Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2016, 7:14 PM CDT for Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 25, 2016, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Madison County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
135
WGUS54 KHUN 260014
FFWHUN
ALC089-260315-
/O.NEW.KHUN.FF.W.0004.160626T0014Z-160626T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
714 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 710 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN HALF OF MADISON COUNTY.
AROUND TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN AND AN
ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS EITHER OCCURRING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HUNTSVILLE...MOORES MILL...MERIDIANVILLE...HAZEL GREEN...
OWENS CROSS ROADS...GURLEY...NEW MARKET...
ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY...RYLAND AND HAMPTON COVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3494 8628 3495 8630 3493 8632 3491 8631
3487 8635 3483 8633 3481 8635 3476 8634
3473 8636 3463 8636 3463 8635 3457 8636
3448 8642 3450 8653 3456 8655 3458 8658
3499 8656 3499 8632
$$
092 follow-up statements
864
WGUS74 KHUN 260133
FFSHUN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
833 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016
ALC089-260315-
/O.CON.KHUN.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160626T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MADISON AL-
833 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY...
AT 829 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SOME LINGERING LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MADISON
COUNTY. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH
FLOODING MAY STILL BE OCCURRING IN SOME LOCATIONS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HUNTSVILLE...MOORES MILL...MERIDIANVILLE...HAZEL GREEN...OWENS CROSS
ROADS...GURLEY...NEW MARKET...ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY...RYLAND AND
HAMPTON COVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3494 8628 3495 8630 3493 8632 3491 8631
3487 8635 3483 8633 3481 8635 3476 8634
3473 8636 3463 8636 3463 8635 3457 8636
3448 8642 3450 8653 3456 8655 3458 8658
3499 8656 3499 8632
$$
09192
WGUS74 KHUN 260246
FFSHUN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
946 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016
ALC089-260253-
/O.CAN.KHUN.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160626T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MADISON AL-
946 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. WATER MAY STILL COVER PARTS OF SOME ROADS AND CAUTION IS
ADVISED WHEN TRAVELING THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF FLASH
FLOODING HAS ENDED.
LAT...LON 3494 8628 3495 8630 3493 8632 3491 8631
3487 8635 3483 8633 3481 8635 3476 8634
3473 8636 3463 8636 3463 8635 3457 8636
3448 8642 3450 8653 3456 8655 3458 8658
3499 8656 3499 8632
$$
09The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lauderdale | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Morgan | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Morgan | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Morgan | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Morgan | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.