Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this flash flood warning at Feb 22, 2003, 3:57 AM CST for 8 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 6 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
- Feb 22, 2003, 3:57 AM CST (09:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2003, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Morgan County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 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 KHUN 221003 FFWHUN ALC033-043-059-077-079-083-089-103-221600- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 357 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA CULLMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA * UNTIL 1000 AM CST * AT 357 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. THE WESTERN 3 COUNTIES ARE HAVING A LULL...HOWEVER...HEAVY RUNOFF FROM THE TORRENTIAL RAIN AROUND MIDNIGHT CONTINUES. MANY ROADS REMAIN CLOSED IN LAUDERDALE...LIMESTONE...AND MADISON COUNTIES. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA AFTER DAYBREAK. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... ARDMORE...ATHENS...CULLMAN...DECATUR... HARTSELLE...HARVEST...HAZEL GREEN... HUNTSVILLE...MADISON...MERIDIANVILLE...ROGERSVILLE ...RUSSELLVILLE...TRINITY...TUSCUMBIA... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. AS LITTLE AS SIX INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF MOVING WATER CAN FLOAT MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. LAT...LON 3407 8827 3391 8677 3500 8636 3503 8817 $$ JDG
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KHUN 221057 FFSHUN ALC033-043-049-059-071-077-079-083-089-095-103-221600- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 455 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...FRANKLIN...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MADISON... MORGAN...JACKSON...DEKALB...MARSHALL AND CULLMAN COUNTIES TIL 10 AM... AT 445 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL...EAST OF I 65. THE HEAVIEST RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS DEKALB AND MARSHALL COUNTIES. SINCE MIDNIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE COMMON...WITH SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS WHICH HAS LED TO FLOODING AND EXCESSIVE RUNOFF. AS OF 430 AM...HERE ARE THE LATEST FLOODING REPORTS... BIG WILLS CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS IN DEKALB COUNTY. MCFARLAND PARK FLOODED IN FLORENCE. LYONS ROAD AND PINEY WOODS ROAD FLOODED IN OWENS CROSSROADS. FLOOD LANE IN HAZEL GREEN IS FLOODED. FORDS CHAPEL ROAD HAS 18 INCHES OF WATER OVER IT IN HARVEST. MOORES MILL AND BRAVES ROADS FLOODED IN MADISON. BALTIMORE HILL ROAD UNDER WATER IN MOORES MILL. HIGHWAY 251 NORTH OF THACH ROAD HAS OVER 1 FOOT OF WATER ON IT. BROWNS FERRY ROAD FLOODED IN ATHENS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. LAT...LON 3538 8497 3390 8491 3387 8831 3506 8819 $$ JDG/BC
000 WGUS74 KHUN 221205 FFSHUN ALC033-043-049-059-071-077-079-083-089-095-103-221600- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 555 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...FRANKLIN...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MADISON... MORGAN...JACKSON...DEKALB...MARSHALL AND CULLMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 10 AM... AT 445 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL...EAST OF I 65. THE HEAVIEST RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS DEKALB COUNTY. CELLS CONTINUE TO REFORM JUST SOUTH OF DEKALB COUNTY AND HEAD TOWARD LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN. SINCE MIDNIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE COMMON...WITH SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS WHICH HAS LED TO FLOODING AND EXCESSIVE RUNOFF. SO FAR...IT APPEARS THAT MADISON COUNTY HAS THE WORST FLOODING. AS OF 530 AM...HERE ARE THE LATEST FLOODING REPORTS... IN DEKALB COUNTY...BIG WILLS CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANKS...HIGHWAY 86 AND 68 HAVE WATER CROSSING THE ROADWAY IN VARIOUS PLACES. IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY...MCFARLAND PARK IS FLOODED IN FLORENCE. IN MADISON COUNTY... THE GREENWAYS ALONG INDIAN CREEK NORTH OF MADISON PIKE IS FLOODED...AND THE CREEK IS APPROACHING THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIDGE DECK AT BOTH MADISON PIKE AND HIGHWAY 72. BALCH AND GILESPIE ROAD INTERSECTION IS IMPASSABLE. CAVE SPRINGS AND OLD HIGHWAY 31 IS FLOODED. PETTUS ROAD AT PINEGROVE IS PARTIALLY FLOODED. HIGHWAY 72 AND ROCKCUT ROAD HAS 1 FOOT OF WATER COVERING THE ROAD LYONS ROAD AND PINEY WOODS ROAD FLOODED IN OWENS CROSSROADS. FLOOD LANE IN HAZEL GREEN IS FLOODED. FORDS CHAPEL ROAD HAS 18 INCHES OF WATER OVER IT IN HARVEST. MOORES MILL AND BRAVES ROADS FLOODED IN MADISON. BALTIMORE HILL ROAD UNDER WATER IN MOORES MILL. IN LIMESTONE COUNTY... HIGHWAY 252 AT FATCH ROAD IS UNDER WATER. CAPSHAW BETWEEN EAST LIMESTONE AND BLEDSTOE HAVE PARTS UNDER WATER. HIGHWAY 251 NORTH OF THACH ROAD HAS OVER 1 FOOT OF WATER ON IT. BROWNS FERRY ROAD FLOODED IN ATHENS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. LAT...LON 3538 8497 3390 8491 3387 8831 3506 8819 $$ JDG/KW
000 WGUS74 KHUN 221327 FFSHUN ALC033-043-049-059-071-077-079-083-089-095-103-221600- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 710 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...FRANKLIN...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MADISON... MORGAN...JACKSON...DEKALB...MARSHALL AND CULLMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 10 AM... AT 700 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SOME VERY PATCHY LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...A NEW LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI WILL BE BRINGING MORE MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS FLORENCE...CEDAR CREEK DAM TO RED BAY IN THE NEXT 2 HOURS. SINCE MIDNIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES FELL...WITH SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS HAS LED TO WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND EXCESSIVE RUNOFF. SO FAR...IT APPEARS THAT MADISON AND DEKALB COUNTIES HAVE THE WORST FLOODING. AS OF 700 AM...HERE ARE THE LATEST FLOODING REPORTS... IN LAWRENCE COUNTY...COUNTY ROAD 150 SOUTH OF COURTLAND HAS WATER COVERING THE ROADS. COUNTY ROAD 217 NEAR HILLSBORO IS FLOODED. COUNTY ROAD 256 NEAR TOWN CREEK IS FLOODED...BIG NANCE CREEK NEAR COURTLAND ROSE FROM 4 AND ONE HALF FEET TO 12 AND ONE HALF FEET THIS MORNING. IN DEKALB COUNTY...COUNTY ROAD 485 NEAR SYLVANIA HAS 6 INCHES OF WATER COVERING THE ROAD. HIGHWAY 75 NEAR SHILOH HAS 8 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE RIGHT LANE. IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY...MCFARLAND PARK IS FLOODED IN FLORENCE. IN MADISON COUNTY... THE GREENWAYS ALONG INDIAN CREEK NORTH OF MADISON PIKE IS FLOODED...AND THE CREEK IS APPROACHING THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIDGE DECK AT BOTH MADISON PIKE AND HIGHWAY 72. BALCH AND GILLESPIE ROAD INTERSECTION IS IMPASSABLE. HIGHWAY 72 AND ROCKCUT ROAD HAS 1 FOOT OF WATER COVERING THE ROAD. LYONS ROAD AND PINEY WOODS ROAD FLOODED IN OWENS CROSSROADS. FORDS CHAPEL ROAD HAS 18 INCHES OF WATER OVER IT IN HARVEST. IN LIMESTONE COUNTY... NUMEROUS ROADS IN ATHENS ARE EITHER PARTIALLY OR TOTALLY COVERED BY WATER...INCLUDING LINDSEY ROAD IN ATHENS IS FLOODED... CAPSHAW BETWEEN EAST LIMESTONE AND BLEDSTOE...BROWNS FERRY ROAD AND DOGWOOD FLATS ROAD. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. LAT...LON 3538 8497 3390 8491 3387 8831 3506 8819 $$ JDG/MM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 9:55 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 6 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:42 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman, Madison, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Marshall | 33 min |
| Feb 22, 2:54 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Jackson | 7 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Marshall | 37 min |
| Feb 22, 4:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 40 min |
| Feb 22, 4:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 38 min |
| Feb 22, 4:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 37 min |
| Feb 22, 4:32 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Marshall | 5 hr |
| Feb 22, 9:45 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 6 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.