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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jan 22, 1999, 11:45 PM CST for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 4 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
- Jan 22, 1999, 11:45 PM CST (05:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 1999, 3:50 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tuscaloosa County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 508 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 767 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 456 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 644 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 12.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 230546 FFWBHM ALC125-230950- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1145 PM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... TUSCALOOSA COUNTY... IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 350 AM CST * A SLOW MOVING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH TUSCALOOSA COUNTY. ADDITONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD! BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPpE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
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
Local storm report, Jan 22, 5:50 PM CST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
550 PM CST FRI JAN 22 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 PM AL TORNADO
01/22/99 WINSTON TOUCHDOWN NEAR MOUNT
CARMEL COMMUNITY...ABOUT 4
MILE WNW DOUBLE SPRINGS.
CHURCH ROOF BLOWN OFF.
TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. MOBILE HOME BLOWN
OVER.Special weather statement, Jan 22, 9:29 PM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
ALZ001>003-011-230405- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 929 PM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ALABAMA ...LAUDERDALE... COLBERT... FRANKLIN...AND MARION. THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINING COUNTIES UNTIL 1 AM.
Local storm report, Jan 22, 10:35 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
1035 PM CST FRI JAN 22 1999
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1030 PM MOULTON AL FLOODING
01/22/99 LAWRENCE FLOODING IN DOWNTOWN
MOULTON. EMA REPORTS
EVACUATIONS IN PROGRESS.Special weather statement, Jan 22, 11:17 PM CST, 28 minutes before
ALZ004-012>014-022-030-031-230620- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1117 PM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ALABAMA ...LAWRENCE... LAMAR... FAYETTE... WINSTON... PICKENS... SUMTER ...GREENE THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINING COUNTIES UNTIL 1 AM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 6:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 6:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Jan 22, 6:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 63 min |
| Jan 22, 6:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 64 min |
| Jan 22, 6:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 64 min |
| Jan 22, 7:08 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 7:08 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 7:08 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Franklin, Winston | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 65 min |
| Jan 22, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin, Marion | 32 min |
| Jan 22, 8:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert | 34 min |
| Jan 22, 8:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 35 min |
| Jan 22, 8:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence, Limestone | 46 min |
| Jan 22, 9:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Limestone | 4 hr |
| Jan 22, 10:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 10:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 34 min |
| Jan 22, 10:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 35 min |
| Jan 22, 11:06 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Madison, Morgan | 4 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:38 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lawrence, Limestone | 117 min |
| Jan 23, 1:38 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Winston | 117 min |
| Jan 23, 2:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 35 min |
| Jan 23, 3:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 31 min |
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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.