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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 9, 20117 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 2011, 2:29 AM CST for 7 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 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: Mar 9, 2011, 2:29 AM CST (08:29 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2011, 8:30 AM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Fayette County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Marion County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 9, 4:30 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	3 W Millport, AL	TWO FEET OF WATER ACROSS HIGHWAY 96 WEST OF MILLPORT.
Mar 9, 6:37 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Jasper, AL	AT LEAST 6 OR 7 STRRETS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN JASPER.
Mar 9, 6:40 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Fayette, AL	SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED IN FAYETTE AREA.
Mar 9, 6:42 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Carbon Hill, AL	PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 118 AND DOGTOWN ROAD FLOODED.

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 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 84 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1808 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 365 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 712 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

130 
WGUS54 KBMX 090829
FFWBMX
ALC057-075-093-107-125-127-133-091430-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0004.110309T0829Z-110309T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
229 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 830 AM CST

* AT 226 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED SLOW MOVING   
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW ONE TO TWO INCHES..WITH LOCALLY HIGHER 
AMOUNTS OF UP TO THREE INCHES...HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA 
BETWEEN 11 PM AND 2 AM.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ALICEVILLE...ARLEY...CARBON HILL...CARROLLTON...CORDOVA...DORA...
  FAYETTE...GORDO...HALEYVILLE...HAMILTON...JASPER...LYNN...
  MILLPORT...PICKENSVILLE...REFORM...SULLIGENT...SUMITON...VERNON...
  WINFIELD...ADDISON...ASHBANK...ASHCRAFT CORNER...ASHRIDGE...
  BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM...BANKSTON...BEAVERTON...BEDFORD...BELK...   
  BELOIT AND BENEVOLA.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE 
WARNED AREA THROUGH 830 AM TODAY.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3432 8817 3431 8712 3394 8710 3389 8708
      3389 8700 3384 8696 3369 8703 3360 8719
      3355 8719 3347 8734 3346 8732 3333 8757
      3304 8783 3315 8784 3305 8804 3305 8814
      3299 8817 3299 8835

$$

19

2 follow-up statements

307 
WGUS74 KBMX 091052
FFSBMX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
452 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011

ALC057-075-093-107-125-127-133-091430-
/O.CON.KBMX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110309T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PICKENS AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-FAYETTE AL-WALKER AL-LAMAR AL-WINSTON AL-
MARION AL-
452 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CST FOR
MARION...WINSTON...LAMAR...WALKER...FAYETTE...NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA AND
PICKENS COUNTIES...

AT 440 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A 
LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS 
OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 
3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN 10 PM TUESDAY AND 4 AM 
TODAY.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED 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.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3432 8817 3431 8712 3394 8710 3389 8708
      3389 8700 3384 8696 3369 8703 3360 8719
      3355 8719 3347 8734 3346 8732 3333 8757
      3304 8783 3315 8784 3305 8804 3305 8814
      3299 8817 3299 8835

$$

494 
WGUS74 KBMX 091302
FFSBMX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
702 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011

ALC057-075-093-107-125-127-133-091430-
/O.CON.KBMX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110309T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PICKENS AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-FAYETTE AL-WALKER AL-LAMAR AL-WINSTON AL-
MARION AL-
702 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CST FOR
MARION...WINSTON...LAMAR...WALKER...FAYETTE...NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA AND
PICKENS COUNTIES...

AT 650 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 
FLOODING OF SOME STREETS AND HIGHWAYS WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA. 
THE JASPER POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT AT LEAST SIX OR SEVEN 
STREETS WERE BEING CLOSED.  IN THE CARBON HILL AREA...FLOODING WAS 
REPORTED ON PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 118 AND DOGTOWN ROAD.  SEVERAL 
STREETS WERE REPORTED TO BE FLOODED IN FAYETTE.  IN LAMAR COUNTY 
WATER WAS TWO FEET DEEP ON PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 96 WEST OF MILLPORT. 
MANY SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN LAMAR COUNTY WERE ALSO OUT OF THEIR 
BANKS.  FLOODING OF SOME STREETS AND HIGHWAYS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS 
THE WARNED AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
 
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAMAR COUNTY 
AIRPORT...GORGAS STEAM PLANT...GORGAS...WINFIELD...VERNON... 
SUMITON...SULLIGENT...SIPSEY...PARRISH...OAKMAN...NAUVOO...MILLPORT..
.JASPER...HAMILTON...HALEYVILLE...HACKLEBURG...GUIN...GU-WIN...
FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...DORA...CORDOVA...CARBON 
HILL...BRILLIANT...BERRY...BEAVERTON ...ARLEY AND ADDISON

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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 3432 8817 3431 8712 3394 8710 3389 8708
      3389 8700 3384 8696 3369 8703 3360 8719
      3355 8719 3347 8734 3346 8732 3333 8757
      3304 8783 3315 8784 3305 8804 3305 8814
      3299 8817 3299 8835

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 8, 6:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	24 min
Mar 8, 7:06 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Lamar	3 hr
Mar 8, 8:42 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter	3 hr
Mar 8, 9:00 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	4 days
Mar 8, 9:49 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby	36 hr
Mar 8, 9:49 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Dallas, Perry	61 hr
Mar 8, 10:33 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	9 days
Mar 8, 10:38 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo	8 days
Mar 8, 11:21 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter	3 hr
Mar 8, 11:55 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas, Perry	50 min
Mar 9, 1:02 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Jefferson, Marion, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston	3 hr
Mar 9, 1:15 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	30 min
Mar 9, 1:37 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	38 min
Mar 9, 2:47 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Perry	43 min
Mar 9, 3:32 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter	3 hr
Mar 9, 3:56 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Blount, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa	3 hr
Mar 9, 4:21 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter and 1 more	6 hr
Mar 9, 4:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo, Sumter	37 min
Mar 9, 4:59 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Hale, Jefferson, Perry, Tuscaloosa	46 min
Mar 9, 5:24 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Dallas, Jefferson, Perry and 3 more	6 hr
Mar 9, 5:27 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson	16 hr
Mar 9, 5:48 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Blount, Calhoun, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas and 5 more	57 min
Mar 9, 6:00 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah, St. Clair, Shelby and 1 more	4 hr
Mar 9, 6:46 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay, Coosa, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery, Talladega and 1 more	59 min
Mar 9, 6:53 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay, Coosa, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery, Talladega and 1 more	52 min
Mar 9, 7:38 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock, Chambers, Lee, Macon, Montgomery, Pike and 1 more	67 min
Mar 9, 8:25 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Lamar	24 hr
Mar 9, 8:34 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Lee, Macon, Russell	56 min
Mar 9, 8:53 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Talladega	6 hr
Mar 9, 9:25 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	59 hr
Mar 9, 9:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pike	29 min
Mar 9, 10:00 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Talladega	12 hr
Mar 9, 10:03 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour, Pike	42 min
Mar 9, 10:40 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Chambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa	3 hr
Mar 9, 10:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	29 min
Mar 9, 10:59 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Tuscaloosa	33 hr
Mar 9, 10:59 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter, Tuscaloosa	68 hr
Mar 9, 11:18 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Cleburne	3 hr
Mar 9, 12:04 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Shelby, Talladega	45 hr
Mar 9, 3:56 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	34 min
Mar 9, 4:00 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	30 min
Mar 9, 4:04 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	26 min
Mar 9, 4:24 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	36 min
Mar 9, 4:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	30 min
Mar 9, 4:56 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	34 min
Mar 9, 5:00 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	30 min
Mar 9, 5:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	31 min
Mar 9, 5:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	29 min
Mar 9, 5:36 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	39 min
Mar 9, 5:46 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.