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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS BHM

January 10, 2000Randolph County, Alabama

NWS BHM issued this flash flood warning at Jan 10, 2000, 1:37 AM CST for Randolph 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
Jan 10, 2000, 1:37 AM CST (07:37 UTC)
Expired
Jan 10, 2000, 4:40 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS BHM
Area
Whole counties

County Randolph County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2000-01-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 65 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2000-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
65 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 100738
FFWBHM
ALC111-101040-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
137 AM CST MON JAN 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  RANDOLPH COUNTY... IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 440 AM CST


* HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME HAS CAUSED FLOODING ACROSS
  RANDOLPH COUNTY. SEVERAL BRIDGES AND ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED
  UNDERWATER IN THE ROANOKE AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
  CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 330 AM.

DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD!

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.