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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 16, 2004, 10:11 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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
- Sep 16, 2004, 10:11 AM CDT (15:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2004, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Autauga County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Montgomery County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 287 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 719 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KBMX 161513
FFWBHM
ALC001-051-085-101-161900-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1011 AM CDT THU SEP 16 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
AUTAUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PRATTVILLE
ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WETUMPKA
LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAYNEVILLE
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY
* UNTIL 200 PM CDT
* AT 1008 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM RAINBANDS OVER
LOWNDES...AUTAUGA...ELMORE...AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. 3 TO 6 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA...ANOTHER
2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITE
HALL...SPRAGUE...SNOWDOUN...MOSSES...MILLBROOK...LOWNDESBORO...
ECLECTIC...DANNELLY FIELD...COOSADA...BLUE RIDGE AND AUTAUGAVILLE.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
LAT...LON 3200 8682 3202 8604 3241 8601 3274 8593
3265 8687 3237 8678
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KBMX 161733
FFSBHM
ALC001-051-085-101-161900-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1233 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LOWNDES...MONTGOMERY...
AUTAUGA AND ELMORE COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT.
AT 1226 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER ALL BUT LOWNDES COUNTY.
THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY...AND MOST OF
ELMORE COUNTY.
SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEIVED 5 TO 6 INCHES OF
RAIN...BASED ON RADAR ESTIMATES...BUT PARTS OF SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY
COUNTY...IN AND AROUND RAMER AND GRADY...LIKELY HAVE RECEIVED 6 TO 8
INCHES OF RAIN.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3275 8592 3242 8604 3201 8602 3198 8683
3236 8678 3262 8684
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 1:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 28 min |
| Sep 16, 1:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 24 min |
| Sep 16, 2:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 26 min |
| Sep 16, 2:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 30 min |
| Sep 16, 4:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 29 min |
| Sep 16, 4:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 26 min |
| Sep 16, 4:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon | 26 min |
| Sep 16, 5:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 47 min |
| Sep 16, 8:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 37 min |
| Sep 16, 8:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee | 37 min |
| Sep 16, 9:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee | 34 min |
| Sep 16, 10:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 23 min |
| Sep 16, 10:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Hale, Perry, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 10:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 21 min |
| Sep 16, 10:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coosa, Lee, Macon and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 11:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Jefferson, Randolph, St. Clair and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 11:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 5 hr |
| Sep 16, 12:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Blount, Cherokee, Etowah, Walker, Winston | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee, Tallapoosa | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Jefferson, Randolph, St. Clair and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 16, 4:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Blount, Cherokee, Etowah | 3 hr |
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.