Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Mar 8, 1998, 3:02 PM CST (21:02 UTC)

Expired

Mar 8, 1998, 9:05 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Bullock County, AL, Pike County, AL

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


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 905 PM CST (1005 PM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA

   ...BARBOUR COUNTY...
   ...PIKE COUNTY...

IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

   ...BULLOCK COUNTY...
   ...CHAMBERS COUNTY...
   ...LEE COUNTY...
   ...MACON COUNTY...
   ...RUSSELL COUNTY...
   ...TALLAPOOSA COUNTY...

IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

   ...CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY...
   ...MUSCOGEE COUNTY...
   ...STEWART COUNTY...

IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA

   ...QUITMAN COUNTY...

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE ABOVE COUNTIES AND WILL LEAD TO FLOODING.

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.
 


In the hours before

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
FOR NORTH/CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
930 AM CST SUN MAR 0891998

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL
GEORGIA FOR TODAY...

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH ALABAMA.   THIS WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR FLASH FLOODING OVER PARTS OF SOUTH
ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY.

IN ADDITION WARM AIR AND MOISTURE FLOWING NORTHWARD WILL INCREASE
CHANCES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH
ALABAMA...WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY.

THERE REMAINS THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY
TORNADOES ACROSS THE SAME AREA TODAY.  ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS
IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH TODAY.   EMERAGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLY WARNINGS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
ALABAMA...AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY.

FOLLOW UP STATEMENTS WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED TODAY.

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.