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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 24, 2004Jefferson County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Nov 24, 2004, 6:33 AM CST for Jefferson County, Alabama. It was in force for 117 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
Nov 24, 2004, 6:33 AM CST (12:33 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2004, 8:30 AM CST
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jefferson County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 227 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2004-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 159 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2004-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 223 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
159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KBMX 241233
FFWBMX
ALC073-241430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
633 AM CST WED NOV 24 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...
  GARDENDALE...FULTONDALE...BIRMINGHAM...BESSEMER

* UNTIL 830 AM CST

* AT 630 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  FLASH FLOODING ALL ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY FROM EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 
  OF ONE TO THREE INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SYLVAN SPRINGS...PINSON...MORRIS...LEEDS...KIMBERLY...HOMEWOOD...
  GRAYSVILLE...CAHABA HEIGHTS AND BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA THROUGH 830 AM CST.  THIS WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES IN 
DITCHES...LOW LYING AREAS...AND SMALL STREAMS AS THE GROUND IS 
ALREADY SATURATED FROM RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS.

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 3350 8727 3331 8702 3354 8656 3374 8660
      3381 8692

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 23, 7:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar54 min
Nov 23, 8:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion62 min
Nov 23, 9:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Marion63 min
Nov 23, 9:48 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXLamar, Marion42 min
Nov 23, 10:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston59 min
Nov 24, 12:04 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXMarion116 min
Nov 24, 12:43 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXLamar2 hr
Nov 24, 2:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee22 min
Nov 24, 3:08 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXLamar, Marion3 hr
Nov 24, 3:16 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXSumter44 min
Nov 24, 3:19 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXPickens56 min
Nov 24, 3:35 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXJefferson, Tuscaloosa3 hr
Nov 24, 3:40 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXGreene35 min
Nov 24, 3:47 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXMarengo58 min
Nov 24, 3:51 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXCherokee, Etowah3 hr
Nov 24, 4:31 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXDallas44 min
Nov 24, 5:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXSt. Clair3 hr
Nov 24, 5:14 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXDallas31 min
Nov 24, 5:23 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXMarengo22 min
Nov 24, 5:37 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXAutauga, Chilton, Dallas38 min
Nov 24, 6:06 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXLowndes24 min
Nov 24, 6:11 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXAutauga49 min
Nov 24, 6:19 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXChilton, Coosa26 min
Nov 24, 6:20 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXShelby2 hr
Nov 24, 6:41 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXElmore49 min
Nov 24, 6:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXCherokee, Etowah3 hr
Nov 24, 6:44 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXCoosa31 min
Nov 24, 6:52 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXBlount3 hr
Nov 24, 7:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXCalhoun, Talladega3 hr
Nov 24, 7:04 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Talladega41 min
Nov 24, 7:05 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXClay25 min
Nov 24, 7:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa39 min
Nov 24, 7:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon, Tallapoosa30 min
Nov 24, 7:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee51 min
Nov 24, 8:10 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXChambers, Lee35 min
Nov 24, 8:12 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah and 4 more4 hr
Nov 24, 11:55 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah and 4 more4 hr
Nov 24, 3:59 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXCalhoun, Etowah, St. Clair4 hr
Nov 24, 4:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXSt. Clair4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.