Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2003, 5:07 PM CDT for Barbour County, Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 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 13, 2003, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2003, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Barbour County, AL, Russell County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 1654 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 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 132210
FFWBHM
ALC005-113-140100-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
507 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 506 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
RAIN OVER MOST OF RUSSELL COUNTY...EXTENDING INTO NORTHERN BARBOUR
COUNTY. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR
INDICATES SOME AREAS HAVE HAD NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE
LAST COUPLE OF HOURS AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE.
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 3204 8507 3202 8541 3240 8542 3250 8499
3226 8496
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KBMX 132328
FFSBHM
ALC005-113-140100-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
624 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BARBOUR AND RUSSELL
COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT.
AT 624 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. RADAR
ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS
PARTS OF RUSSELL AND NORTHERN BARBOUR COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONAL TOTALS OF AROUND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE...AND FLASH
FLOODING IS LIKELY.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3248 8500 3226 8499 3201 8509 3201 8543
3214 8543 3241 8542
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 6:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bullock | 3 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.