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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 3, 2001Jefferson County, St. Clair County, Walker County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 3, 2001, 3:05 PM CDT for Jefferson County, St. Clair County, Walker 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
Apr 3, 2001, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jefferson County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Walker County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 2001-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 101 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 2001-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 315 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
101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-326 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
315 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
362 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KBMX 032006
FFWBMX
ALC073-115-127-032300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
305 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN ALABAMA
  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN ALABAMA
  WALKER COUNTY IN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 304 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND
  OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN...STRETCHING FROM
  WALKER COUNTY...ACROSS THE BIRMINGHAM METRO AREA...INTO ST. CLAIR
  COUNTY.  THE HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING IN AN AREA WHERE REPEATED
  HEAVY RAIN FELL THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.

WALKER COUNTY EMA REPORTED THAT SEVERAL ROADS IN THE COUNTY WERE
COVERED WITH WATER.  SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR NEAR AND
NORTH OF BIRMINGHAM...AND IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY.

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
AUTKOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 5:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin, Marion27 min
Apr 3, 5:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Dallas41 min
Apr 3, 5:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Etowah, St. Clair40 min
Apr 3, 5:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion, Winston47 min
Apr 3, 5:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin51 min
Apr 3, 6:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Cherokee, Etowah32 min
Apr 3, 6:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion, Winston27 min
Apr 3, 6:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee, Cleburne34 min
Apr 3, 6:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas, Lowndes48 min
Apr 3, 7:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb29 min
Apr 3, 7:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman, Winston28 min
Apr 3, 7:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker24 min
Apr 3, 7:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Montgomery29 min
Apr 3, 7:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson52 min
Apr 3, 7:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Cullman35 min
Apr 3, 8:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence19 min
Apr 3, 8:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker27 min
Apr 3, 8:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair, Talladega36 min
Apr 3, 9:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay32 min
Apr 3, 9:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas42 min
Apr 3, 9:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson34 min
Apr 3, 10:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas30 min
Apr 3, 10:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair, Talladega28 min
Apr 3, 3:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXClay, Talladega3 hr
Apr 3, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXClay, Talladega34 min
Apr 3, 3:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXMarion, Winston3 hr
Apr 3, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBibb, Tuscaloosa49 min
Apr 3, 4:22 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTalladega23 min
Apr 3, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXShelby35 min
Apr 3, 4:34 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXClay26 min
Apr 3, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Chilton47 min
Apr 3, 5:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXBlount, Cullman3 hr
Apr 3, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa37 min
Apr 3, 5:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXChambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa3 hr
Apr 3, 5:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXClay, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega, Walker3 hr
Apr 3, 6:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXWinston101 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.