Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Mar 6, 1996, 11:46 PM CST (05:46 UTC)

Expired

Mar 7, 1996, 2:00 AM CST

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Bibb County, AL, Shelby County, AL

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TTAA00 KBHM 070548
FFWBHM
ALC007-117-070800-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1146 PM CST WED MAR 6 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...BIBB COUNTY...SHELBY COUNTY
 
AT 1145 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING A BROAD AREA OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS BIBB AND SHELBY
COUNTIES. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS
OCCURRED OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN SHELBY AND NORTHERN BIBB COUNTIES
SINCE 900 PM...IN ADDITION TO RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED EARLIER IN THE DAY.
SEVERAL REPORTS OF WATER OVER ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM BIBB AND
WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY.
 
MODERATE RAINFALL WILL OCCUR OVER THESE COUNTIES THROUGH 200 AM...AND
BECAUSE OF THIS ADDED RAINFALL...FLOODING WILL REMAIN A THREAT IN BIBB
IN SHELBY COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
 
 
 
 
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.

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.