Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Sep 5, 2011, 10:16 AM CDT (15:16 UTC)

Expired

Sep 5, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Greene County, AL

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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WGUS54 KBMX 051516
FFWBMX
ALC063-051800-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0052.110905T1516Z-110905T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1016 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1013 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED AN AREA OF 
  HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE 
  INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE AREA DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS...
  AND ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT
  TWO HOURS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME
  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...   
  EUTAW...BOLIGEE......FORKLAND...JENA...KNOXVILLE...MANTUA... AND   
  WEST GREENE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3304 8814 3304 8805 3315 8784 3302 8784
      3302 8771 3277 8787 3275 8781 3265 8774
      3264 8781 3259 8774 3252 8782 3259 8790
      3261 8784 3262 8786 3260 8806 3269 8804
      3270 8811 3280 8806 3283 8818 3292 8821

$$

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992 
WGUS54 KBMX 051758
FFWBMX
ALC063-052100-
/O.EXT.KBMX.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-110905T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1258 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 1256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED AN MOSTLY 
  LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA.  
  THIS WILL PROLONG FLOODING THAT IS OCCURRING FROM RAIN THAT 
  FELL EARLIER TODAY.

* RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  CONTINUE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
  EUTAW...BOLIGEE...FORKLAND...JENA...KNOXVILLE...MANTUA...   
  UNION...AND WEST GREENE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3304 8814 3304 8805 3315 8784 3302 8784
      3302 8771 3277 8787 3275 8781 3265 8774
      3264 8781 3259 8774 3252 8782 3259 8790
      3261 8784 3262 8786 3260 8806 3269 8804
      3270 8811 3280 8806 3283 8818 3292 8821

$$

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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.