Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 2008, 4:41 PM CDT for Barbour County, Bullock County, Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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
- Aug 23, 2008, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2008, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Pike County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 4:45 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 0 | Eufaula, AL | 3.10 INCHES AT BARBOUR CITY |
| Aug 23, 4:45 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.1 | Eufaula, AL | BARBOUR CITY |
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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KBMX 232141
FFWBMX
ALC005-011-109-240045-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0009.080823T2141Z-080824T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
441 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...EUFAULA...CLIO...
BULLOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...UNION SPRINGS...MIDWAY...
PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TROY...GOSHEN...BRUNDIDGE...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 434 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED FLASH
FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITE
OAK...TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...SPRING HILL...SHOPTON...PICKETT...
OSCO...LINWOOD...LAKEPOINT RESORT STATE PARK...INVERNESS...
HAWKINSVILLE...GUERRYTON...FRANKLIN FIELD...COMER...CLAYTON...BOOT
HILL...BEANS CROSSROADS...BARBOUR COUNTY PUBLIC LAKE DAM...ANSLEY
AND ABERFOIL
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8
PM...AS SEVERAL RAIN BANDS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.
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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3178 8615 3180 8621 3197 8619 3198 8600
3228 8599 3229 8587 3224 8586 3224 8544
3216 8543 3215 8526 3207 8519 3204 8504
3178 8512 3170 8521 3171 8540 3161 8542
3162 8617
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KBMX 232346
FFSBMX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
646 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008
ALC005-011-109-240045-
/O.CON.KBMX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080824T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIKE AL-BARBOUR AL-BULLOCK AL-
646 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
BULLOCK...BARBOUR AND PIKE COUNTIES...
AT 639 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED
OVER THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNION
SPRINGS...SPRING HILL...SHOPTON...PICKETT...MIDWAY...LAKEPOINT RESORT
STATE PARK...INVERNESS...HAWKINSVILLE...GUERRYTON...FRANKLIN FIELD...
COMER...BEANS CROSSROADS...BARBOUR COUNTY PUBLIC LAKE DAM AND
ABERFOIL
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF PONDING ON THE ROADWAYS AND
LOWER LYING AREAS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3178 8615 3180 8621 3197 8619 3198 8600
3228 8599 3229 8587 3224 8586 3224 8544
3216 8543 3215 8526 3207 8519 3204 8504
3178 8512 3170 8521 3171 8540 3161 8542
3162 8617
$$
16The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 12:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Barbour, Pike | 4 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bullock | 90 min |
| Aug 23, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 34 min |
| Aug 23, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon, Russell | 26 min |
| Aug 23, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon, Russell | 37 min |
| Aug 23, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon, Russell, Tallapoosa | 33 min |
| Aug 23, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.