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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2005, 5:27 PM CDT for Etowah County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 4, 2005, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Etowah County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 5:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Attalla, AL | ALL FOUR LANES OF US 431 CLOSED FOR 45 MINUTES DUE TO FLOODING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 3 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 338 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 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 KBMX 042227
FFWBMX
ALC055-042330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
527 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RAINBOW CITY...GADSDEN
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 527 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A
THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SARDIS
CITY.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3413 8585 3413 8579 3400 8574 3395 8574
3397 8587 3391 8592 3393 8597 3386 8602
3390 8613 3399 8620 3399 8629 3392 8634
3393 8637 3411 8630 3418 8620 3420 8610
3421 8585
$$
JONES/90What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 4, 3:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 3:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 304 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE A DEGREE OR TWO WARMER THAN LAST NIGHT DUE TO INCREASED MOISTURE AND CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE AREA. SOME PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST...BUT THE OVERALL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WILL DECREASE. DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MIDDLE 70S ALONG WITH LIGHT WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN WIDESPREAD FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. PRECIP SHOULD DIMINISH MORE SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE KEEPING MOISTURE VALUES AT THE CURRENT LEVELS. SEA BREEZE WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO SOUTHERN LOCATIONS AGAIN. PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY...A BOUNDARY FROM THE REMNANTS OF A STRONG MCS IN THE ARKLAMIS WILL MAKE ITS WAY INTO CENTRAL AL. THESE THREE FACTORS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE WEATHER AREA WIDE. MODELS ALSO BRING A VORT MAX OUT OF THE GULF..WITH VARYING INTENSITIES. THIS FEATURE WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT NORTH-NORTHEASTERLY THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... KEEPING RAIN/THUNDERSTORM CHANCES HIGH. THUS INCREASED POPS/CLOUD COVER AND DECREASED HIGHS ACCORDINGLY. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY) DIDNT MAKE ANY WHOLESALE CHANGES TO THE LONG TERM FORECAST. FORECAST WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDANT ON THE EVOLUTION OF TWO TROPICAL SYSTEMS IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN. ADJUSTMENTS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED... BUT DECIDED NOT TO VARY TOO FAR FROM GUIDANCE. && .SYNOPSIS...TEMPERATURES HAVE ALREADY REACHED THEIR MAXIMA FOR MOST LOCATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA AS CONVECTION HAS BECOME QUITE WIDESPREAD. TWO FEATURES RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ACTIVITY...A STRONG SEABREEZE FRONT MOVING NORTHWARD INTO OUR CWA...AND A SHEARED VORT MAX MOVING OUT OF CENTRAL MS...ACROSS NORTHWESTERN AL. SO FAR... MOST STORMS HAVE REMAINED BELOW SEVERE CRITERIA...ALTHOUGH WITH ALL OF THE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TODAY...WE REMAIN VERY CONCERNED WITH ALL OF THE CONVECTION MAINLY WITH RESPECT TO LIGHTNING. WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN SEVERAL STORMS EXCEED THE ONE STRIKE EVER TEN SECONDS THRESHOLD EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. FURTHERMORE...DUE TO THE TWO FEATURES MENTIONED ABOVE...WERE NOT EXPECTING A QUICK DISSIPATION OF STORMS AFTER SUNSET WHICH IS TYPICAL THIS TIME OF YEAR. HOWEVER... FOCUS WILL LIKELY SHIFT ACROSS EASTERN (ESPECIALLY SOUTHEASTERN) AREAS AS VORT MAX LOOSES ITS INFLUENCE ON NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN LOCATIONS. ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES MAY BE IN JEOPARDY THIS EVENING. LIGHTNING DISPLAYS MAY OVERSHADOW AND FIREWORKS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BE ENHANCED TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN TWO MORE DAYS OF LIKELY POPS. THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND POSE TROPICAL QUESTIONS. HOPEFULLY BY THIS TIME NEXT WEEK...WE CAN STILL THINK OF CINDY AS THAT SWEET LITTLE GIRL FROM THE BRADY BUNCH RATHER THAN A TROPICAL STORM...OR EVEN HURRICANE. TWO SYSTEMS ARE IN THE WORKS...ONE OVER THE YUCATAN AND THE OTHER MOVING ACROSS THE WINDWARD ISLANDS. THE FIRST LOOKS LIKE IT WILL MOVE TO OUR WEST AND NOT BE MUCH OF A FACTOR...THUS ONLY HAVE LOW CHANCE POPS FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE SECOND SYSTEM IS A BIT MORE CONCERNING AT THIS TIME...WITH A GENERAL CONSENSUS IN GUIDANCE THAT IT WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN FL...POSSIBLY INTO THE CENTRAL OR EASTERN GULF BY SUNDAY. HOWEVER...BOTH NEED TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 70 84 69 84 / 40 60 50 70 ANNISTON 71 84 70 84 / 30 60 50 70 BIRMINGHAM 74 85 72 85 / 30 60 40 70 TUSCALOOSA 73 88 71 87 / 30 60 40 70 CALERA 73 87 71 85 / 30 60 40 70 AUBURN 71 84 71 84 / 40 70 50 80 MONTGOMERY 73 87 72 86 / 30 70 50 80 TROY 73 86 71 86 / 40 70 50 80 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 12/SIRMON
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 12:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1230 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ALZ011>015-017>050-051130- AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE- CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE- JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY- PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA- TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON- 1230 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...(THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT). STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 OR 10 PM THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH... DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN UP TO 2 INCHES. THE THUNDERSTORM STRENGTH WILL BE GREATEST DURING THE HEATING OF THE DAY WITH A GRADUAL WEAKENING TREND EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A WARM AND VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE EXISTS ACROSS THE REGION ON THIS INDEPENDENCE DAY. DUE TO VARIOUS SMALL SCALE BOUNDARIES...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...AND THE HEATING OF THE DAY...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED. ALTHOUGH NOT ALL AREAS WILL RECEIVE RAIN THROUGH THIS EVENING...THE STORMS THAT DUE DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BECOMING STRONG. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL: BIRMINGHAM...HIGH. MONTGOMERY...HIGH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY). AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST. ONCE AGAIN...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM 12 PM UNTIL 9 PM...WITH A FEW OF THESE PRODUCING 35 TO 45 MPH WINDS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITH ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP. BEYOND TUESDAY, NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 4, 3:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
328 PM CDT MON JUL 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0247 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 W WEST BLOCTON 33.12N 87.21W
07/04/2005 BIBB AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
FEW TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 9.
&&
JSSSpecial weather statement, Jul 4, 3:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 331 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ALZ020-042100- CHEROKEE- 331 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 327 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER POPE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR POPE...CENTRE AND FORNEY THROUGH 400 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THESE WINDS CAN BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS.
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 354 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ALZ017-042130- BLOUNT- 354 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR BLOUNT COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AREA THUNDERSTORMS... AT 350 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOCUST FORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR LOCUST FORK... NECTAR...ALLGOOD...CLEVELAND...ROSA...ONEONTA AND BLOUNTSVILLE THROUGH 430 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW. IF LIGHTNING IS OBSERVED... WAIT AT LEAST 30 MINUTES AFTER THE LAST LIGHTNING FLASH OR THUNDER BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
Local storm report, Jul 4, 3:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
359 PM CDT MON JUL 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0341 PM HAIL 4 W FORNEY 34.09N 85.53W
07/04/2005 0.75 INCH CHEROKEE AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL BRIEFLY COVERED THE GROUND ON US
411.
&&
JSSLocal storm report, Jul 4, 4:47 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
447 PM CDT MON JUL 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM TSTM WND DMG FORNEY 34.09N 85.46W
07/04/2005 CHEROKEE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
PORCH DESTROYED IN FORNEY.
&&
JSSSpecial weather statement, Jul 4, 5:08 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 508 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ALZ018-042230- ETOWAH- 508 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR ETOWAH COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE ARE POSSIBLE FROM AREA THUNDERSTORMS... AT 506 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER ATTALLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR RAINBOW CITY... ATTALLA...GADSDEN...RIDGEVILLE...REECE CITY...SARDIS CITY AND KEENER THROUGH 530 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. SOME POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. IF YOU FEEL YOUR SKIN TINGLE...OR YOUR HAIR STAND ON END...SQUAT AS LOW TO THE GROUND AS POSSIBLE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 33 min |
| Jul 4, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.