Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 1997, 3:25 PM CDT for Talladega 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
- Jul 17, 1997, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 1997, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Talladega County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 1821 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 957 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 172025 FFWBHM ALC121-172230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 325 PM CDT THU JUL 17 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA ...SOUTHERN TALLADEGA COUNTY HEAVY RAINS FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN SYLACAUGA IN SOUTHERN TALLADEGA COUNTY. EMA IN TALLADEGA REPORTED FLOODING TO SOME STORES IN SYLACAUGA. ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL STREAM FLOODING AND FLOODING OF CREEKS. DURING HEAVY RAINS... KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS... WATER CATCHMENTS... AND WATERWAYS. SHALLOW... GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN BECOME A RAGING TORRENT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. &
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, Jul 17, 10:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
ALZALL-FLZ001>015-171700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 1030 AM CDT THU JUL 17 1997 THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH FOR MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. AT 10 AM CDT...TROPICAL STORM DANNY WAS LOCATED ABOUT 165 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS AND MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM CONDITIONS INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS WITHIN THE RANGE OF 39 TO 74 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN A SPECIFIED COASTAL AREA WITHIN 24 HOURS. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT A HURRICANE HAS BECOME A THREAT TO COASTAL AREAS AND IS USUALLY ISSUED 24 TO 36 HOURS BEFORE EXPECTED LANDFALL. EVERYONE COVERED BY A WATCH SHOULD LISTEN FOR MORE ADVISORIES AND ACT PROMPTLY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. A HURRICANE WARNING INDICATES HURRICANE WINDS WILL BE 74 MILES AN HOUR OR GREATER AND HIGH AND ROUGH SEAS ARE EXPECTED IN A SPECIFIC COASTAL AREA WITHIN 24 HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY ACTIONS SHOULD BEGIN IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND IF YOU ARE PLANNING ANY TRAVEL ANYWHERE NEAR THE COASTAL SECTIONS...BE SURE TO LISTEN FOR ANY UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. THE WEATHER OFFICE IN MOBILE WILL BE ISSUING ROUTINE STATEMENTS ON THIS TROPICAL STORM AND AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST...MORE FREQUENT STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED. CLOSE COORDINATION WILL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THE OFFICE HERE IN BIRMINGHAM AND WITH OTHER WEATHER OFFICES FOR ADDITIONAL TYPES OF WATCHES OR WARNINGS THAT MAY BE NEEDED FOR OTHER PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA DUE TO THIS TROPICAL STORM.
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 10:54 AM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
ALZALL-FLZ001>015-171700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 1030 AM CDT THU JUL 17 1997 THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH FOR MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. AT 10 AM CDT...TROPICAL STORM DANNY WAS LOCATED ABOUT 165 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS AND MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM CONDITIONS INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS WITHIN THE RANGE OF 39 TO 74 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN A SPECIFIED COASTAL AREA WITHIN 24 HOURS. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT A HURRICANE HAS BECOME A THREAT TO COASTAL AREAS AND IS USUALLY ISSUED 24 TO 36 HOURS BEFORE EXPECTED LANDFALL. EVERYONE COVERED BY A WATCH SHOULD LISTEN FOR MORE ADVISORIES AND ACT PROMPTLY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. A HURRICANE WARNING INDICATES HURRICANE WINDS WILL BE 74 MILES AN HOUR OR GREATER AND HIGH AND ROUGH SEAS ARE EXPECTED IN A SPECIFIC COASTAL AREA WITHIN 24 HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY ACTIONS SHOULD BEGIN IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND IF YOU ARE PLANNING ANY TRAVEL ANYWHERE NEAR THE COASTAL SECTIONS...BE SURE TO LISTEN FOR ANY UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. THE WEATHER OFFICE IN MOBILE WILL BE ISSUING ROUTINE STATEMENTS ON THIS TROPICAL STORM AND AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST...MORE FREQUENT STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED. CLOSE COORDINATION WILL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THE OFFICE HERE IN BIRMINGHAM AND WITH OTHER WEATHER OFFICES FOR ADDITIONAL TYPES OF WATCHES OR WARNINGS THAT MAY BE NEEDED FOR OTHER PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA DUE TO THIS TROPICAL STORM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 62 min |
| Jul 17, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 3:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Shelby | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997
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.