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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2017, 1:13 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Shelby County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr. 5 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
- Jul 26, 2017, 1:13 PM CDT (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2017, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Jefferson County, AL, Shelby County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 1:25 PM CDT | FLOOD | 1 Ssw Vestavia Hills, AL | MULTIPLE VEHICLES SUBMERGED IN FLOOD WATER. VIA TWITTER. |
| Jul 26, 1:35 PM CDT | FLOOD | 1 N Hoover, AL | FLOOD WATERS COVERING SOUTHLAND DRIVE IN VESTAVIA HILLS. VIA TWITTER. |
| Jul 26, 1:37 PM CDT | FLOOD | 1 Sw Vestavia Hills, AL | FLOODING IN MULTIPLE AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 31 IN VESTAVIA HILLS. VIA TWITTER. |
| Jul 26, 1:50 PM CDT | FLOOD | Hoover, AL | FLOODING NEAR THE HENDRICK AUTO MALL ON DEO DARA DRIVE. VIA TWITTER. |
| Jul 26, 2:34 PM CDT | FLOOD | 1 Ssw Vestavia Hills, AL | VEHICLES SWEPT DOWN CREEK BY FLOOD WATERS. VIA TWITTER VIDEO. |
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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 1729 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 961 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
374 WGUS54 KBMX 261813 FFWBMX ALC073-117-262115- /O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0026.170726T1813Z-170726T2115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Birmingham AL 113 PM CDT WED JUL 26 2017 The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northwestern Shelby County in Alabama... South central Jefferson County in Alabama... * Until 415 PM CDT * At 113 PM CDT, trained weather spotters reported flash flooding in the warned area. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Birmingham, Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Bessemer, Homewood, Pelham, Mountain Brook, Helena, Indian Springs Village, Cahaba Heights, Riverchase, Patton Creek, Regions Park Or Hoover Met, Ross Bridge, Bluff Park, The Summit, Riverchase Galleria, Samford University, Meadowbrook and Shannon. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other drainage areas and low lying spots. && LAT...LON 3351 8672 3336 8670 3329 8692 3342 8691 $$ 32/Davis
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Talladega | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cleburne | 34 min |
| Jul 25, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cleburne | 29 min |
| Jul 25, 8:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Cleburne | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 12:29 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Chambers and 29 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 26, 12:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Shelby | 32 min |
| Jul 26, 12:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Blount | 24 min |
| Jul 26, 12:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 12:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 32 min |
| Jul 26, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bibb | 28 min |
| Jul 26, 1:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | St. Clair | 32 min |
| Jul 26, 1:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | DeKalb | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 1:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chilton | 42 min |
| Jul 26, 1:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Etowah | 26 min |
| Jul 26, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 37 min |
| Jul 26, 1:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | St. Clair | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chilton | 51 min |
| Jul 26, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Autauga | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 2:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Bibb | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Autauga | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Macon | 36 min |
| Jul 26, 3:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Russell | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 3:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Dallas | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Dallas, Perry | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bullock | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lowndes | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Dallas | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 49 min |
| Jul 26, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pike | 33 min |
| Jul 26, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Montgomery | 25 min |
| Jul 26, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pike | 28 min |
| Jul 26, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pike | 31 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.