Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Watches in 2010
Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood watch at Mar 10, 2010, 4:06 AM CST for 39 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 2010, 4:06 AM CST (10:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2010, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Flood severity
- None
All 39 counties
Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 874 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 379 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Mar 9, 11:28 PM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 11:28 PM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 7:22 PM CST, 8 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 722 PM CST TUE MAR 9 2010 ALZ011>015-017>050-110124- 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- 722 PM CST TUE MAR 9 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ACROSS EAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI MAY APPROACH CENTRAL ALABAMA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS SHOULD SLOWLY WEAKEN AS THEY TRACK EASTWARD BUT COULD BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE ACROSS WESTERN ALABAMA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE NECESSARY AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 27
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2:24 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Greene, Hale and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:28 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Pickens, St. Clair, Tuscaloosa and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 4:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Shelby | 2 hr |
| Mar 10, 4:51 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 6:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Shelby, Talladega | 4 hr |
| Mar 10, 7:57 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Chambers, Clay, Coosa, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 8:31 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Dallas, Perry | 60 hr |
| Mar 10, 8:45 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Sumter | 5 hr |
| Mar 10, 8:58 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 10, 10:19 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Shelby, Talladega | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 10:36 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, St. Clair and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 12:43 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:11 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:37 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby | 36 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:37 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Dallas, Perry | 5 days |
| Mar 10, 1:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes | 35 min |
| Mar 10, 1:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry | 25 min |
| Mar 10, 2:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas | 32 min |
| Mar 10, 2:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes | 24 min |
| Mar 10, 2:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes, Montgomery | 23 min |
| Mar 10, 3:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 31 min |
| Mar 10, 3:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Elmore, Montgomery | 29 min |
| Mar 10, 3:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 47 min |
| Mar 10, 3:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Talladega | 23 min |
| Mar 10, 4:13 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 10, 4:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 29 min |
| Mar 10, 4:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa | 26 min |
| Mar 10, 4:41 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 4:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 46 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.