Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005

Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 30, 2005Montgomery County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 30, 2005, 10:53 PM CST for Montgomery 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 30, 2005, 10:53 PM CST (04:53 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2005, 1:00 AM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Montgomery County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 00:00Z on 2005-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 135 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 00:00Z on 2005-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 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
135 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-297 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KBMX 310454
FFWBMX
ALC101-310700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1053 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY

* UNTIL 100 AM CST

* AT 1053 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DANNELLY
  FIELD.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL LEAD TO 
FLOODING. SOME FLOODING WILL OCCURR. 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.

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

LAT...LON 3236 8647 3224 8639 3210 8635 3228 8602
      3241 8605 3243 8614 3249 8625

$$

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, 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, 2:11 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXLee2 hr
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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.