Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Jul 21, 1997, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)

Expired

Jul 21, 1997, 11:40 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KBHM 220043
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ALC063-065-125-220440-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
743 PM CDT MON JUL 21 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS EXTENDED THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 1140 PM CDT

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

   ...GREENE COUNTY
   ...HALE COUNTY
   ...TUSCALOOSA COUNTY
 
AT 740 PM CDT...WEATHER RADARS CONTINUED TO SHOW A LARGE AREA OF
RAIN...MIXED WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY AND THE NORTH PARTS OF HALE AND GREENE COUNTIES.
THE RAIN WAS ROTATING AROUND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...THE REMNANTS OF
HURRICANE DANNY...LOCATED JUST NORTH OF EUTAW IN GREENE COUNTY.  THE
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT.  AS A RESULT...HEAVY
RAIN CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN GREENE AND HALE
COUNTIES.  BANDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF TUSCALOOSA...COMPOUNDING
THE ALREADY SATURATED CONDITIONS.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
PARTS OF GREENE...HALE AND TUSCALOOSA COUNTIES THROUGH 1130 PM.
 
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.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY AND THE ROAD BENEATH MAY NOT BE INTACT. VEHICLES
CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. IT ONLY TAKES
A FOOT OR TWO OF FLOWING WATER TO WASH MOST CARS AWAY. REMEMBER...
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

THE WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING.

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.