Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 73, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2003, 7:54 AM CDT for Tallapoosa 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
- Jul 1, 2003, 7:54 AM CDT (12:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2003, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Tallapoosa County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 449 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 762 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 011257 FFWBHM ALC123-011500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 754 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 1000 AM CDT * AT 751 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST INTO TALLAPOOSA COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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. 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 3275 8595 3262 8580 3296 8562 3306 8592 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 4:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 37 min |
| Jul 1, 5:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 64 min |
| Jul 1, 5:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 6:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Autauga | 118 min |
| Jul 1, 6:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 109 min |
| Jul 1, 6:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Elmore | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 8:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee, Macon, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 12:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.