Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jan 23, 2012, 8:38 AM CST for Chambers County, Randolph County, Alabama. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report 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
- Jan 23, 2012, 8:38 AM CST (14:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2012, 12:30 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chambers County, AL, Randolph County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 9:45 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ne Big Springs, AL | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ADVISES THAT A CULVERT ON COUNTY ROAD 622 IS WASHED OUT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 463 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 492 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 722 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
941
WGUS54 KBMX 231438
FFWBMX
ALC017-111-231830-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0001.120123T1438Z-120123T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
838 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CHAMBERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1230 PM CST
* AT 836 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN SPREADING ACROSS THE
AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE
DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS REPORTED SOME
FLOODING OF STREETS AND ROADS IN THE AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ROANOKE...STROUD...WEDOWEE...ABANDA...CORINTH...CRYSTAL LAKE...
MALONE...RED LEVEL...SPARKLING SPRINGS...WADLEY AND WELCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3298 8559 3310 8559 3311 8565 3312 8566
3334 8558 3348 8535 3349 8530 3308 8522
$$1 follow-up statement
568
WGUS74 KBMX 231558
FFSBMX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
958 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012
ALC017-111-231830-
/O.CON.KBMX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120123T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RANDOLPH AL-CHAMBERS AL-
958 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN CHAMBERS
AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM CST...
AT 952 AM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT SOME FLOODING OF
ROADS CONTINUED IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF RANDOLPH
COUNTY. A PORTION OF COUNTY ROAD 41 WAS STILL COVERED BY WATER AT
THE PRESENT TIME. A CULVERT WAS ALSO REPORTED TO BE WASHED OUT ON
COUNTY ROAD 622.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...ROANOKE...WEDOWEE...ABANDA...CRYSTAL LAKE...ROCK
STAND...AND ROCK MILLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3298 8559 3310 8559 3311 8565 3312 8566
3334 8558 3348 8535 3349 8530 3308 8522
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 12:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 23 min |
| Jan 23, 1:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 41 min |
| Jan 23, 1:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 49 min |
| Jan 23, 2:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 36 min |
| Jan 23, 2:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 52 min |
| Jan 23, 2:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 44 min |
| Jan 23, 3:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 43 min |
| Jan 23, 3:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 41 min |
| Jan 23, 3:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair | 58 min |
| Jan 23, 3:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Greene, Hale, Perry | 42 min |
| Jan 23, 3:50 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 115 min |
| Jan 23, 4:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Etowah, Jefferson, St. Clair | 60 min |
| Jan 23, 4:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Hale, Perry | 48 min |
| Jan 23, 5:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa | 34 min |
| Jan 23, 5:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Shelby, Talladega | 26 min |
| Jan 23, 5:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa, Talladega | 38 min |
| Jan 23, 6:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Coosa, Tallapoosa | 44 min |
| Jan 23, 6:22 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Chilton, Coosa | 3 hr |
| Jan 23, 6:34 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Dallas, Perry | 116 min |
| Jan 23, 6:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore | 39 min |
| Jan 23, 7:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa | 48 min |
| Jan 23, 7:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 17 min |
| Jan 23, 7:24 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Talladega | 111 min |
| Jan 23, 7:32 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Chambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 3 hr |
| Jan 23, 7:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Tallapoosa | 33 min |
| Jan 23, 8:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Tallapoosa | 36 min |
| Jan 23, 8:14 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes | 3 hr |
| Jan 23, 8:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 25 min |
| Jan 23, 8:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa | 41 min |
| Jan 23, 8:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 31 min |
| Jan 23, 8:45 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Chambers, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa | 3 hr |
| Jan 23, 9:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Elmore, Macon, Montgomery | 36 min |
| Jan 23, 9:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 48 min |
| Jan 23, 9:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon, Russell | 41 min |
| Jan 23, 10:20 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Clay, Tallapoosa | 4 hr |
| Jan 23, 10:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 28 min |
| Jan 23, 12:12 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Chambers, Elmore, Macon, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 2 hr |
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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.