Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Birmingham, AL

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WGUS74 KBMX 030240
FFSBMX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
940 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

ALC009-073-115-030330-
/O.CON.KBMX.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-100603T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JEFFERSON AL-ST. CLAIR AL-BLOUNT AL-
940 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BLOUNT...WEST CENTRAL ST. CLAIR AND NORTHEASTERN
JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

AT 936 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM 
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ON INTERSTATE 65 NEAR EXIT 289 IN WESTERN 
BLOUNT COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT 
WESTERN BLOUNT...AND NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAYDEN...
BLOUNT SPRINGS...BANGOR AND ARKADELPHIA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3377 8642 3355 8656 3380 8696 3384 8696
      3384 8697 3387 8697 3388 8693 3390 8693
      3396 8684 3396 8680 3398 8677

$$

GOGGINS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
639 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

.UPDATE...FOR 00Z AVIATION.

&&

.DISCUSSION...

AH SUMMERTIME. RELATIVELY WEAK UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL KEEP
CONDITIONS MOIST AND UNSTABLE UNTIL AT LEAST THE WEEKEND.

FIRST THING TO DEAL WITH IS LEFTOVER CONVECTION THAT FIRE UP THIS
AFTERNOON. SIMILAR TO RECENT DAYS...EXPECT THIS CONVECTION TO
DIMINISH STARTING AROUND SUNSET. WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE
LEFTOVERS THAT ARE STILL PRETTY ACTIVE UNTIL THEN...HOWEVER.

THE BIG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IN THE OHIO VALLEY HAS RE-FIRED...AND
THAT DEVELOPMENT IS A BIT DISCONCERTING. I HAVE MANY MEMORIES OF
CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES THAT FORM WELL TO OUR NORTH THIS TIME OF
YEAR...GET A HEAD OF STEAM...AND BARREL THEIR WAY INTO ALABAMA.
WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT...AND IT MAY CAUSE ME TO KEEP AT
LEAST SOME SMALL POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE NIGHT (ESPECIALLY IN THE
NORTHERN COUNTIES).

MODELS DEPICTING ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW CUTTING OFF NEAR TX/LA
BORDER OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...BUT THEN HAVE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES
ON WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THIS. GFS (AND TO AN EXTENT THE NAM) SLOWLY
MOVE THIS FEATURE WESTWARD AND EVENTUALLY GET IT CAUGHT UP IN THE
WESTERLIES. 12Z ECMWF HOLDS THE LOW STATIONARY FOR A SHORT TIME...
RETROGRADES IT TO THE RIO GRANDE...AND THEN FINALLY LIFTS IT NORTH
INTO THE PLAINS STATES. THE GFS/NAM SOLUTION WOULD SUGGEST GOOD
RAIN CHANCES AS THE LOW MOVES ACROSS OUR AREA...WHILE THE ECMWF
WOULD SUGGEST DAILY POPS CLOSER TO CLIMO. I'M AFRAID I WILL HAVE
TO PUNT ON THIS ONE AND MORE OR LESS SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE. NOT TO
MENTION THAT EACH DAY'S RAIN CHANCES WILL ALSO LARGELY HINGE ON
MESOSCALE FEATURES THAT ARE NOT FORECASTABLE THIS FAR OUT.
SO...WILL GO WITH HIGHER POPS THAN THE ECMWF WOULD SUGGEST...AND
A BIT LOWER ON HIGH TEMPS THAN THE MEX MOS SPITS OUT.

/61/

&&

.AVIATION...00Z TAF DISCUSSION.

SCT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO BHM/EET/ANB AT
ISSUANCE THIS EVENING...WITH EVEN MORE SPREAD AROUND ALL OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA.  THESE SCATTERED TS SHOULD DISSIPATE THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS...WITH MOST OF THE ACTIVITY DONE AROUND 03Z.  ONCE THESE
STORMS DIE DOWN...WILL HAVE TO TURN ATTENTION TO FOG/STRATUS ONCE
AGAIN TONIGHT.  THOSE SITES THAT HAD RAIN THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE
LIKELY CANDIDATES FOR IFR TO LIFR FOG AGAIN TONIGHT...WITH ALL SITES
AT LEAST FALLING TO MVFR VIS OR CIG.

RINSE AND REPEAT FOR THURSDAY.

TCL ASOS IS HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AT ISSUANCE.  IF THEY
CONTINUE...WILL ISSUE AN AMD NOT SKED IN A COUPLE OF HOURS.

NOTICE...KEET TAF WILL HAVE (AMD LTD TO VIS WIND AND WX) AMENDED TO
THE END OF THE FORECAST UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE WHILE CEILOMETER DATA
IS BEING MONITORED FOR ACCURACY.

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&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1232 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

ALZ011>015-017>050-031745-
MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-
CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-
TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-
COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-
MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
1232 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
731 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

ALZ017-024-026-030115-
BLOUNT-JEFFERSON-ST. CLAIR-
731 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BLOUNT...JEFFERSON AND ST. CLAIR
COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 730 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR DALLAS...OR 10 MILES WEST OF SPRINGVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 10 MPH. ACTIVITY WILL ALSO BUILD SOUTHWARD AS THE STORM
MOVES EAST.

DIME SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  DALLAS.
  VILLAGE SPRINGS.
  CLEAR SPRINGS.
  CLAY.
  SPRINGVILLE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
739 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

ALZ014-030130-
WINSTON-
739 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR WINSTON COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 735 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR CURRY...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF JASPER. THIS STORM WAS
NEARLY STATIONARY.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  FALLS CITY.

THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
805 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

ALZ011-012-030145-
LAMAR-MARION-
805 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LAMAR AND MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 845
PM CDT...

AT 803 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR HAMILTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  RANKIN FITE AIRPORT.
  HENSON SPRINGS.
  PIKEVILLE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
812 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

ALZ018>020-030215-
CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-ETOWAH-
812 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CALHOUN...CHEROKEE AND ETOWAH
COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...

AT 812 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR RAINBOW CITY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  GADSDEN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
  RAINBOW CITY.
  SOUTHSIDE.
  BIG WILLS CREEK.
  MARKTON.
  GADSDEN STEAM PLANT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
826 PM CDT WED JUN 02 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S WINFIELD            33.89N 87.80W
06/02/2010                   FAYETTE            AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            A CANOPY ON A GAS STATION WAS BLOWN OFF. DAMAGE ON AL
            HIGHWAY 171 AT COUNTY ROAD 146.

&&

SUNGER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
827 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

ALZ017-030215-
BLOUNT-
827 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BLOUNT COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM CDT...

AT 824 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR BLOUNT SPRINGS...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF CULLMAN...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  RICKWOOD CAVERNS.
  BLOUNT SPRINGS.
  HAYDEN.
  MOUNT OLIVE.
  COUNTY LINE.
  DALLAS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.