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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Huntsville, AL

February 22, 200311 counties in Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this flash flood warning at Feb 22, 2003, 9:45 AM CST for 11 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, 9:45 AM CST (15:45 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 2003, 4:00 PM 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, DeKalb County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2003-02-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 848 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2003-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
848 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KHUN 221547
FFWHUN
ALC033-043-049-059-071-077-079-083-089-095-103-222200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
945 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS REISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  CULLMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA
  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA
  LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA
  COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA
  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 400 PM CST

* AT 945 AM CST...SEVERAL ROADS ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA WERE CLOSED 
OR HAD WATER OVER THEM.  THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED TO THE EAST OF 
ALABAMA BUT RUNOFF CONTINUES TO CAUSE STREAM AND CREEKS TO SPILL 
OVER THEIR BANKS. AS A RESULT THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WILL BE 
REISSUED FOR ALL OF NORTHERN ALABAMA.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  ALBERTVILLE...ARAB...ARDMORE...ATHENS...BOAZ...BRIDGEPORT...
  CHEROKEE...COLLINSVILLE...COURTLAND...CROSSVILLE...CULLMAN...
  DECATUR...FALKVILLE...FLINT CITY...FLORENCE...FORT PAYNE...FYFFE...
  GERALDINE...GOOD HOPE...GRANT...GUNTERSVILLE...GURLEY...
  HANCEVILLE...HARTSELLE...HARVEST...HAZEL GREEN...HENAGAR...
  HOLLYWOOD...HUNTSVILLE...IDER...KILLEN...LEIGHTON...LEXINGTON...
  LITTLEVILLE...MADISON...MERIDIANVILLE...MOORES MILL...MOULTON...
  MUSCLE SHOALS...NEW HOPE...NEW MARKET...NORTH COURTLAND...OWENS
  CROSSROADS...PHIL CAMPBELL...PISGAH...POWELL...PRICEVILLE...
  RAINSVILLE...RED BAY...REDSTONE ARSENAL...ROGERSVILLE...
  RUSSELLVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...SECTION...SHEFFIELD...SKYLINE...
  STEVENSON...SYLVANIA...TOWN CREEK...TRINITY...TUSCUMBIA...
  UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE...WOODVILLE AND BELGREEN

DURING FLASH FLOODING...WATER LEVELS IN AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN
RAPIDLY INCREASE...TRANSFORMING THEM INTO RAGING CURRENTS. NEVER
ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOOD WATERS BY VEHICLE OR FOOT. MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND

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 3502 8826 3426 8817 3377 8698 3426 8526
          3509 8556

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SHUMWAY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 9:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHUNColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone6 hr
Feb 22, 12:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHUNCullman, Madison, Morgan3 hr
Feb 22, 1:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMarshall33 min
Feb 22, 2:54 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHUNJackson7 hr
Feb 22, 3:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMarshall37 min
Feb 22, 3:57 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHUNColbert, Cullman, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 2 more6 hr
Feb 22, 4:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb40 min
Feb 22, 4:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson38 min
Feb 22, 4:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson37 min
Feb 22, 4:32 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHUNDeKalb, Marshall5 hr

Nearby

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

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.