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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 5, 2004Pickens County, Alabama

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2004-02-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2004-02-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 742 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 2:08 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXLamar, Marion4 hr
Feb 5, 5:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter44 min
Feb 5, 5:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens42 min
Feb 5, 5:24 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPickens36 min
Feb 5, 5:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette45 min
Feb 5, 5:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene24 min
Feb 5, 5:53 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa52 min
Feb 5, 5:58 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPickens17 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.