON IN MARION COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN. YOU SHOULD WATCH FOR PONDING ON AREA ROADWAYS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE HYDROPLANING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 9:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 40 min |
| Feb 15, 10:48 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lawrence, Madison, Morgan | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 49 min |
| Feb 16, 2:22 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Franklin | 68 min |
| Feb 16, 2:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 68 min |
| Feb 16, 2:49 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 56 min |
| Feb 16, 2:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 56 min |
| Feb 16, 3:12 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 63 min |
| Feb 16, 3:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 63 min |
| Feb 16, 3:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 63 min |
| Feb 16, 3:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 60 min |
| Feb 16, 3:54 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Limestone, Morgan | 66 min |
| Feb 16, 3:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone, Morgan | 66 min |
| Feb 16, 4:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 29 min |
| Feb 16, 4:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 68 min |
| Feb 16, 4:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 50 min |
| Feb 16, 5:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marshall | 45 min |
| Feb 16, 5:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 42 min |
| Feb 16, 5:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 53 min |
| Feb 16, 5:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 43 min |
| Feb 16, 5:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 31 min |
| Feb 16, 6:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson, Marshall | 53 min |
| Feb 16, 6:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 48 min |
| Feb 16, 6:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 29 min |
| Feb 16, 7:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 35 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.