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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 5, 2004Lamar County, Marion County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Feb 5, 2004, 2:08 PM CST for Lamar County, Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 4 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 5, 2004, 2:08 PM CST (20:08 UTC)
Expired: Feb 5, 2004, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lamar County, AL, Marion County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 908 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 742 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1068 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 KBMX 052009
FFWBHM
ALC075-093-060000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
208 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA
  LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 600 PM CST

* AT 203 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 
RAINFALL OVER MARION AND LAMAR COUNTIES.  RADARS HAVE SHOWN 2 TO 4 
INCHES OF RAIN OVER MUCH OF MARION AND NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTIES 
TODAY.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE 
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL 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.

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 3432 8807 3431 8765 3393 8764 3392 8796
          3354 8795 3393 8822

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 5, 5:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	44 min
Feb 5, 5:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens	42 min
Feb 5, 5:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens	36 min
Feb 5, 5:38 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Pickens	3 hr
Feb 5, 5:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette	45 min
Feb 5, 5:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene	24 min
Feb 5, 5:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	52 min
Feb 5, 5:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens	17 min

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.