Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this flash flood warning at Feb 5, 2004, 1:42 PM CST for Franklin County, 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
- Feb 5, 2004, 1:42 PM CST (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2004, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Franklin County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 908 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 742 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1068 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KHUN 051947 FFWHUN ALC059-052330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 142 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA * UNTIL 530 PM CST * AT 142 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING OVER FRANKLIN COUNTY ALABAMA. RADAR AND RAIN GAGE REPORTS ESTIMATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES HAVE FALLEN DURING THE PAST SIX HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. LOCAL OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED WATER COVERING A FEW ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CREATE A CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. AS LITTLE AS SIX INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF MOVING WATER CAN FLOAT MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING S U VS AND PICKUP TRUCKS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. LAT...LON 3456 8755 3433 8757 3437 8805 3457 8800 $$
1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KHUN 052333
FFSHUN
ALC059-052345-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
531 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY ALABAMA HAS EXPIRED...
AT 531 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE RAINFALL WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF DIMINISHING ACROSS FRANKLIN COUNTY
ALABAMA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING
MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE SERIOUS THREAT OF FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE VEHICLE RELATED. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OR
WALK ACROSS AREAS THAT ARE COVERED BY FLOOD WATERS. THE WATER DEPTH
MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. ABANDON VEHICLES
THAT STALL OR BEGIN TO FLOAT. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE THE
FLOOD.
LAT...LON 3441 8819 3432 8817 3430 8755 3455 8755
3457 8813
$$
TROUTMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 11:42 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 4 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:25 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 4 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.