Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 8, 1998, 8:44 AM CST for Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 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, 8:44 AM CST (14:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1998, 11:45 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pike County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 409 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 343 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 081446 FFWBHM ALC005-109-113-GAC053-215-239-259-081745- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 844 AM CST SUN MAR 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM CST (1245 PM EST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA ...BARBOUR COUNTY... ...PIKE COUNTY... IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA ...BULLOCK COUNTY... ...RUSSELL COUNTY... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY... ...MUSCOGEE COUNTY... ...STEWART COUNTY... IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA ...QUITMAN COUNTY... AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THE AREA THROUGH NOON. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...CREEKS... AND STREAMS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BY NOON...WILL CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING ON THE ROADWAYS TODAY. DO NO CROSS ROADS WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. <<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.
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, Mar 8, 8:03 AM CST, 41 minutes before
ALZ049-050-GAZ089-090-102-120-081705- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 803 AM CST SUN MAR 8 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. IN ALABAMA...PIKE...BARBOUR. IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...MUSCOGEE.. CHATTAHOOCHE...STEWART...AND QUITMAN. AT 8 AM CST(9AM EST)...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO GEORGIA AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAM AND WEST- CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS DIMINSISHED.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 8:03 AM CST, 41 minutes before
ALZ049-050-GAZ089-090-102-120-081705- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 803 AM CST SUN MAR 8 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. IN ALABAMA...PIKE...BARBOUR. IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...MUSCOGEE.. CHATTAHOOCHE...STEWART...AND QUITMAN. AT 8 AM CST(9AM EST)...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO GEORGIA AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAM AND WEST- CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS DIMINSISHED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 11:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 29 min |
| Mar 7, 11:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 31 min |
| Mar 7, 11:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 12:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Pike | 47 min |
| Mar 8, 1:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 31 min |
| Mar 8, 1:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock | 34 min |
| Mar 8, 1:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 20 min |
| Mar 8, 2:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 45 min |
| Mar 8, 7:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Barbour | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 7:55 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Randolph | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 8:44 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Barbour, Russell | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 65 min |
| Mar 8, 11:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Barbour | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Russell | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bullock, Pike | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 48 min |
| Mar 8, 2:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 32 min |
| Mar 8, 3:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Barbour, Russell | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bullock, Pike | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Elmore | 33 min |
| Mar 8, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 33 min |
| Mar 8, 3:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | DeKalb, Etowah | 31 min |
| Mar 8, 3:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 18 min |
| Mar 8, 3:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 31 min |
| Mar 8, 3:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone, Morgan | 32 min |
| Mar 8, 3:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 50 min |
| Mar 8, 3:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, St. Clair, Talladega | 49 min |
| Mar 8, 4:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 61 min |
| Mar 8, 4:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Randolph | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison, Morgan | 49 min |
| Mar 8, 4:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 51 min |
| Mar 8, 4:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 36 min |
| Mar 8, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson, Madison | 45 min |
| Mar 8, 5:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 5:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 18 min |
| Mar 8, 5:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 45 min |
| Mar 8, 5:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Tallapoosa | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 5:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 17 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.