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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 9, 2000Jefferson County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Nov 9, 2000, 5:09 AM CST for Jefferson 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
Nov 9, 2000, 5:09 AM CST (11:09 UTC)
Expired
Nov 9, 2000, 8:00 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Jefferson County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 43 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2000-11-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 158 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2000-11-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 261 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
158 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
603 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
382 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KBMX 091114
FFWBMX
ALC073-091400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
509 AM CST THU NOV 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 800 AM CST

* AT 510 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER
  AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS
  JEFFERSON COUNTY.  THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
  STREET FLOODING IN THE BIRMINGHAM METRO AREA.

  TRAVELERS DURING THE MORNING RUSH HOUR WILL NEED TO EXERCISE
  EXTRA CAUTION DUE TO PONDING OF WATER ON STREETS.


DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.


TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
BIRMINGHAM.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 8, 8:00 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson45 min
Nov 8, 9:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Pickens44 min
Nov 8, 9:44 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXGreene, Sumter46 min
Nov 8, 9:45 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPickens45 min
Nov 8, 9:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion41 min
Nov 8, 10:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Franklin, Lawrence45 min
Nov 8, 10:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette28 min
Nov 8, 10:22 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXGreene, Hale, Tuscaloosa53 min
Nov 8, 10:24 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXFayette36 min
Nov 8, 10:42 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXWalker33 min
Nov 8, 10:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone, Madison, Morgan40 min
Nov 8, 10:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston32 min
Nov 8, 11:00 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPerry30 min
Nov 8, 11:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker31 min
Nov 8, 11:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison33 min
Nov 8, 11:30 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBibb, Perry45 min
Nov 8, 11:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson38 min
Nov 8, 11:37 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa23 min
Nov 8, 11:52 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXFayette, Walker23 min
Nov 8, 11:57 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson33 min
Nov 8, 11:58 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXShelby32 min
Nov 9, 12:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson43 min
Nov 9, 12:27 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXShelby33 min
Nov 9, 12:45 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson30 min
Nov 9, 1:01 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXSt. Clair29 min
Nov 9, 1:31 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXPerry29 min
Nov 9, 1:56 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXEtowah34 min
Nov 9, 1:57 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXDeKalb48 min
Nov 9, 2:23 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXCherokee37 min
Nov 9, 2:52 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXDallas38 min
Nov 9, 8:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell46 min
Nov 9, 8:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee34 min
Nov 9, 12:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson40 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.