Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 8, 1998, 4:02 PM EST for Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 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, 4:02 PM EST (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1998, 10:05 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Muscogee County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 082106 FFWBHM ALC005-011-017-081-087-109-113-123-GAC053-215-239-259-090305- 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.
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, 10:21 AM EST, 5 hours 41 minutes before
ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-081900- 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 9:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Stewart | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Quitman | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:37 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Quitman, Stewart | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:37 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:02 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chattahoochee, Quitman, Stewart | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998
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.