Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2006, 3:31 PM CDT for Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 119 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, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2006, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Perry County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 102031 FFWBMX ALC105-102230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 331 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE AREA OF MARION * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 330 PM CDT...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 HEIBERGER. 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 3282 8738 3252 8742 3253 8717 3278 8704 $$ 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, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 11:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 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, 1 hour 56 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, 2:32 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 232 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 ALZ023-102015- TUSCALOOSA- 232 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR TUSCALOOSA COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS... ...WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS... ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS... AT 229 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAMANTHA TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF ELROD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR ELROD...LAKE LURLEEN STATE PARK...NORTHPORT...TUSCALOOSA... SAMANTHA...HOLT AND BROOKWOOD THROUGH 315 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, 2:49 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
249 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0220 PM HAIL CUBA 32.44N 88.37W
05/10/2006 E0.75 INCH SUMTER AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
PENNY SIZED HAIL AT THE 6 MILE MARKER ON US HWY 80 IN
CUBA.
0225 PM HAIL 3 S YORK 32.45N 88.30W
05/10/2006 E0.75 INCH SUMTER AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
PENNY SIZED HAIL IN SILOM ON HWY 17.
0239 PM HAIL DEMOPOLIS 32.50N 87.83W
05/10/2006 E0.50 INCH MARENGO AL EMERGENCY MNGR
DIME SIZED HAIL IN DEMOPOLIS.
0245 PM FLASH FLOOD CUBA 32.44N 88.37W
05/10/2006 SUMTER AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
4TH STREE AND 5TH AVENUE IN CUBA FLOODED.
&&
DCWLocal storm report, May 10, 2:59 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
259 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0245 PM HAIL 4 N LINDEN 32.36N 87.79W
05/10/2006 E0.75 INCH MARENGO AL PARK/FOREST SRVC
PENNEY SIZED HAIL IN CHICKASAW STATE PARK.
&&
DCWLocal storm report, May 10, 3:09 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
309 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0302 PM TSTM WND GST FOSTERS 33.09N 87.62W
05/10/2006 E0 MPH TUSCALOOSA AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE TREE DOWN IN FOSTERS.
&&
DCWSpecial weather statement, May 10, 3:20 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 320 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 ALZ039-040-102100- DALLAS-MARENGO- 320 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR MARENGO AND DALLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS... ...WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS... AT 319 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF SELMA TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ORRVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR MARION JUNCTION...SELMA...ORRVILLE...TYLER AND MINTER 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. 12/SIRMON
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:21 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 321 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 ALZ024-102045- JEFFERSON- 321 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM CDT... ...WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS... ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS... AT 317 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM GRAYSVILLE TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUEYTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR SYLVAN SPRINGS...MINOR...HUEYTOWN...GRAYSVILLE...GARDENDALE...FULTONDALE AND BIRMINGHAM THROUGH 345 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. 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
The 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, 2:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Winston | 116 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, 3:36 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
Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006
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.