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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 3, 2001Elmore County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2001, 6:17 PM CDT for Elmore 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
Jun 3, 2001, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2001, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Elmore County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1905 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1905 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
753 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.7

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KBMX 032320
FFWBHM
ALC051-040215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
617 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ELMORE COUNTY IN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 614 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 
RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF ELMORE COUNTY.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE OCCURED OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.  
LOCALLY HEAVY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE 
POSSIBLE AS STORMS CONTINUE TO PASS ACROSS THE COUNTY. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.d IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee32 min
Jun 3, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair47 min
Jun 3, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Jefferson31 min
Jun 3, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb41 min
Jun 3, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker36 min
Jun 3, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Lamar42 min
Jun 3, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman52 min
Jun 3, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount47 min
Jun 3, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Etowah40 min
Jun 3, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers23 min
Jun 3, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers30 min
Jun 3, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson57 min
Jun 3, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Cullman51 min
Jun 3, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah30 min
Jun 3, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker42 min
Jun 3, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee52 min
Jun 3, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa33 min
Jun 3, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers44 min
Jun 3, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton41 min
Jun 3, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore38 min
Jun 3, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell48 min
Jun 3, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph31 min
Jun 3, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Montgomery26 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.