Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Feb 21, 2003, 9:28 PM CST for Lamar County, Marion 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 2003, 9:28 PM CST (03:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2003, 12:30 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Lamar County, AL, Marion County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 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 220328 FFWBHM ALC075-093-220630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 928 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 1230 AM CST * WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS HAVE INDICATED VERY HEAVYFALL RAINFALL ACROSS MOST OF LAMAR AND SOUTHERN MARION COUNTIES SINCE 6 PM...WITH RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES FROM VERNON...TO SULLIGENT...TO BRILLIANT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THESE COUNTIES...RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING. 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. 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. CALL 1-800-856-0758 TO REPORT FLOODING CONDITIONS. LAT...LON 3375 8824 3358 8806 3362 8810 3428 8778 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KBMX 220456 FFSBHM ALC075-093-220630- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1054 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2003 A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAMAR AND MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM CST. AT 1054 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH ARE LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3425 8775 3384 8803 3388 8820 3429 8809 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 11:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 41 min |
| Feb 21, 11:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 48 min |
| Feb 22, 12:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 40 min |
| Feb 22, 12:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion, Pickens | 4 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 44 min |
| Feb 22, 12:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 34 min |
| Feb 22, 12:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore | 26 min |
| Feb 22, 12:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 41 min |
| Feb 22, 1:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 36 min |
| Feb 22, 1:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 12 min |
| Feb 22, 2:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 27 min |
| Feb 22, 2:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa, Walker | 36 min |
| Feb 22, 2:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 34 min |
| Feb 22, 2:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Feb 22, 2:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 31 min |
| Feb 22, 3:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 25 min |
| Feb 22, 3:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 24 min |
| Feb 22, 3:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 35 min |
| Feb 22, 3:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah | 26 min |
| Feb 22, 4:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.