Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Apr 25, 2003, 1:12 AM CDT (06:12 UTC)

Expired

Apr 25, 2003, 5:00 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chilton County, AL, Perry County, AL

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WGUS54 KBMX 250616
FFWBHM
ALC021-105-251000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
112 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHILTON COUNTY IN ALABAMA
  PERRY COUNTY IN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 109 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
  HEAVY RAIN...WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING ACROSS CHILTON
  AND PERRY COUNTIES.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS
  OCCURRED OVER THESE COUNTIES SINCE 10 PM...AND ADDITIONAL
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.

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 3304 8679 3286 8675 3281 8702 3279 8743
          3254 8719 3268 8698 3276 8667 3294 8649

$$

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Apr 24, 11:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
1115 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

AIRMASS STABILIZED NICELY DURING THE AFTERNOON AS MCS PUSHED THROUGH
THE STATE.  NEARLY CONTINUOUS RAINFALL HAS MAINTAINED STABLE AIRMASS
OVER ALL BUT THE SOUTHWEST COUNTIES.  WHILE MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN IN
THE HEAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...THREAT OVER ALABAMA HAS SHIFTED TOWARDS
FLASH FLOODING AS TSTMS CELLS RIDE OVER COOL WEDGE.  A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65.

.BHM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR WEST ALABAMA.

ALZ011>015-017>050-242030-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
133 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE (THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)...

THE COMBINATION OF AN APPROACHING WEATHER SYSTEM...CURRENTLY SPINNING
ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS...AND A WARM FRONT MOVING NORTH
ACROSS THE AREA...WILL ALLOW FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
CONTINUE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TONIGHT.  SOME OF
THE STORMS MAY BECOME RATHER STRONG...MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65.
THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LAST THROUGH THE
NIGHT...BUT THE THREAT OF STRONG STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH BY
MIDNIGHT.  THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE FROM SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

THROUGH TONIGHT...RAINFALL COULD ALSO BE HEAVY AT TIMES...MAINLY
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON FRIDAY.
THE STORMS ON FRIDAY COULD BECOME STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE
...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO ALL BEING
POSSIBLE. THIS SITUATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED AS IT
DEVELOPS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
MAY BECOME REQUIRED DURING THE EVENING HOURS...AND THEN AGAIN DURING
THE DAY ON FRIDAY.

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1255 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1130 PM    LIVINGSTON                AL   FLASH FLOOD
04/24/03   SUMTER                         NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED IN
                                          LIVINGSTON.  REPORTED BY
                                          SUMTER COUNTY EMA.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.