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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 6, 1996Colbert County, Lauderdale County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 6, 1996, 1:26 AM CST for Colbert County, Lauderdale 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, 1:26 AM CST (07:26 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 1996, 4:30 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Colbert County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1996-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 71 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1996-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 359 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
590 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
359 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
373 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KHSV 060728
FFWHSV
ALC033-077-061030-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
126 AM CST WED MAR 6 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...COLBERT COUNTY...LAUDERDALE COUNTY
 
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH ALABAMA UNTIL 500 AM CST...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
 
AT 0125 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF LAUDERDALE AND COLBERT COUNTIES IN
NORTHWEST ALABAMA.  THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF ROADS FLOODING IN
NORTHWESTERN COLBERT COUNTY NEAR MARGERUM NORTHWARD NEAR THE NATCHED TRA
PARKWAY INTO WESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY.
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR ClAR 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 5, 9:40 PM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
935 PM CST MON APR 19 1995

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

 630 PM     PARRISH                  AL    QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
 03/05/96   WALKER

 930 PM     HACKELBURG               AL    GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
 03/05/96   MARION                         COVERING GROUND.
Local storm report, Mar 5, 9:41 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
935 PM CST TUE MAR 05 1996

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

630 PM     PARRISH                  AL    QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
03/05/96   WALKER

930 PM     HACKELBURG               AL    GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
03/05/96   MARION                         COVERING GROUND.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 6:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker54 min
Mar 5, 9:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion41 min
Mar 5, 9:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston41 min
Mar 5, 9:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin, Lawrence60 min
Mar 5, 10:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan69 min
Mar 6, 12:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence64 min
Mar 6, 2:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter45 min
Mar 6, 3:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPerry31 min
Mar 6, 3:52 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXDallas53 min
Mar 6, 3:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton46 min
Mar 6, 4:12 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXAutauga48 min
Mar 6, 4:19 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXLowndes41 min
Mar 6, 4:58 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXLowndes47 min
Mar 6, 5:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery57 min
Mar 6, 5:11 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery49 min
Mar 6, 5:27 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXBullock, Macon63 min
Mar 6, 5:51 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXLee, Russell69 min
Mar 6, 6:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour, Bullock38 min
Mar 6, 7:31 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXJefferson3 hr
Mar 6, 8:50 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXBarbour40 min
Mar 6, 12:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Lawrence66 min
Mar 6, 1:39 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXLawrence66 min
Mar 6, 2:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Walker50 min
Mar 6, 2:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman53 min
Mar 6, 2:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Jefferson38 min
Mar 6, 3:14 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBlount, Jefferson46 min
Mar 6, 3:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker41 min
Mar 6, 3:26 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXSt. Clair49 min
Mar 6, 4:11 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Talladega34 min
Mar 6, 4:40 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Talladega35 min
Mar 6, 4:52 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXClay, Cleburne53 min
Mar 6, 4:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair49 min
Mar 6, 4:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLauderdale, Limestone62 min
Mar 6, 5:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison68 min
Mar 6, 5:31 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXLimestone59 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.