Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2003, 4:33 PM CDT for Winston County, Alabama. It was in force for 117 min. 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 17, 2003, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2003, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Winston County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 1195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KBMX 172136 FFWBHM ALC133-172330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 433 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 429 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED WATER 1 TO 2 FEET DEEP IN DOUBLE SPRINGS. A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO AND ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 630 PM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. 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. MOST FLASH FLOODING DEATHS ARE AUTOMOBILE RELATED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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 3415 8766 3402 8751 3423 8718 3429 8754 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 23 min |
| Jun 17, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 5:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Marion | 114 min |
| Jun 17, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 5:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 86 min |
| Jun 17, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 19 min |
| Jun 17, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 17 min |
| Jun 17, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 6:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Shelby | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 79 min |
| Jun 17, 6:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Blount | 2 hr |
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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.