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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 2, 2017Barbour County, Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jan 2, 2017, 5:56 PM CST for Barbour County, Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 5 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: Jan 2, 2017, 5:56 PM CST (23:56 UTC)
Expired: Jan 2, 2017, 11:00 PM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Barbour County, AL, Russell County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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
Jan 2, 6:00 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Phenix City, AL	REPORTS OF VEHICLES TRAPPED IN WATER OFF 13TH STREET BRIDGE.
Jan 2, 7:30 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Hurtsboro, AL	A FEW HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN HURTSBORO EXPERIENCING FLOODING.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

134 
WGUS54 KBMX 022356
FFWBMX
ALC005-113-030300-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0003.170102T2356Z-170103T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
556 PM CST MON JAN 2 2017

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Russell County in southeastern Alabama...
  Barbour County in southeastern Alabama...

* Until 900 PM CST

* At 555 PM CST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to
  begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Columbus, Phenix City, Eufaula, Clio, Hurtsboro, Clayton,
  Louisville, Texasville, Ladonia, White Oak, Uchee, Osco, Doster,
  Barbour County Public Lake Dam, Spring Hill, Lakepoint Resort State
  Park, Tyler Crossroads, Gaino, Boot Hill and Comer.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the
warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3226 8489 3213 8506 3202 8505 3189 8513
      3177 8513 3170 8522 3171 8541 3162 8542
      3162 8574 3186 8568 3199 8559 3202 8543
      3241 8543 3241 8533 3247 8533 3247 8506
      3251 8506 3251 8500 3242 8496 3233 8501

$$

Owen

1 follow-up statement

110 
WGUS54 KBMX 030148 RRA
FFWBMX
ALC005-113-030500-
/O.EXT.KBMX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170103T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
748 PM CST MON JAN 2 2017

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Russell County in southeastern Alabama...
  Barbour County in southeastern Alabama...

* Until 1100 PM CST

* At 748 PM CST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned
  area. Flash flooding is already occurring.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Columbus, Phenix City, Eufaula, Clio, Hurtsboro, Clayton,
  Louisville, Texasville, Ladonia, White Oak, Uchee, Osco, Doster,
  Barbour County Public Lake Dam, Spring Hill, Lakepoint Resort State
  Park, Tyler Crossroads, Gaino, Boot Hill and Comer.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3226 8489 3213 8506 3202 8505 3189 8513
      3177 8513 3170 8522 3171 8541 3162 8542
      3162 8574 3186 8568 3199 8559 3202 8543
      3241 8543 3241 8533 3247 8533 3247 8506
      3251 8506 3251 8500 3242 8496 3233 8501

$$

Owen

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 1, 7:11 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah and 14 more	14 hr
Jan 2, 5:05 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Lee, Lowndes, Macon and 3 more	19 hr
Jan 2, 7:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	21 min
Jan 2, 7:22 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	53 min
Jan 2, 8:04 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	41 min
Jan 2, 8:48 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	42 min
Jan 2, 9:04 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	41 min
Jan 2, 9:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	30 min
Jan 2, 9:48 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Greene, Hale, Jefferson and 3 more	117 min
Jan 2, 9:48 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	42 min
Jan 2, 10:02 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	43 min
Jan 2, 10:35 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton, Shelby	40 min
Jan 2, 11:07 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa, St. Clair, Talladega	38 min
Jan 2, 11:45 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Hale, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby and 3 more	2 hr
Jan 2, 11:48 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun, Clay, Talladega	42 min
Jan 2, 12:11 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	49 min
Jan 2, 12:36 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Calhoun, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph and 3 more	114 min
Jan 2, 1:09 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore and 3 more	2 hr
Jan 2, 3:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pike	34 min
Jan 2, 4:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bullock	48 min
Jan 2, 5:24 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Autauga, Lowndes, Montgomery	6 hr
Jan 2, 5:27 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Bullock, Pike	6 hr
Jan 2, 5:59 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Elmore, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa	5 hr

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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.