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Flash Flood Warning 58, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 15, 2003Pike County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2003, 7:12 PM CDT for Pike 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
Jun 15, 2003, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2003, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pike County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2003-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 953 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2003-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -54 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
953 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1326 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 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 160012
FFWBHM
ALC109-160215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
712 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 712 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO 
INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER PIKE COUNTY.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO
TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.

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 3171 8586 3182 8598 3196 8585 3189 8580
          3185 8567

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KBMX 160112
FFSBHM
ALC109-160215-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
811 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PIKE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
AT 811 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED EAST OF PIKE COUNTY. REPORTS ACROSS THE AREA 
SHOW THAT THE FLOODING THREAT IS OVER...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3187 8576 3166 8581 3166 8615 3195 8612

$$

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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.