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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 14, 2005Jefferson County, St. Clair County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2005, 4:54 PM CDT for Jefferson County, St. Clair County, Alabama. It was in force for 2 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
Jul 14, 2005, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jefferson County, AL, St. Clair County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 14, 6:00 PM CDTFLASH FLOODMoody, ALSEVERAL BUSINESSES AND HOMES ALONG U.S. 411 FLOODED.
Jul 14, 6:00 PM CDTFLASH FLOODMoody, ALFLOODING REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 411.
Jul 14, 6:00 PM CDTFLASH FLOODTrussville, ALSEVERAL STREETS IN TRUSSVILLE FLOODED. COURTHOUSE WAS EVACUATED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 12:00Z on 2005-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1431 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1431 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-17 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 142156
FFWBMX
ALC073-115-150000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
454 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TRUSSVILLE
  SOUTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PELL CITY...MOODY

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN MOODY...TRUSSVILLE...
  AND NEW LONDON.  THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MARGARET AND ODENVILLE.

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.

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 3370 8662 3350 8664 3356 8650 3349 8633
      3354 8625 3372 8629

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KBMX 142246
FFSBMX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
545 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2005

ALC073-115-150000-
JEFFERSON AL-ST. CLAIR AL-
545 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ST. CLAIR AND EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

AT 537 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS 
LOCATED FROM ROEBUCK TO MOODY.  THE STORMS WERE NEARLY 
STATIONARY...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE IN THE WARNED AREA 
THROUGH 630 PM.  NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADS HAVE BEEN
REPORTED IN THE ROEBUCK AND TRUSSVILLE AREAS. 

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.

LAT...LON 3377 8680 3348 8679 3356 8650 3349 8633
      3354 8625 3372 8629

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 12:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXPike2 hr
Jul 14, 1:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXElmore2 hr
Jul 14, 2:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXTallapoosa2 hr
Jul 14, 3:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXBibb, Chilton2 hr
Jul 14, 5:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXShelby116 min
Jul 14, 5:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXWinston2 hr
Jul 14, 6:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXFayette, Walker2 hr
Jul 14, 6:21 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXWalker24 min
Jul 14, 6:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXJefferson, St. Clair113 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.