Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Sep 3, 2012, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)

Expired

Sep 3, 2012, 9:30 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Hale County, AL, Perry County, AL

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS54 KBMX 032319
FFWBMX
ALC065-105-040230-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0032.120903T2319Z-120904T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
619 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  WESTERN PERRY COUNTY IN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED SLOW MOVING
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
  DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES FROM 
  HARPER HILL IN NORTHEAST HALE COUNTY TO FOLSOM IN WESTERN PERRY
  COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY WITH THESE
  STORMS.


* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MARION.


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.

&&

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758 OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG ALWX

LAT...LON 3286 8741 3257 8717 3256 8744 3294 8772
      3301 8756

$$

147 
WGUS74 KBMX 040057
FFSBMX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
757 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

ALC065-105-040230-
/O.CON.KBMX.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120904T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HALE AL-PERRY AL-
757 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN PERRY AND
NORTHEASTERN HALE COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

AT 725 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH 
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHEASTERN HALE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES 
THAT 5 TO 9 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS 
OVER NORTHEASTERN HALE AND NORTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTIES.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING 
INCLUDE...MARION...FOLSOM...HARPER HILL...AND LOCATIONS TO THE 
NORTHEAST OF GREENSBORO.

THE EMERGENCY MANAGER IN HALE COUNTY REPORTS FLASH FLOODING ACROSS  
HIGHWAY 25 NORTHEAST OF GREENSBORO AND EXTENDING TO THE PLEASANT 
VALLEY COMMUNITY. COUNTY ROADS 32 AND 85 AT HIGHWAY 25 HAVE BEEN 
CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3286 8741 3257 8717 3256 8744 3294 8772
      3301 8756

$$

77/GLEASON

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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.