Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Jun 5, 2013, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)

Expired

Jun 5, 2013, 8:30 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Jefferson County, AL

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 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.

086 
WGUS54 KBMX 052236
FFWBMX
ALC073-060130-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0021.130605T2236Z-130606T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
536 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 530 PM CDT...AN ADDITIONAL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING 
INTO CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY WHICH HAS ALREADY EXPERIENCED HEAVY 
RAINFALL AND FLOODING EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE CURRENT FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS 
THE COUNTY. 

AREA CREEKS WITHIN THE COUNTY WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE RAPID 
FLUCTUATIONS IN WATER LEVELS. FIVE MILE CREEK IN TARRENT AND VILLAGE 
CREEK IN ENSLEY ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE SOME MINOR OVERFLOW OF CREEK 
LEVELS. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BESSEMER...
  BIRMINGHAM...FAIRFIELD...FULTONDALE...GARDENDALE...HOMEWOOD...
  HUEYTOWN...IRONDALE...MOUNTAIN BROOK...VESTAVIA HILLS...
  ADAMSVILLE...ALABAMA ADVENTURE...B.J.C.C....BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT...
  BIRMINGHAM FAIRGOUNDS...BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN COLLEGE...BLUFF PARK...
  BON AIR...BRIGHTON...BROOKSIDE...CARDIFF...CENTER POINT...
  CONCORD...ENSLEY...FORESTDALE...GRAYSVILLE...KETONA LAKES...
  KINGSTON...LEGION FIELD AND LIPSCOMB.

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 IMPASSABLE 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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3375 8666 3356 8664 3333 8688 3326 8703
      3332 8714 3346 8727 3363 8714 3363 8710
      3365 8709 3366 8706 3368 8706 3371 8699

$$

495 
WGUS74 KBMX 060049
FFSBMX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
749 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013

ALC073-060130-
/O.CON.KBMX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130606T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JEFFERSON AL-
749 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY UNTIL
830 PM CDT...

AT 744 PM CDT...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER JEFFERSON 
COUNTY WITH SOME RESIDUAL FLOODING FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL 
STILL POSSIBLE ON AREA STREETS. CREEK LEVELS ARE FALLING ACROSS THE 
COUNTY WITH IMPROVING ROAD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 
THE EVENING.

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3375 8666 3356 8664 3333 8688 3326 8703
      3332 8714 3346 8727 3363 8714 3363 8710
      3365 8709 3366 8706 3368 8706 3371 8699

$$

300 
WGUS74 KBMX 060123
FFSBMX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
823 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013

ALC073-060136-
/O.EXP.KBMX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130606T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JEFFERSON AL-
823 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3375 8666 3356 8664 3333 8688 3326 8703
      3332 8714 3346 8727 3363 8714 3363 8710
      3365 8709 3366 8706 3368 8706 3371 8699

$$

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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.