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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Huntsville, AL

March 5, 2004Morgan County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 5, 2004, 10:00 PM CST for Morgan County, Alabama. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 5, 2004, 10:00 PM CST (04:00 UTC)
Expired: Mar 6, 2004, 2:15 AM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Morgan County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:00 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 5, 10:33 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Decatur, AL	STREET FLOODING OCCURRING THROUGHOUT CITY
Mar 5, 10:33 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Decatur, AL	STREET FLOODING OCCURRING THROUGHOUT CITY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 247 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 718 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 265 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 328 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 1.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KHUN 060400
FFWHUN
ALC103-060815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1000 PM CST FRI MAR 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 215 AM CST

* AT 1000 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY        
  RAINFALL WAS ABOUT TO MOVE INTO MORGAN COUNTY FROM THE WEST AND    
  SOUTHWEST.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  DECATUR...FLINT CITY...HARTSELLE...AND TRINITY.

RAINFALL UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER LOCATIONS TO 
THE WEST THIS EVENING. SIMILAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER 
MORGAN COUNTY...LATER THIS EVENING. THE MOST IMMINENT THREAT FOR 
FLOODING WILL BE IN NORTHWEST MORGAN COUNTY...NEAR TRINITY AND 
DECATUR. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE RISING WATERS

LAT...LON 3468 8710 3455 8686 3456 8656 3432 8660
          3432 8710

$$ 

JE/23

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS74 KHUN 060414
FFSHUN
ALC079-083-089-103-060815-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1015 PM CST FRI MAR 5 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MORGAN...LIMESTONE...MADISON
AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CST...

AT 1015 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF A 
HARTSELLE TO MERIDIANVILLE LINE. 

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN OVER MUCH OF 
LIMESTONE COUNTY...NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE 
COUNTY...AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY...SINCE 9 PM. MANY 
AREAS HAVE SEEN TWO AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN THIS EVENING. 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF OVER AN INCH IS LIKELY...WHICH WILL AGGRAVATE 
FLOODING THAT IS ALREADY OCCURRING. 

SOME CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 215 AM CST INCLUDE...
   ELKMONT... MOUNT ROZELL... ATHENS... ARDMORE... HILLSBORO...      
   COURTLAND... MOULTON... DECATUR... TRINITY... BELLE MINA... 
   HARVEST... TONEY... HAZEL GREEN... NEW MARKET... AND MADISON.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN HUNTSVILLE.

LAT...LON 3480 8741 3477 8726 3500 8721 3499 8635
          3454 8634 3454 8658 3432 8659 3432 8753
          3461 8749

$$ 

JE/23

000 
WGUS74 KHUN 060553
FFSHUN
ALC079-083-089-103-060815-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1152 PM CST FRI MAR 5 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MORGAN...LIMESTONE...MADISON
AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CST...

AT 1152 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
LESSENING RAINFALL ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. RAIN HAS ENDED FOR 
THE MOST PART IN LAWRENCE AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES...BUT LIGHT TO 
MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES IN MADISON AND MORGAN COUNTIES. 

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA THIS 
EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE LESS THAN A HALF INCH IN MOST 
AREAS. 

WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT... 
INCLUDING NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADS IN AND AROUND THE 
HUNTSVILLE AREA. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.

REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL 
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 
HUNTSVILLE.

LAT...LON 3464 8747 3480 8738 3479 8723 3500 8721
          3499 8630 3453 8636 3454 8658 3432 8659
          3432 8752

$$ 

JE/23

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 5, 6:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	49 min
Mar 5, 6:38 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	6 hr
Mar 5, 7:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale	20 min
Mar 5, 8:17 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Limestone	6 hr
Mar 5, 8:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Limestone	35 min
Mar 5, 8:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin	29 min
Mar 5, 8:52 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Lawrence	5 hr
Mar 5, 8:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lawrence	37 min
Mar 5, 9:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Limestone	30 min
Mar 5, 9:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison	29 min
Mar 5, 9:48 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	4 hr
Mar 5, 10:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Madison	25 min
Mar 5, 10:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Cullman, Morgan	46 min
Mar 5, 10:46 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Cullman, Jackson, Marshall	6 hr
Mar 6, 12:00 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	DeKalb	6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2004 Every 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.