Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jan 24, 2002, 8:45 AM CST for Limestone County, Alabama. It was in force for 2 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 24, 2002, 8:45 AM CST (14:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2002, 10:45 AM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Limestone County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 736 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 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 241445 FFWBHM ALC083-241645- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 843 AM CST THU JAN 24 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 1045 AM CST * AT 843 AM CST...SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE OUT OF THEIR BANKS OVER LIMESTONE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY NEAR AND WEST OF THE ELK RIVER. AT LEAST ONE ROAD WAS BEING CLOSED OVER THAT AREA. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA FROM THE WEST...THROUGH 10 AM...AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE AFTER 10 AM. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. 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 241557 FFSBHM ALC083-241645- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 956 AM CST THU JAN 24 2002 A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR LIMESTONE COUNTY UNTIL 1045 AM CST. AT 955 AM CST...SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS OVER LIMESTONE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY NEAR AND WEST OF THE ELK RIVER. AT LEAST ONE ROAD WAS BEING CLOSED OVER THAT AREA. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA FROM THE WEST...AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 5:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 2:46 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 4 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Franklin, Lawrence, Limestone | 3 hr |
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.