Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Sep 16, 2004, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)

Expired

Sep 16, 2004, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Calhoun County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KBMX 162008
FFWBHM
ALC015-027-029-073-111-115-117-121-170100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
301 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TRUSSVILLE...MINOR...HUEYTOWN...
  HOOVER...GARDENDALE...FULTONDALE...BIRMINGHAM...BESSEMER
  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PELHAM...HELENA...COLUMBIANA...
  ALABASTER
  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PELL CITY...MOODY
  CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST END-COBB TOWN...OXFORD...
  ANNISTON
  CLAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ASHLAND
  CLEBURNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HEFLIN
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEDOWEE
  TALLADEGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...LINCOLN...
  CHILDERSBURG

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 305 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THE 
WARNED AREA...WITH SOME LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES.  AN 
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS 
RAINBANDS FROM IVAN CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   
WILSONVILLE...PINSON....OAK MOUNTAIN STATE 
PARK...HOMEWOOD...BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT AND ASHVILLE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

LAT...LON 3348 8727 3311 8688 3313 8625 3317 8526
      3394 8542 3384 8608 3397 8626 3381 8640
      3372 8659 3383 8691

$$

000 
WGUS74 KBMX 162236
FFSBHM
ALC073-117-170100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
535 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SHELBY AND JEFFERSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT.

...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING...

AT 535 PM CDT...MAJOR FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG CREEKS AND 
STREAMS IN AND AROUND THE BIRMINGHAM METROPOLITAN AREA.  EVEN THOUGH 
THE RAIN IS COMING TO AN END...MAJOR RUNOFF IS STILL CAUSING 
SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS.  

PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID THE FOLLOWING CREEKS...

VILLAGE...5-MILE...PATTON...SHADES...TURKEY...AND VALLEY.

5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE METROPOLITAN AREA TODAY.

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.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

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.

LAT...LON 3372 8657 3355 8658 3341 8639 3328 8647
      3307 8654 3311 8688 3347 8729 3383 8689

$$

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.