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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 1998, 3:26 PM CDT for Lauderdale 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
- Jul 14, 1998, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1998, 6:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lauderdale County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 142026 FFWBHM ALC077-142325- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 326 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LAUDERDALE COUNTY... IN NORTHERN ALABAMA * UNTIL 625 PM CDT * AT 320 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS JUST ENTERING THE SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER LAUDERDALE COUNTY DURING THE EVENING HOURS. LAUDERDALE COUNTY EMA REPORTS WIDESPREAD FLOODING ALONG SHOAL CREEK IN THE VICINITY OF ROUTE 8. *THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD! AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR FLOOD CONDITIONS... AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND... SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. &
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, Jul 14, 10:12 AM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-150310- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH/CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1012 AM CDT TUE JUL 14 1998 LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE FOR THE EXTREME NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA NEAR MEMPHIS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT BACK TO THE WEST THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE FOR THE EXTREME NORTH WITH SCATTERED STORMS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. THE MAIN THREAT THROUGH TONIGHT WILL BE FROM HEAVY RAINFALL...AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS LATER TODAY. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... SEE PRODUCT BHMSPSMOB. FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... LOOK AT MIASPSTLH. FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT OUR INTERNET SITE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.ACESAG.AUBURN.EDU/DEPARTMENT/NWS/
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 10:12 AM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-150310- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH/CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1012 AM CDT TUE JUL 14 1998 LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE FOR THE EXTREME NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA NEAR MEMPHIS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT BACK TO THE WEST THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE FOR THE EXTREME NORTH WITH SCATTERED STORMS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. THE MAIN THREAT THROUGH TONIGHT WILL BE FROM HEAVY RAINFALL...AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS LATER TODAY. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... SEE PRODUCT BHMSPSMOB. FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... LOOK AT MIASPSTLH. FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT OUR INTERNET SITE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.ACESAG.AUBURN.EDU/DEPARTMENT/NWS/
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 11:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Franklin | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 9:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 12:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 12 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 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.