Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

May 3, 1997, 1:57 AM CDT (06:57 UTC)

Expired

May 3, 1997, 6:00 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Cullman County, AL, Winston County, AL

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KBHM 030658
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ALC009-043-057-075-093-127-133-031100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
157 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHERN ALABAMA

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

IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

   ...FAYETTE
   ...LAMAR

IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

   ...WALKER
 
DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED UP
TO TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN OVER PARTS OF NORTH AND NORTHWEST
ALABAMA.  THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY MOVING WEST TO EAST
IN A 50 MILE WIDE BAND THAT EXTENDED OVER A PART OF NORTH ALABAMA.
NUMEROUS REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF WATER COVERING ROADWAYS
ESPECIALLY IN MARION AND CULLMAN COUNTIES.  THERE WERE ALSO REPORTS OF
SOME BRIDGES BEING WASHED OUT.  IN CULLMAN COUNTY SOME EVACUATIONS
FROM HOMES IN LOW LYING AREAS WERE BEING CONDUCTED.  SOME CREEKS WERE
OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN WALKER COUNTY AND THERE WAS FLOODING OF NUMEROUS
STREETS.
 
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 HOW 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.