Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 16, 1996, 5:09 PM CDT for Cullman County, Alabama. It was in force for 2 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
- Sep 16, 1996, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 1996, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cullman County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 776 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 162210 FFWBHM ALC043-170015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 509 PM CDT MON SEP 16 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...CULLMAN COUNTY FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE CITY OF CULLMAN...WHERE HIGHWAY 31 IS CLOSED WITH UP TO 3 FEET OF WATER ON THE ROAD. HIGHWAY 278 EAST OF CULLMAN IS ALSO CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. THE BACK EDGE OF THE CURRENT PRECIPITATION AREA WILL BE OUT OF THE CITY CULLMAN BETWEEN 530 AND 545 PM...BUT MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS EVENING. 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
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 11:35 AM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
ALZ001>007-011>013-161835- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1135 AM CDT MON SEP 16 1996 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH... ...MADISON...MORGAN...LAUDERDALE...LIMESTONE...LAWRENCE...COLBERT... FRANKLIN...MARION...LAMAR...AND FAYETTE. AT 1134AM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EASTWARD AND ONLY A FEW RAIN SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF NORTH AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA. THUND"ERSTORMS WILL LIKELY RETURN TO PARTS OF NORTH ALABAMA LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING AND CONDITIONS MAY ONCE AGAIN IMPROVE FOR SEVERE WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 12:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
ALZ001>057-161835- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1235 PM CDT MON SEP 16 1996 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1020 FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A NEW TORNADO WATCH #1022 IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST AND EAST-CENTRAL SECTIONS UNTIL 800 PM. THIS NEW WATCH IS EAST OF A LINE FROM CALHOUN COUNTY TO TALLADEGA TO CHILTON TO DALLAS TO WILCOX COUNTIES AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BUTLER TO CRENSHAW TO PIKE TO BARBOUR COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 4:15 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
ALZ001>057-170200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 413 PM CDT MON SEP 16 1996 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1022 FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALABAMA HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 1024 UNTIL 900 PM CDT. BELOW IS A LISTING OF COUNTIES INCLUDED IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 1023 AND 1024. BOTH ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT. NORTH WEST CENTRAL CENTRAL EAST CENTRAL SOUTHWEST SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... ANNISTON ASHLAND ATHENS BIRMINGHAM BUTLER CAMDEN CARROLLTON CENTRE CENTREVILLE CLANTON COLUMBIANA CULLMAN DADEVILLE DECATUR DOUBLE SPRINGS EUTAW FAYETTE FLORENCE FORT PAYNE GADSDEN GREENSBORO GREENVILLE GROVE HILL GUNTERSVILLE HAMILTON HAYNEVILLE HEFLIN HUNTSVILLE JASPER LINDEN LIVINGSTON LUVERNE MARION MONTGOMERY MOULTON MUSCLE SHOALS ONEONTA PELL CITY PRATTVILLE ROCKFORD RUSSELLVILLE SCOTTSBORO SELMA TALLADEGA TUSCALOOSA VERNON WEDOWEE WETUMPKA IN ALABAMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ALC077-033-059-079-083-089-103-095-071-049-093-133-043-009-055-019- 170200- ...NORTH... LAUDERDALE COLBERT FRANKLIN LAWRENCE LIMESTONE MADISON MORGAN MARSHALL JACKSON DEKALB MARION WINSTON CULLMAN BLOUNT ETOWAH CHEROKEE ALC075-057-107-125-119-063-065-091-170200- ...WEST CENTRAL... LAMAR FAYETTE PICKENS TUSCALOOSA SUMTER GREENE HALE MARENGO ALC127-073-117-115-121-105-007-021-037-047-001-085-051-101-170200- ...CENTRAL... WALKER JEFFERSON SHELBY ST. CLAIR TALLADEGA PERRY BIBB CHILTON COOSA DALLAS AUTAUGA LOWNDES ELMORE MONTGOMERY ALC015-029-027-111-123-170200- ...EAST CENTRAL... CALHOUN CLEBURNE CLAY RANDOLPH TALLAPOOSA ALC023-025-131-013-041-170200- ...SOUTHWEST... CHOCTAW CLARKE WILCOX BUTLER CRENSHAW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 6:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 45 min |
| Sep 16, 7:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 52 min |
| Sep 16, 7:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 65 min |
| Sep 16, 7:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 43 min |
| Sep 16, 8:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 46 min |
| Sep 16, 8:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 57 min |
| Sep 16, 8:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 63 min |
| Sep 16, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 45 min |
| Sep 16, 9:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 65 min |
| Sep 16, 9:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marshall | 56 min |
| Sep 16, 9:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 61 min |
| Sep 16, 10:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 64 min |
| Sep 16, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 65 min |
| Sep 16, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 47 min |
| Sep 16, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert | 68 min |
| Sep 16, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale, Lawrence | 63 min |
| Sep 16, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 37 min |
| Sep 16, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 55 min |
| Sep 16, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 38 min |
| Sep 16, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 48 min |
| Sep 16, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 69 min |
| Sep 16, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall, Morgan | 63 min |
| Sep 16, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 40 min |
| Sep 16, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 43 min |
| Sep 16, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 69 min |
| Sep 16, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 61 min |
| Sep 16, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 31 min |
| Sep 16, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 29 min |
| Sep 16, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Marengo, Perry | 41 min |
| Sep 16, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 58 min |
| Sep 16, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 45 min |
| Sep 16, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore | 44 min |
| Sep 16, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 40 min |
| Sep 16, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 33 min |
| Sep 16, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 30 min |
| Sep 16, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 44 min |
| Sep 16, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 41 min |
| Sep 16, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 55 min |
| Sep 16, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 36 min |
| Sep 16, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 31 min |
| Sep 16, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore | 45 min |
| Sep 16, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 36 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.