Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 2001, 8:11 PM CDT for Lee County, Alabama. It was in force for 109 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 2001, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2001, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 109 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lee County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 3065 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 898 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KBMX 180113 FFWBHM ALC081-180300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 811 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 805 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LEE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT NEAR 10 MPH. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 6 PM...WITH THE GREATEST RAINFALL IN THE SALEM AREA. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF LEE COUNTY THROUGH 10 PM. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO EFFECT THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LEE COUNTY. 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 HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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. 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 7:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Pike | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 30 min |
| Aug 18, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 49 min |
| Aug 18, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 35 min |
| Aug 18, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 34 min |
| Aug 18, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 41 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001
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.