Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 7, 1996, 5:01 AM CST for Shelby 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 7, 1996, 5:01 AM CST (11:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1996, 8:00 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Shelby County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 14 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
- 559 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1401 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 071105 FFWBHM ALC117-071400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 501 AM CST THU MAR 7 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA ...SHELBY COUNTY AT 459 AM CST...SEVERAL ROADS WERE STILL REPORTEDLY CLOSED ACROSS SHELBY COUNTY...AS WELL AS EVACUATIONS OF A TRAILER PARK ON CAHABA VALLEY ROAD. ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION WAS TAPERING OFF...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS WAS STILL CAUSING PROBLEMS ACROSS NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SHELBY COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 8 AM CST. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. &
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
Local storm report, Mar 7, 1:20 AM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
120 AM CST THU MAR 07 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
343 PM ST. CLAIR AL GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
03/06/96 ST. CLAIR
830 PM TUSCALOOSA AL NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
03/06/96 TUSACALOOSA WESTERN SECTIONS.
830 PM PICKENS AL NUMEROUS TREES DOWM.
03/06/96 PICKENS
800-830 PM KENNEYHILL AL GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
03/06/96 PICKENS TREES DOWN.
919 PM SELLERS AL QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
03/06/96 MONTGOMERY
1005 PM MONTGOMERY AL TREES BLOWN DOWN.
03/06/96 MONTGOMERY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO
BUILDINGS.
1015 PM MONTGOMERY AL GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
MONTGOMERY
1115 PM TUSKEGEE AL NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
03/06/96 MACON WINDOWS BLOWN OUT.
1155 PM SMITH STATION AL MOBILE HOME DESTROYED.
03/06/96 LEELocal storm report, Mar 7, 1:31 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
120 AM CST THU MAR 07 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
343 PM ST. CLAIR AL GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
03/06/96 ST. CLAIR
830 PM TUSCALOOSA AL NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
03/06/96 TUSACALOOSA WESTERN SECTIONS.
830 PM PICKENS AL NUMEROUS TREES DOWM.
03/06/96 PICKENS
800-830 PM KENNEYHILL AL GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
03/06/96 PICKENS TREES DOWN.
919 PM SELLERS AL QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
03/06/96 MONTGOMERY
1005 PM MONTGOMERY AL TREES BLOWN DOWN.
03/06/96 MONTGOMERY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO
BUILDINGS.
1015 PM MONTGOMERY AL GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
MONTGOMERY
1115 PM TUSKEGEE AL NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
03/06/96 MACON WINDOWS BLOWN OUT.
1155 PM SMITH STATION AL MOBILE HOME DESTROYED.
03/06/96 LEESpecial weather statement, Mar 7, 4:25 AM CST, 36 minutes before
ALZ039-040>043-071130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 425 AM CST THU MAR 7 1996 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN THE TORNADO WATCH... MARENGO...DALLAS...AUTAUGA...LOWNDES AND ELMORE.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 4:28 AM CST, 33 minutes before
ALZ039-040>043-071130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 425 AM CST THU MAR 7 1996 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN THE TORNADO WATCH... MARENGO...DALLAS...AUTAUGA...LOWNDES.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 4:29 AM CST, 32 minutes before
ALZ039-040>043-071130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 425 AM CST THU MAR 7 1996 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN THE TORNADO WATCH... MARENGO...DALLAS...AUTAUGA...LOWNDES AND ELMORE.
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, 9:16 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Limestone | 3 hr |
| 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, 7:02 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Talladega | 118 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.