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Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 29, 2005Fayette County, Lamar County, Marion County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 29, 2005, 8:43 PM CDT for Fayette County, Lamar County, Marion 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: Aug 29, 2005, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired: Aug 29, 2005, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fayette County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Marion County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 732 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 588 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 705 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.2
Supercell composite: 10.8

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KBMX 300147
FFWBMX
ALC057-075-093-300445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
843 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WINFIELD...HAMILTON
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FAYETTE
  LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 839 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPIRAL BANDS OF TROPICAL STORM
  KATRINA CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING...ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MILLPORT TO 11 MILES SOUTH 
  OF BERRY...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT
  VERNON...SULLIGENT...BAZEMORE...GUIN...BRILLIANT...BEXAR...  
  WESTON...BEAR CREEK AND HACKLEBURG.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 
THE WARNED AREA.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
BIRMINGHAM.

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

LAT...LON 3432 8817 3431 8765 3388 8764 3387 8754
      3370 8754 3368 8743 3362 8743 3362 8743
      3364 8763 3354 8768 3354 8793 3355 8829

$$

JD/81

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS74 KBMX 300353
FFSBMX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1051 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

ALC057-075-093-300445-
FAYETTE AL-LAMAR AL-MARION AL-
1051 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR MARION...
LAMAR AND FAYETTE COUNTIES...

AT 1045 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SHOWERS THAT COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. RAIN WILL 
CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH 1145...ONLY ADDING TO THE 3 TO 4 INCH 
RAINFALL TOTALS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.

LAT...LON 3432 8817 3431 8766 3388 8764 3387 8754
      3370 8754 3368 8751 3368 8743 3361 8743
      3363 8763 3358 8767 3353 8768 3356 8827

$$

JONES/90

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 30, 1:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock	29 min
Aug 30, 2:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour, Russell	23 min

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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.