Flash Flood Warning 60, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Jun 17, 2003, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)

Expired

Jun 17, 2003, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

114 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Marion County, AL

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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ALC093-180000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
506 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 505 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 
ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY.  A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE COUNTY THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.  
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE 
STORMS.  

* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE HAMILTON AND BRILLIANT.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

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 3409 8803 3397 8787 3424 8767 3429 8811

$$

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 17, 2:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
208 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003

A WET WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE. AN UPPER LOW WILL REMAIN TO THE
WEST FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 24 HOURS...THEN MODELS GRADUALLY OPEN IT
UP AND MOVE IT OFF TO THE EAST. SEVERAL IMPULSES WILL ROTATE AROUND
THIS FEATURE. THE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN QUITE MOIST AND UNSTABLE...AND
A WEAK SURFACE TROF MAY ALSO DRIFT INTO THE AREA...HELPING TO ENHANCE
CONVECTION.  I WILL KEEP POPS HIGH THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN DROP POPS
BACK TO CHANCE CATEGORY AFTER THAT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
MOST NUMEROUS FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING EACH DAY.

.PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
BHM 70 86 70 85 71 / 60 80 40 60
MGM 72 87 72 87 72 / 60 80 40 60

.BHM...NONE.

ALZ011>015-017>050-171400-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
100 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003

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

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

NOTHING HAS CHANGED. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS PARKED
OVER THE REGION. NUMEROUS SMALL SCALE BOUNDARIES WILL AID IN
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THIS EVENING. ISOLATED STORMS WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...AND SOME LOCALIZED
AREAS WILL RECEIVE HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

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

A SURFACE FRONT STAYS CLOSE TO THE REGION FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
THEREFORE...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL COVER A LARGE PART OF
THE FORECAST AREA. CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST
EACH DAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. ISOLATED STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS AND LOCALIZED AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME. MOST STORMS WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
WILL NOT BE NECESSARY.

Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.