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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 23, 2002Colbert County, Lauderdale County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jan 23, 2002, 4:25 AM CST for Colbert County, Lauderdale 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 23, 2002, 4:25 AM CST (10:25 UTC)
Expired: Jan 23, 2002, 7:30 AM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Colbert County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 267 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 324 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 
WGUS54 KBMX 231025
FFWBHM
ALC033-077-231330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
424 AM CST WED JAN 23 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA
  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 730 AM CST

* AT 424 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF  
  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...MOVING      
  ACROSS PARTS OF LAUDERDALE AND COLBERT COUNTIES.  THE BAND OF VERY 
  HEAVY RAIN SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT AND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE 
  COUNTIES THROUGH 730 AM.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES HAVE 
  OCCURRED ACROSS PARTS OF THE COUNTIES.  AN ADDITIONAL 2 
  INCHES...OR MORE.. IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 730 AM.  A FEW ROADS IN 
  LAUDERDALE COUNTY ARE BLOCKED BY WATER.  MORE FLOODING WILL OCCUR 
  THROUGH 730 AM.

THIS REPLACES THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY ISSUED EARLY.

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. 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.

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS74 KBMX 231121
FFSBHM
ALC033-077-231145-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
520 AM CST WED JAN 23 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LAUDERDALE AND COLBERT COUNTIES 
UNTIL 730 AM CST...

AT 520 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS PARTS OF LAUDERDALE AND COLBERT 
COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 
THAT THE GOOSE SHOALS BRIDGE...ON COUNTY ROUTE 8...WAS COVERED BY 
WATER.  SEVERAL REPORTS OF WATER COVERING ROADS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED 
IN THE FLORENCE AND THE CENTRAL HEIGHTS AREAS.

THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE 
COUNTIES...MAINLY THE WESTERN SECTIONS...THROUGH 730 AM.  ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 730 AM.

PLEASE KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.  
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LAUDERDALE AND COLBERT COUNTIES MAY BE 
EXTENDED LATER THIS MORNING.
&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 23, 7:21 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Colbert, Lauderdale	3 hr
Jan 23, 10:32 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Colbert, Lauderdale, Limestone	6 hr
Jan 23, 4:16 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Lauderdale, Limestone	4 hr

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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.