Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Mar 8, 1998, 7:55 AM CST (13:55 UTC)

Expired

Mar 8, 1998, 9:55 AM CST

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Randolph County, AL

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KBHM 081357
FFWBHM
ALC111-081555-

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


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 955 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

   ...RANDOLPH COUNTY...

NUMEROUS ROADS AND BRIDGES IN RANDOLPH COUNTY HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY
THE RECENT RAINS.  SEVERAL BRIDGES HAVE WASHED OUT, AND COUNTY ROADS
15...673...59...AND 619 HAVE BEEN IMPACTED WITH UP TO THREE FEET OF
WATER ON THE ROADS.

WHILE THE RAIN HAS LET UP...RUNOFF FROM UPSTREAM WILL CONTINUE TO
CAUSE FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD PROBLEMS ACROSS LOW LYING AREAS OF THE
COUNTY THROUGH MID MORNING.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELLING THIS
MORNING.

<<CALL TO ACTION>>
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.

Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.