Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2006, 2:19 PM CDT for Winston County, Alabama. It was in force for 116 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2006, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2006, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Winston County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 379 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -268 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KBMX 101920 FFWBMX ALC133-102115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 219 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE AREA OF DOUBLE SPRINGS * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 216 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 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. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3404 8757 3403 8733 3427 8723 3428 8759 $$ KSL
What 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 May 10, 11:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 11:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1145 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 .UPDATE... ACTIVE WEATHER ONGOING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO EXPECT SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SEVERAL COMPLEXES OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY ON THE RADAR SCREEN WITH COMPLEX NUMBER ONE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN AREAS OF THE CWA AND SECOND COMPLEX JUST ENTERING THE STATE IN MARION AND LAMAR COUNTIES. A THIRD COMPLEX IS ABOUT TO CROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO MISSISSIPPI. COLD FRONT IS STILL WELL TO OUR WEST ACROSS SE MISSOURI...ARKANSAS... AND NW LOUISIANA. UNFORTUNATELY THIS WILL MAKE FOR A LONG AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AMAZINGLY IT SEEMS THAT THE ATMOSPHERE IS ABLE TO RECOVER BEHIND THESE COMPLEXES AS THEY HAVE HAD NO PROBLEM SUSTAINING THEMSELVES. WITH A PRIME UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND WEST AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...BELIEVE THIS AREA WILL HAVE THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAVE UPDATED THE CURRENT FORECAST TO INCREASE POPS TO CATEGORICAL FOR ALL AREAS. HAVE ALSO ADJUSTED AFTERNOON TEMPS...DEWPOINTS... AND QPF. ALSO ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 UNTIL MIDNIGHT. WILL ALSO CANCEL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 329. FYI...WE WILL BE DOING A 17Z BALLOON RELEASE RATHER THAN THE TRADITIONAL 18Z RELEASE AS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE UPPER BUILDING AT RELEASE TIME. && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR AREAS ALONG ANS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. && KNS/99
Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 1:35 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 135 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 ALZ011>015-017>050-111200- 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- 135 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TWO TO THREE LINES OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...AND UNTIL 4 AM FOR AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LIVINGSTON...LAKE MARTIN...WEST POINT LAKE LINE...THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE TORNADIC STORMS AND FLASH FLOODING. NORTH OF THIS LINE...THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND FLASH FLOODING. LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AS SEVERAL UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. BESIDES HIGH WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES...IT IS LIKELY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WILL OCCUR DUE TO THE REPEATED HEAVY RAIN. THIS IS DEVELOPING INTO A DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS...BE READY AND KNOW WHAT TO DO IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY ON THURSDAY...IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...AND A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT. STEFKOVICH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 10, 12:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1253 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 ALZ025-101900- SHELBY- 1253 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR SHELBY COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... ...WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM... AT 1252 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER ALABASTER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR SHELBY CO AIRPORT... ALABASTER AND CHELSEA THROUGH 200 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. 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. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS MINOR FLOODING. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS... FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS...RISING WATER ALONG CREEKS...AND UNDERPASSES WITH STANDING WATER ARE POSSIBLE. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS ROADWAYS COVERED WITH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. KSL
Local storm report, May 10, 1:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
104 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1205 PM FLASH FLOOD HUEYTOWN 33.44N 87.00W
05/10/2006 JEFFERSON AL AMATEUR RADIO
FLOODED STREETS IN HUEYTOWN BY WINN DIXIE...ALLISON
BONNET AND FOREST STREET...6 TO 8 INCHES ON ROAD.
&&
DCWLocal storm report, May 10, 1:19 PM CDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
119 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1250 PM TSTM WND DMG BESSEMER 33.38N 86.96W
05/10/2006 JEFFERSON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN AROUND BESSEMER.
&&
JONES/90Local storm report, May 10, 1:25 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
125 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0122 PM LIGHTNING 3 NE PELHAM 33.33N 86.76W
05/10/2006 SHELBY AL AMATEUR RADIO
HOUSE SET ON FIRE BY LIGHTNING ON TALL TIMBRE DRIVE.
&&
DCWLocal storm report, May 10, 2:01 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
201 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM HAIL SULLIGENT 33.89N 88.13W
05/10/2006 E0.75 INCH LAMAR AL EMERGENCY MNGR
PENNY SIZED HAIL IN SULLIGENT.
&&
DCWLocal storm report, May 10, 2:18 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
218 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0203 PM HAIL LIVINGSTON 32.60N 88.19W
05/10/2006 E0.25 INCH SUMTER AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
PEA SIZED HAIL AND MINOR STREET FLOODING IN LIVINGSTON.
&&
DCWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 5:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 52 min |
| May 10, 6:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Tuscaloosa | 26 min |
| May 10, 10:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Dallas, Elmore and 16 more | 11 hr |
| May 10, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 65 min |
| May 10, 11:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 41 min |
| May 10, 11:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 52 min |
| May 10, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 45 min |
| May 10, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 57 min |
| May 10, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 61 min |
| May 10, 11:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 38 min |
| May 10, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 31 min |
| May 10, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 50 min |
| May 10, 12:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 3 hr |
| May 10, 1:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Sumter | 3 hr |
| May 10, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 28 min |
| May 10, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 40 min |
| May 10, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 42 min |
| May 10, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 37 min |
| May 10, 2:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 29 min |
| May 10, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 43 min |
| May 10, 2:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 37 min |
| May 10, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 50 min |
| May 10, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale, Perry | 39 min |
| May 10, 2:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Marengo | 3 hr |
| May 10, 2:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Tallapoosa | 3 hr |
| May 10, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 19 min |
| May 10, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 47 min |
| May 10, 3:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Elmore | 3 hr |
| May 10, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 35 min |
| May 10, 3:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Perry | 119 min |
| May 10, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 39 min |
| May 10, 3:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Talladega | 62 min |
| May 10, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 62 min |
| May 10, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 47 min |
| May 10, 4:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 119 min |
| May 10, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 28 min |
| May 10, 4:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 2 hr |
| May 10, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 47 min |
| May 10, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock | 26 min |
| May 10, 5:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Marengo, Sumter | 2 hr |
| May 10, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.