Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Apr 7, 2014, 3:25 AM CDT (08:25 UTC)

Expired

Apr 7, 2014, 9:30 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Randolph County, AL

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 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.

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WGUS54 KBMX 070825
FFWBMX
ALC027-029-111-071430-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0004.140407T0825Z-140407T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
325 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  CLEBURNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 930 AM CDT

* AT 323 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS  
  THAT HAVE ALREADY OBSERVED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE LAST 
  FEW HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE    
  NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY AS SOILS    
  HAVE BECOME COMPLETELY SATURATED.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ASHLAND...HEFLIN...LAKE WEDOWEE...LINEVILLE...ROANOKE...WEDOWEE...
  ABERNATHY...BARFIELD...CORINTH...CRYSTAL LAKE...DELTA...
  EDWARDSVILLE...FOSTERS CROSS ROADS...FRUITHURST...MALONE...MARS
  HILLS...MORRISON CROSS ROADS...MOUNT CHEAHA...MUSCADINE...         
  RANBURNE...WADLEY AND WOODLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING FLOODING SITUATION. 
YOU SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL. STAY HOME UNLESS YOU ARE FORCED TO 
EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

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.

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

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 3311 8618 3319 8617 3320 8612 3330 8612
      3329 8598 3338 8598 3340 8592 3350 8590
      3350 8585 3356 8579 3356 8574 3361 8572
      3363 8565 3377 8564 3381 8559 3387 8564
      3389 8553 3396 8549 3397 8540 3311 8522

$$

87/GRANTHAM

128 
WGUS74 KBMX 071012
FFSBMX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
512 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014

ALC027-029-111-071430-
/O.CON.KBMX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140407T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY AL-CLEBURNE AL-RANDOLPH AL-
512 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR
RANDOLPH...CLEBURNE AND CLAY COUNTIES...

AT 510 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED
AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MUSCADINE...
MARS HILLS...ABERNATHY...HEFLIN...FRUITHURST AND EDWARDSVILLE

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.

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.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3311 8618 3319 8617 3320 8612 3330 8612
      3329 8598 3338 8598 3340 8592 3350 8590
      3350 8585 3356 8579 3356 8574 3361 8572
      3363 8565 3377 8564 3381 8559 3387 8564
      3389 8553 3396 8549 3397 8540 3311 8522

$$

87/GRANTHAM

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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.