Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 25, 2003, 1:58 AM CDT for Greene County, Sumter 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2003, 1:58 AM CDT (06:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2003, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Greene County, AL, Sumter County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 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 250659 FFWBHM ALC063-119-250900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 158 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 400 AM CDT * WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...OVER MUCH OF SUMTER AND GREENE COUNTIES. HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT HAS PRODUCED SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS...AND HAS CAUSED CREEKS TO OVERFLOW. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGREVATE THE FLOODING CONDITIONS. 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 3250 8842 3237 8826 3269 8789 3292 8812 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 10:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 11:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 10 min |
| Apr 24, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 32 min |
| Apr 24, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 11:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Hale | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 12:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 25 min |
| Apr 25, 12:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 12:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 15 min |
| Apr 25, 12:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 1:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chilton, Perry | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 12:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 34 min |
| Apr 25, 12:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale | 51 min |
| Apr 25, 12:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 1:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale | 48 min |
| Apr 25, 1:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 55 min |
| Apr 25, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale | 29 min |
| Apr 25, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 24 min |
| Apr 25, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore | 58 min |
| Apr 25, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 27 min |
| Apr 25, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 57 min |
| Apr 25, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo, Perry | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 27 min |
| Apr 25, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, St. Clair | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah | 52 min |
| Apr 25, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, St. Clair, Talladega | 43 min |
| Apr 25, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 26 min |
| Apr 25, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Lee | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 51 min |
| Apr 25, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 48 min |
| Apr 25, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 34 min |
| Apr 25, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 21 min |
| Apr 25, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Russell | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 48 min |
| Apr 25, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 25 min |
| Apr 25, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 63 min |
| Apr 25, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 62 min |
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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.