Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2015, 7:51 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Etowah County, St. Clair County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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
- Jun 1, 2015, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2015, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Calhoun County, AL, Etowah County, AL, St. Clair County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:54 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Ohatchee, AL | ONE INCH OF WATER REPORTED INSIDE A HOUSE IN OHATCHEE |
| Jun 1, 8:20 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Ragland, AL | FLOODING REPORTED ON PROVIDENCE ROAD IN RAGLAND. FIREWORKS STAND WASHED ONTO ROAD. |
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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 659 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1123 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
980
WGUS54 KBMX 020051
FFWBMX
ALC015-055-115-020345-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0002.150602T0051Z-150602T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
751 PM CDT MON JUN 1 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHEASTERN ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
* AT 750 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM THUDNERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. FLASH FLOODING
IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GADSDEN...ANNISTON...RAINBOW CITY...HOKES BLUFF...SAKS...GLENCOE...
WEAVER...ASHVILLE...RAGLAND...OHATCHEE...STEELE...NEELY HENRY
LAKE...ALEXANDRIA...SOUTHSIDE...NEELY HENRY DAM...COBB CITY...
WATTSVILLE...REAVES...ALABAMA INTERNATIONAL DRAGWAY AND WELLINGTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3372 8581 3368 8617 3370 8617 3370 8619
3369 8620 3368 8620 3366 8634 3396 8624
3398 8578
$$
32/DAVIS1 follow-up statement
368
WGUS74 KBMX 020129
FFSBMX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
829 PM CDT MON JUN 1 2015
ALC015-055-115-020345-
/O.CON.KBMX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150602T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CALHOUN AL-ST. CLAIR AL-ETOWAH AL-
829 PM CDT MON JUN 1 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN...NORTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR AND SOUTHEASTERN ETOWAH
COUNTIES...
AT 828 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
THE RAGLAND AREA. FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED NEAR OHATCHEE.
PLEASE AVOID DRIVING IN FLOODED AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GADSDEN...ANNISTON...RAINBOW CITY...HOKES BLUFF...SAKS...GLENCOE...
WEAVER...ASHVILLE...RAGLAND...OHATCHEE...STEELE...NEELY HENRY
LAKE... ALEXANDRIA...SOUTHSIDE...NEELY HENRY DAM...COBB
CITY...WATTSVILLE... REAVES...ALABAMA INTERNATIONAL DRAGWAY AND
WELLINGTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3372 8581 3368 8617 3370 8617 3370 8619
3369 8620 3368 8620 3366 8634 3396 8624
3398 8578
$$
32/DAVISThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair | 114 min |
| Jun 2, 3:28 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.