Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Mar 6, 1996, 10:36 PM CST (04:36 UTC)

Expired

Mar 7, 1996, 1:45 AM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Lowndes County, AL, Montgomery County, AL

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1036 PM CST WED MAR 6 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...LOWNDES COUNTY...MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
TORRENTIAL RAINS HAVE FALLEN ACROSS MONTGOMERY AND LOWNDES COUNTIES IN
THE LAST TWO HOURS...PRODUCING FLOODING OF SEVERAL ROADWAYS IN BOTH
COUNTIES.  RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS
OCCURRED IN THE AREA SINCE 830 PM.
 
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS LOWNDES
AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES THROUGH 1 AM...AND AS A RESULT THE THREAT OF
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA.
 
 
 
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.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

In the hours 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.

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.

Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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.