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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 31, 2005Lee County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 31, 2005, 2:11 AM CST for Lee County, Alabama. It was in force for 2 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
Mar 31, 2005, 2:11 AM CST (08:11 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2005, 4:15 AM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lee County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2005-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2005-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KBMX 310811
FFWBMX
ALC081-311015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
211 AM CST THU MAR 31 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OPELIKA...AUBURN

* UNTIL 415 AM CST

* AT 211 AM CST...SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST   
  FEW HOURS. THIS HEAVY RAIN HAS ALSO OCCURRED OVER ALREADY          
  SATURATED GROUND. THEREFORE...SOME FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR.

* ALL OF LEE COUNTY WILL BE AFFECTED BY SOME FLASH FLOODING.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT...LON 3261 8567 3248 8540 3250 8509 3273 8515
      3273 8566

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 9:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale44 min
Mar 30, 9:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens23 min
Mar 30, 9:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa36 min
Mar 30, 9:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb44 min
Mar 30, 9:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion35 min
Mar 30, 9:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo29 min
Mar 30, 9:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Walker40 min
Mar 30, 9:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa47 min
Mar 30, 9:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes52 min
Mar 30, 9:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion47 min
Mar 30, 10:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas39 min
Mar 30, 10:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount54 min
Mar 30, 10:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson47 min
Mar 30, 10:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery64 min
Mar 30, 10:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair48 min
Mar 30, 10:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens48 min
Mar 30, 10:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes15 min
Mar 30, 10:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah44 min
Mar 30, 10:53 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXMontgomery2 hr
Mar 30, 11:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon40 min
Mar 30, 11:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPerry36 min
Mar 30, 11:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Tallapoosa30 min
Mar 30, 11:23 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXElmore97 min
Mar 30, 11:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee52 min
Mar 30, 11:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon34 min
Mar 30, 11:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Walker48 min
Mar 30, 11:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Tallapoosa25 min
Mar 31, 12:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery21 min
Mar 31, 12:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon10 min
Mar 31, 12:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore34 min
Mar 31, 12:28 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXLee2 hr
Mar 31, 12:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee47 min
Mar 31, 12:55 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXElmore, Montgomery2 hr
Mar 31, 1:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon24 min
Mar 31, 1:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter41 min
Mar 31, 2:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Sumter46 min
Mar 31, 3:01 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXElmore119 min
Mar 31, 3:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Tuscaloosa52 min
Mar 31, 3:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo64 min
Mar 31, 4:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas, Perry45 min
Mar 31, 6:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Chilton45 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.