Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Jul 31, 2012, 7:28 AM CDT (12:28 UTC)

Expired

Jul 31, 2012, 10:30 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Jefferson County, AL, Shelby County, AL

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:28 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.

581 
WGUS54 KBMX 311228
FFWBMX
ALC073-117-311530-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0024.120731T1228Z-120731T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
728 AM CDT TUE JUL 31 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN ALABAMA...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT

* AT 720 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED WIDESPREAD
  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THERE
  ARE STILL MANY ROADS COVERED BY WATER DUE TO EARLIER HEAVY
  RAINFALL...AND RADAR ESTIMATES ALONG WITH SOME RAIN GAUGE REPORTS
  HAVE 2 TO 4 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 6
  INCHES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
  THE MORNING HOURS...PRODUCING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
  ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ALABASTER...BESSEMER...BIRMINGHAM...CALERA...CHELSEA...
  COLUMBIANA...FAIRFIELD...FULTONDALE...GARDENDALE...HELENA...
  HOMEWOOD...HOOVER...HUEYTOWN...IRONDALE...LEEDS...MONTEVALLO...
  MOUNTAIN BROOK...PELHAM...TRUSSVILLE...VESTAVIA HILLS...
  WILSONVILLE...ADAMSVILLE...ALABAMA ADVENTURE...ALTON...AMERICAN
  VILLAGE...B.J.C.C....BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK...BIRMINGHAM
  AIRPORT...BIRMINGHAM FAIRGOUNDS AND BLUFF PARK.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. RAINFALL FROM PERSISTENT RAINBANDS
WILL PRODUCE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG STREETS. MANY
ROADS WILL BE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER AND DRIVING IS NOT RECOMMENDED
DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

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 3377 8654 3356 8655 3354 8649 3350 8648
      3350 8638 3335 8634 3318 8650 3312 8646
      3302 8652 3307 8661 3306 8693 3316 8697
      3317 8703 3325 8703 3346 8734 3355 8719
      3360 8720 3366 8706 3378 8700 3385 8688

$$

604 
WGUS74 KBMX 311505
FFSBMX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1005 AM CDT TUE JUL 31 2012

ALC073-117-311530-
/O.CON.KBMX.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120731T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JEFFERSON AL-SHELBY AL-
1005 AM CDT TUE JUL 31 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SHELBY AND JEFFERSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 AM CDT...

AT 1001 AM CDT...REPORTS OF FLOODING CONTINUE TO COME IN ACROSS 
PORTIONS OF SHELBY AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT 
FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN PELHAM NEAR THE YMCA...NEAR THE 280 
EXIT OFF OF INTERSTATE 459...AS WELL AS A FEW ROADS REMAINING CLOSED 
IN THE ALABASTER AREA...TO NAME A FEW. ALTHOUGH RAIN RATES ARE 
BEGINNING TO DECREASE...USE CAUTION AS FLOODING WILL TAKE TIME TO 
SUBSIDE. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ALABASTER...BESSEMER...BIRMINGHAM...CALERA...CHELSEA...COLUMBIANA...
FAIRFIELD...FULTONDALE...GARDENDALE...HELENA...HOMEWOOD...HOOVER...
HUEYTOWN...IRONDALE...LEEDS...MONTEVALLO...MOUNTAIN BROOK...PELHAM...
TRUSSVILLE...VESTAVIA HILLS...WILSONVILLE...ADAMSVILLE...ALABAMA
ADVENTURE...ALTON...AMERICAN VILLAGE...B.J.C.C....BARBER MOTORSPORTS
PARK...BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT...BIRMINGHAM FAIRGOUNDS AND BLUFF PARK.

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.

REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

&&

LAT...LON 3377 8654 3356 8655 3354 8649 3350 8648
      3350 8638 3335 8634 3318 8650 3312 8646
      3302 8652 3307 8661 3306 8693 3316 8697
      3317 8703 3325 8703 3346 8734 3355 8719
      3360 8720 3366 8706 3378 8700 3385 8688

$$

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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.