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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 8, 1998Barbour County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 8, 1998, 7:04 AM CST for Barbour 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
Mar 8, 1998, 7:04 AM CST (13:04 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 1998, 9:05 AM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Barbour County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1998-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 157 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1998-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 398 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
157 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
398 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
514 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 081307
FFWBHM
ALC005-081505-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
704 AM CST SUN MAR 8 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 905 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA

   ...BARBOUR COUNTY...

RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE COUNTY THROUGH 8 AM...THIS RAIN
ON TOP OF SATURATED GROUND WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL RUNOFF CAUSING
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.  REPORTS OF AT
LEAST 6 INCHES OF WATER HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON ROADS THROUGHOUT BARBOUR
COUNTY.

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING OUT ON ROADS
THIS MORNING\.

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 11:21 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXLowndes29 min
Mar 7, 11:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga31 min
Mar 7, 11:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Montgomery35 min
Mar 8, 12:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Pike47 min
Mar 8, 1:19 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXPike31 min
Mar 8, 1:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock34 min
Mar 8, 1:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPike20 min
Mar 8, 2:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour45 min
Mar 8, 7:55 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXRandolph2 hr
Mar 8, 8:44 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXBarbour, Russell3 hr
Mar 8, 8:44 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXPike3 hr
Mar 8, 11:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery65 min
Mar 8, 11:37 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXBarbour3 hr
Mar 8, 11:37 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXRussell3 hr
Mar 8, 11:37 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXBullock, Pike3 hr
Mar 8, 12:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa48 min
Mar 8, 2:53 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXLowndes32 min
Mar 8, 3:02 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXBarbour, Russell6 hr
Mar 8, 3:02 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXChambers, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa6 hr
Mar 8, 3:02 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXBullock, Pike6 hr
Mar 8, 3:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Elmore33 min
Mar 8, 3:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison33 min
Mar 8, 3:19 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXDeKalb, Etowah31 min
Mar 8, 3:27 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMadison18 min
Mar 8, 3:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson31 min
Mar 8, 3:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone, Morgan32 min
Mar 8, 3:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb50 min
Mar 8, 3:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, St. Clair, Talladega49 min
Mar 8, 4:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee, Etowah61 min
Mar 8, 4:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXRandolph5 hr
Mar 8, 4:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison, Morgan49 min
Mar 8, 4:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson51 min
Mar 8, 4:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman36 min
Mar 8, 5:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson, Madison45 min
Mar 8, 5:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall35 min
Mar 8, 5:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount18 min
Mar 8, 5:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson45 min
Mar 8, 5:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Tallapoosa35 min
Mar 8, 5:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall17 min

Nearby

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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.