Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

May 2, 1997, 11:12 PM CDT (04:12 UTC)

Expired

May 3, 1997, 2:15 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Cullman County, AL, Marion County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KBHM 030413
FFWBHM
ALC043-057-075-093-127-133-030715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1112 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHERN ALABAMA

   ...CULLMAN
   ...MARION
   ...WINSTON

IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

   ...FAYETTE
   ...LAMAR

IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

   ...WALKER
 
DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED UP TO
THREE INCHES OF RAIN OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA.  SOME FLOODING
OF STREETS AND ROADWAYS HAS OCCURRED IN A FEW AREAS.
 
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. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT
AT NIGHT TO TELL HDOW MUCH WATER IS ON ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT
DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.