Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2004, 6:27 AM CDT for Lawrence County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 26, 2004, 6:27 AM CDT (11:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2004, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lawrence County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KHUN 261129 FFWHUN ALC079-261430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 627 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA * UNTIL 930 AM CDT * AT 627 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER THE BANKHEAD NATIONAL FOREST...NEAR THE SIPSEY WILDERNESS AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 530 AM. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... MOULTON LAT...LON 3448 8708 3432 8714 3433 8753 3448 8752 $$ SS
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KHUN 261242 FFSHUN ALC079-261430- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 740 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY UNTIL 930 AM CDT... AT 740 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN WAS RAPIDLY DIMINISHING OVER LAWRENCE COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS COME TO AN END...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL CONTINUE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OF OCCURRING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN HUNTSVILLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER...OR TO YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3449 8750 3434 8751 3432 8714 3445 8713 $$ MR
000 WGUS74 KHUN 261336 FFSHUN ALC079-261400- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 835 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 835 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE SERIOUS THREAT OF FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. 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 3450 8750 3435 8751 3433 8715 3449 8714 $$ MR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Franklin | 119 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.