Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 16, 2004, 8:40 PM CDT for Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 5 hr. 3 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
- Sep 16, 2004, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2004, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jackson County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 1:00 AM CDT | FLOOD | Paint Rock, AL | FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 72. |
| Sep 17, 1:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Paint Rock, AL | SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ROAD. |
| Sep 17, 1:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Paint Rock, AL | SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 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 170140
FFWHUN
ALC071-170630-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
840 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT
* AT 840 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
WAS OCCURRING OVER ALL OF JACKSON COUNTY. GROUND TRUTH REPORTS
SHOW RAINFALL OF THREE AND A HALF TO FIVE AND A HALF INCHES SO FAR
TODAY. EXPECT RAINFALL OF AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR TO CONTINUE AT
LEAST FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS. THERE COULD ALSO BE CONCERNS WITH LANDSLIDES WHEN THE
HEAVY RAIN AND SATURATED SOILS COMBINE WITH THE HIGH WINDS.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BRIDGEPORT...HOLLYWOOD...PISGAH...SCOTTSBORO...SECTION...SKYLINE...
STEVENSON AND WOODVILLE
DURING FLASH FLOODING...WATER LEVELS IN AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN
RAPIDLY INCREASE...TRANSFORMING THEM INTO RAGING CURRENTS. NEVER
ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOOD WATERS BY VEHICLE OR FOOT. MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND
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 3498 8548 3461 8579 3447 8604 3461 8636
3500 8631
$$
JE/232 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KHUN 170329
FFSHUN
ALC049-071-089-095-170630-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1030 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MARSHALL...MADISON...JACKSON
AND DEKALB COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...
AT 1030 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA...ESPECIALLY
IN JACKSON AND DEKALB COUNTIES. RAINFALL IN JACKSON AND DEKALB
COUNTIES COULD APPROACH ONE INCH PER HOUR THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS. LIGHTER RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN MADISON AND MARSHALL
COUNTIES...BUT WITH STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS BETWEEN XX AND
XX INCHES ACROSS THE AREA...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE
FLOODING CONCERNS.
HIGH RIVER AND CREEK LEVELS CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. A
DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION STILL REMAINS ON BIG WILLS CREEK NEAR FORT
PAYNE. AT 945 PM CDT...THE STAGE WAS 12.36 FEET...UNCHANGED FROM THE
PREVIOUS HOUR. HOWEVER...MEDIA REPORTS INDICATED THAT FLOOD WATERS
WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE FROM THE AREA EAST OF HIGHWAY 35 AND NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 59 IN FORT PAYNE.
MEANWHILE...INDIAN CREEK AT MADISON REMAINS NEAR BANKFULL...WITH A
STAGE AROUND SIX FEET. OTHER CREEKS AND STREAMS REMAIN HIGH AS WELL.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED THROUGH 130 AM CDT INCLUDE...
ALBERTVILLE...ARAB...BOAZ...BRIDGEPORT...COLLINSVILLE...CROSSVILLE...
FORT PAYNE...FYFFE...GERALDINE...GRANT...GUNTERSVILLE...GURLEY...
HARVEST...HAZEL GREEN...HENAGAR...HOLLYWOOD...HUNTSVILLE...IDER...
MADISON...MERIDIANVILLE...MOORES MILL...NEW HOPE...NEW MARKET...OWENS
CROSSROADS...PISGAH...POWELL...RAINSVILLE...REDSTONE ARSENAL...
SCOTTSBORO...SECTION...SKYLINE...STEVENSON...SYLVANIA...TRIANA AND
WOODVILLE.
FLOODING IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. HEAVY
RAINFALL...EVEN IN THE DISTANCE...CAN CREATE SUDDEN FLOWS. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
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. IF YOU SEE WATER OVER A ROADWAY...DO NOT TRY TO CROSS IT.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN
LAT...LON 3501 8561 3452 8552 3421 8586 3412 8632
3433 8658 3451 8659 3459 8680 3501 8680
$$
JE/23000
WGUS74 KHUN 170330 CCA
FFSHUN
ALC049-071-089-095-170630-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1030 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MARSHALL...MADISON...JACKSON
AND DEKALB COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...
AT 1030 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA...ESPECIALLY
IN JACKSON AND DEKALB COUNTIES. RAINFALL IN JACKSON AND DEKALB
COUNTIES COULD APPROACH ONE INCH PER HOUR THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS. LIGHTER RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN MADISON AND MARSHALL
COUNTIES...BUT WITH STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 AND
7 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE
FLOODING CONCERNS.
HIGH RIVER AND CREEK LEVELS CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. A
DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION STILL REMAINS ON BIG WILLS CREEK NEAR FORT
PAYNE. AT 945 PM CDT...THE STAGE WAS 12.36 FEET...UNCHANGED FROM THE
PREVIOUS HOUR. HOWEVER...MEDIA REPORTS INDICATED THAT FLOOD WATERS
WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE FROM THE AREA EAST OF HIGHWAY 35 AND NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 59 IN FORT PAYNE.
MEANWHILE...INDIAN CREEK AT MADISON REMAINS NEAR BANKFULL...WITH A
STAGE AROUND SIX FEET. OTHER CREEKS AND STREAMS REMAIN HIGH AS WELL.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED THROUGH 130 AM CDT INCLUDE...
ALBERTVILLE...ARAB...BOAZ...BRIDGEPORT...COLLINSVILLE...CROSSVILLE...
FORT PAYNE...FYFFE...GERALDINE...GRANT...GUNTERSVILLE...GURLEY...
HARVEST...HAZEL GREEN...HENAGAR...HOLLYWOOD...HUNTSVILLE...IDER...
MADISON...MERIDIANVILLE...MOORES MILL...NEW HOPE...NEW MARKET...OWENS
CROSSROADS...PISGAH...POWELL...RAINSVILLE...REDSTONE ARSENAL...
SCOTTSBORO...SECTION...SKYLINE...STEVENSON...SYLVANIA...TRIANA AND
WOODVILLE.
FLOODING IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. HEAVY
RAINFALL...EVEN IN THE DISTANCE...CAN CREATE SUDDEN FLOWS. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
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. IF YOU SEE WATER OVER A ROADWAY...DO NOT TRY TO CROSS IT.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN
LAT...LON 3501 8561 3452 8552 3421 8586 3412 8632
3433 8658 3451 8659 3459 8680 3501 8680
$$
JE/23The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 7:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 7:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Marshall | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 9:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Madison | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 9:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 6 hr |
| Sep 17, 1:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.