Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 6, 1996, 9:16 PM CST for Limestone County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 1996, 9:16 PM CST (03:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1996, 12:15 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Limestone County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 421 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHSV 070318 COR FFWHSV ALC083-070615- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 916 PM CST WED MAR 6 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...LIMESTONE COUNTY AT 915 PM RADAR AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN HUNTSVILLE INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTY. WATER WAS REPORTED OVER SOME AREA ROADS IN GREENBRIER AND BELLE MINA. RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE IN LIMESTONE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION OF NORTH ALABAMA AND ADDITIONAL WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. M2OVE 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, Mar 6, 4:15 PM CST, 5 hours 1 minute before
ALZALL-GAZ089-090-102-120-FLZ001>015-071000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 415 PM CST (515 PM EST) WED MAR 6 1996 ...RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS ALABAMA...WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AND THE WESTERN PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... EVEN THOUGH A LARGE PORTION OF ALABAMA AND GEORGIA HAS BEEN DEALING WITH SEVERE WEATHER SINCE LAST NIGHT, THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM IS STILL HEADED TOWARDS THE GULF COAST REGION AND SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT OVER WESTERN TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN ALABAMA THIS EVENING, INTO SOUTH ALABAMA AND WEST GEORGIA AFTER MIDNIGHT, AND INTO NORTHWEST FLORIDA THURSDAY MORNING. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING ALONG THIS FRONT AND WILL ENTER ALABAMA THIS EVENING AND THEN SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS REGION. THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. PRECAUTIONS FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED AND SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. PERSONS IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD HAVE A STORM SHELTER OR SECURE BUILDING PLACE TO MOVE TO IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED. SEVERAL FATALITIES AND NUMEROUS INJURIES OCCURRED IN A MOBILE HOME PARK EARLY THIS MORNING IN SOUTH ALABAMA. PLEASE KEEP UPDATED ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION THROUGH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 5:19 PM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
ALZ021-026-027-028-029-070000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 519 PM CST WED MAR 6 1996 THE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR CLEBURNE AND CLAY COUNTIES...AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY...HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THESE AREAS...THE STORMS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF ALABAMA UNTIL 6 PM CST. THE ATMOSPHERE IS STILL QUITE MOIST AND UNSTABLE...AND ADDITIONAL WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATER TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 5:21 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
ALZ021-026-027-028-029-070000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 519 PM CST WED MAR 6 1996 THE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR CLEBURNE AND CLAY COUNTIES...AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY...HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THESE AREAS...THE STORMS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF ALABAMA UNTIL 6 PM CST. THE ATMOSPHERE IS STILL QUITE MOIST AND UNSTABLE...AND ADDITIONAL WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATER TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 6:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 65 min |
| Mar 6, 7:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 63 min |
| Mar 6, 7:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 66 min |
| Mar 6, 7:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 40 min |
| Mar 6, 7:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 51 min |
| Mar 6, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 62 min |
| Mar 6, 8:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 57 min |
| Mar 6, 8:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 64 min |
| Mar 6, 8:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 44 min |
| Mar 6, 8:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 54 min |
| Mar 6, 8:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 60 min |
| Mar 6, 8:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale, Limestone | 68 min |
| Mar 6, 8:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 43 min |
| Mar 6, 9:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 46 min |
| Mar 6, 9:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lauderdale, Limestone | 45 min |
| Mar 6, 9:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale, Limestone | 45 min |
| Mar 6, 9:19 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lauderdale, Limestone | 41 min |
| Mar 6, 9:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale, Limestone | 41 min |
| Mar 6, 9:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 39 min |
| Mar 6, 9:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 37 min |
| Mar 6, 10:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 44 min |
| Mar 6, 10:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Mar 6, 10:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Macon | 66 min |
| Mar 6, 11:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 44 min |
| Mar 6, 11:46 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Shelby | 2 hr |
| Mar 7, 1:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:53 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Talladega | 3 hr |
| Mar 7, 5:01 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Mar 7, 7:02 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Talladega | 118 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996
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.