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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 26, 2004Elmore County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2004, 3:42 PM CDT for Elmore County, Alabama. It was in force for 93 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 26, 2004, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2004, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 93 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Elmore County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 91 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: 1183 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 65 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 262045
FFWBHM
ALC051-262215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
342 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WETUMPKA

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 340 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED STREETS UNDER THREE INCHES OF 
WATER OVER THE CITY OF WETUMPKA. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 
WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL 
OVER THE AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

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 3251 8623 3245 8614 3260 8602 3262 8626

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS74 KBMX 262138
FFSBHM
ALC051-262200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
438 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2004

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ELMORE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
AT 438 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS ELMORE COUNTY. REPORTS ACROSS THE AREA
SHOW THAT THE FLOODING THREAT IS OVER...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3268 8607 3251 8606 3251 8634 3268 8635

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore	19 min
Jul 26, 4:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson	2 hr

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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.