Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Feb 6, 2004, 1:18 AM CST (07:18 UTC)

Expired

Feb 6, 2004, 5:15 AM CST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Shelby County, AL

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KBMX 060718
FFWBHM
ALC117-061115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
118 AM CST FRI FEB 6 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 515 AM CST

* AT 116 AM CST...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING MOVE UP FROM THE 
SOUTHWEST.  EXPECTING AREAS TO RECEIVE 1 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN A 
VERY SHORT AMOUNT TIME.

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 UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 3351 8661 3350 8638 3329 8637 3328 8644
          3302 8653 3308 8665 3307 8694 3324 8702

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Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.