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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Huntsville, AL

June 26, 2004Lawrence County, Alabama

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2004-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2004-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 6:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNFranklin119 min

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.