Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Feb 5, 2004, 5:38 PM CST for Pickens 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
- Feb 5, 2004, 5:38 PM CST (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2004, 8:45 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pickens County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KBMX 052340 FFWBHM ALC107-060245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 538 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 845 PM CST * AT 537 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO AND ACROSS PICKENS COUNTY. RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO RAINFALL FROM EARLIER IN THE DAY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 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 3325 8825 3316 8801 3340 8786 3352 8813 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2:08 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 4 hr |
| 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, 5:45 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 |
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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.