Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2016, 5:07 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr. 14 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 27, 2016, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Jefferson County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 27, 5:20 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Birmingham, AL | OBSERVED WATER ON ROADWAYS NEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM HOSPITAL. REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jun 27, 5:20 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sw Birmingham, AL | STREET FLOODING OBSERVED ALONG 5TH AVENUE NORTH. LOCATION APPROXIMATE. REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jun 27, 5:20 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ssw Birmingham, AL | WATER RUSHING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON ROADWAY NEAR INTERSECTION OF 4TH AVENUE SOUTH AND 14TH STREET. REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jun 27, 5:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ene Birmingham, AL | STREET FLOODING ON MESSIER AIRPORT HIGHWAY REPORTED. LOCATION APPROXIMATE. REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jun 27, 5:35 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ssw Birmingham, AL | CAR STALLED IN FLOOD WATERS AT INTERSECTION OF 3RD AVENUE SOUTH AND 14TH STREET. REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jun 27, 5:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ssw Birmingham, AL | FLOODING OBSERVED BEHIND BARTOW ARENA IN BIRMINGHAM. REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jun 27, 5:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nnw Fultondale, AL | STREET FLOODING REPORTED. REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jun 27, 5:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 W Birmingham, AL | BIRMINGHAM FIRE AND RESCUE RESPONDING TO VEHICLE WITH WATER UP TO THE SEAT IN A CAR. |
| Jun 27, 5:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Birmingham, AL | UNDERPASS ALONG 6TH STREET FLOODED. LOCATION APPROXIMATE. REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jun 27, 5:45 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ne Birmingham, AL | BIRMINGHAM FIRE AND RESCUE PERFORMING WATER RESCUE ALONG A PORTION OF RICHARD ARRINGTON JUNIOR BOULEVARD NORTH. LOCATION APPROXIMATE. |
| Jun 27, 5:46 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ssw Birmingham, AL | FLOODING OBSERVED ON CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM. REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jun 27, 5:46 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Wnw Birmingham, AL | WATER RESCUES ONGOING ON FINLEY AVENUE DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jun 27, 5:50 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Birmingham, AL | BIRMINGHAM FIRE AND RESCUE RESPONDING TO 2 CARS STALLED IN FLOODING ALONG PORTION OF 5TH STREET NORTH. LOCATION APPROXIMATE. |
| Jun 27, 6:25 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Birmingham, AL | STANDING WATER OBSERVED ALONG A PORTION OF 31ST STREET IN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM. LOCATION APPROXIMATE. REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 251 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 999 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
617
WGUS54 KBMX 272207
FFWBMX
ALC073-280100-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0007.160627T2207Z-160628T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
507 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 506 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY WITH
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...VESTAVIA HILLS...HOMEWOOD...MOUNTAIN BROOK...
GARDENDALE...FAIRFIELD...FULTONDALE...CENTER POINT...PINSON...
TARRANT...MIDFIELD...BRIGHTON...KIMBERLY...LIPSCOMB...MORRIS...
TRAFFORD...COUNTY LINE...B.J.C.C. AND BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3378 8665 3377 8665 3376 8662 3340 8681
3343 8695 3384 8676
$$
161 follow-up statement
757
WGUS74 KBMX 272252
FFSBMX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
552 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016
ALC073-280100-
/O.CON.KBMX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160628T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JEFFERSON AL-
552 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...
AT 550 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING IN
DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. RAINFALL
HAS BEGUN TO DISSIPATE...BUT THE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...VESTAVIA HILLS...HOMEWOOD...MOUNTAIN BROOK...
GARDENDALE...FAIRFIELD...FULTONDALE...CENTER POINT...PINSON...
TARRANT...MIDFIELD...BRIGHTON...KIMBERLY...LIPSCOMB...MORRIS...
TRAFFORD...COUNTY LINE...B.J.C.C. AND BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3378 8665 3377 8665 3376 8662 3340 8681
3343 8695 3384 8676
$$
16The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marion | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Sumter | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marshall | 27 min |
| Jun 27, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Sumter | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Etowah | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marshall | 22 min |
| Jun 27, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Calhoun | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 4:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marengo | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cherokee | 55 min |
| Jun 27, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Shelby | 66 min |
| Jun 27, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Calhoun | 61 min |
| Jun 27, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Dallas, Perry | 61 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.