Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jan 30, 2013, 10:12 AM CST for Talladega County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 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
- Jan 30, 2013, 10:12 AM CST (16:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2013, 1:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Talladega County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 11:00 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Sylacauga, AL | LAKE TERRACE STREET FLOODED WITH CARS UP TO THE WINDOWS OF SOME CARS. |
| Jan 30, 11:00 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Talladega, AL | FLOODING REPORTED ON NORTH STREET EAST AT THE TALLADEGA MACHINE SHOP. FLOODING ALSO REPORTED ON SEVERAL OTHER STREETS INCLUDING FORT WILLIAMS STREET...ISABELL CIRCLE...AVENUE 8TH AND SCOTT STREET. COURT STREET AND MOSLEY ARE REPORTED TO BE IMPASSABLE. |
| Jan 30, 11:02 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Childersburg, AL | SADIE LEE LANE AND COOPER STREET REPORTED TO BE IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
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 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 916 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 364 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 9.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
831
WGUS54 KBMX 301612
FFWBMX
ALC121-301900-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0002.130130T1612Z-130130T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1012 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
TALLADEGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 100 PM CST
* AT 1010 AM CST...RADAR INDICATES THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE
DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. PUBLIC REPORTS INDICATED THAT
MANY DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS WERE NEAR BANKFULL. RUNOFF FROM THE
RAIN WILL PRODUCE FLOODING OF SOME STREETS ACROSS THE
AREA...ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS LIKE SYLACAUGA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHILDERSBURG...SYLACAUGA... AND TALLADEGA.
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.
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 3340 8592 3338 8598 3330 8598 3330 8612
3310 8618 3310 8648 3311 8649 3319 8650
3328 8643 3330 8636 3339 8638 3352 8627
3349 8626 3354 8619 3358 8622 3363 8616
3370 8619 3367 8605 3359 8599 3358 8579
$$1 follow-up statement
953
WGUS74 KBMX 301727
FFSBMX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1127 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013
ALC121-301900-
/O.CON.KBMX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130130T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TALLADEGA AL-
1127 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TALLADEGA COUNTY UNTIL
100 PM CST...
AT 1122 AM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING
WAS OCCURRING IN VARIOUS PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. STREET FLOODING
WAS REPORTED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE CITY OF
TALLADEGA...INCLUDING PORTIONS NORTH STREET EAST...FORT WILLIAMS
STREET...ISABELL CIRCLE...EIGHTH AVENUE AND SCOTT STREET. COURT
STREET AND MOSLEY STREET WERE ALSO REPORTED TO BE IMPASSABLE.
FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED ON LAKE TERRACE IN SYLACAUGA...AND ON
SADIE LEE LANE AND COOPER STREET IN CHILDERSBURG.
ALTHOUGH MUCH OF THE HEAVIER RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR A COUPLE
OF HOURS. THIS...IN ADDITION WITH CONTINUING RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS
RAINFALL...WILL PROLONG FLOODING THAT IS ONGOING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...CHILDERSBURG...SYLACAUGA... AND TALLADEGA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3340 8592 3338 8598 3330 8598 3330 8612
3310 8618 3310 8648 3311 8649 3319 8650
3328 8643 3330 8636 3339 8638 3352 8627
3349 8626 3354 8619 3358 8622 3363 8616
3370 8619 3367 8605 3359 8599 3358 8579
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 3:54 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marion | 66 min |
| Jan 30, 4:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 41 min |
| Jan 30, 5:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 40 min |
| Jan 30, 5:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston | 52 min |
| Jan 30, 5:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 31 min |
| Jan 30, 5:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa, Walker | 41 min |
| Jan 30, 6:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 56 min |
| Jan 30, 7:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 47 min |
| Jan 30, 7:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa | 52 min |
| Jan 30, 8:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo | 45 min |
| Jan 30, 8:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Talladega | 45 min |
| Jan 30, 8:19 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Hale | 116 min |
| Jan 30, 8:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 29 min |
| Jan 30, 8:48 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Bibb, Hale, Jefferson, Shelby | 117 min |
| Jan 30, 9:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 28 min |
| Jan 30, 9:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 52 min |
| Jan 30, 9:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 40 min |
| Jan 30, 9:43 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jan 30, 10:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Coosa, Elmore | 51 min |
| Jan 30, 10:20 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Calhoun, St. Clair | 3 hr |
| Jan 30, 10:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 51 min |
| Jan 30, 10:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 44 min |
| Jan 30, 10:42 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne | 3 hr |
| Jan 30, 10:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Tallapoosa | 37 min |
| Jan 30, 10:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 33 min |
| Jan 30, 11:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne, Randolph | 37 min |
| Jan 30, 11:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Tallapoosa | 26 min |
| Jan 30, 11:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Randolph | 49 min |
| Jan 30, 12:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Montgomery, Pike | 35 min |
| Jan 30, 12:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Russell | 34 min |
| Jan 30, 12:28 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Chambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 3 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:55 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Talladega | 3 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Lee, Pike, Russell | 57 min |
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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.