Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2014, 4:35 AM CDT for Lowndes County, Alabama. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2014, 4:35 AM CDT (09:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2014, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lowndes County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:36 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -232 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
296
WGUS54 KBMX 100935
FFWBMX
ALC085-101530-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0007.140510T0935Z-140510T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
435 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
* AT 433 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY BE OBSERVED WITH THIS BAND. A SECOND BAND
OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE
SAME AREA AND WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN TO THE
AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HAYNEVILLE...MOSSES...BEECHWOOD...BENTON...GORDONVILLE...
LOWNDESBORO AND WHITE HALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME 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.
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.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758 OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG ALWX
LAT...LON 3196 8686 3204 8686 3204 8691 3222 8691
3223 8681 3227 8686 3234 8682 3231 8681
3232 8678 3240 8678 3240 8672 3236 8671
3235 8668 3241 8662 3237 8661 3233 8648
3228 8648 3196 8661
$$2 follow-up statements
046
WGUS74 KBMX 101140
FFSBMX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
640 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014
ALC085-101530-
/O.CON.KBMX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140510T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOWNDES AL-
640 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR
LOWNDES COUNTY...
AT 637 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THE BAND OF RAIN WAS SLIDING EAST...WHILE
THE INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. GENERALLY 2
TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL EARLIER ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF LOWNDES
COUNTY AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 10 AM AS THE
NEXT BAND OF RAIN MOVES INTO THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD
AGGRAVATE ANY LOCALIZED FLOODING ONGOING.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BEECHWOOD...MOSSES...BENTON...HAYNEVILLE...WHITE HALL AND LOWNDESBORO
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3196 8686 3204 8686 3204 8691 3222 8691
3223 8681 3227 8686 3234 8682 3231 8681
3232 8678 3240 8678 3240 8672 3236 8671
3235 8668 3241 8662 3237 8661 3233 8648
3228 8648 3196 8661
$$775
WGUS74 KBMX 101400
FFSBMX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
900 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014
ALC085-101408-
/O.CAN.KBMX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140510T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOWNDES AL-
900 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR LOWNDES COUNTY...
LAT...LON 3196 8686 3204 8686 3204 8691 3222 8691
3223 8681 3227 8686 3234 8682 3231 8681
3232 8678 3240 8678 3240 8672 3236 8671
3235 8668 3241 8662 3237 8661 3233 8648
3228 8648 3196 8661
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 4:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Lowndes | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.