Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2018, 4:41 AM CDT for Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- May 23, 2018, 4:41 AM CDT (09:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2018, 7:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Russell County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 4:43 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nw Phenix City, AL | LAKEWOOD DRIVE AND BRIDGEWATER DRIVE BRIDGES OVER HOLLAND CREEK OVER-TOPPED DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL UPSTREAM. |
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 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
956
WGUS54 KBMX 230941
FFWBMX
ALC113-231245-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0007.180523T0941Z-180523T1245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
441 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2018
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Russell County in southeastern Alabama...
* Until 745 AM CDT.
* At 438 AM CDT, emergency management reported flash flooding along
Holland Creek in north Phenix City with water flowing over
Lakewood Drive and Bridgewater Drive due to heavy rainfall
upstream. Flash flooding will be possible along creeks and small
streams in the warned area.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Phenix City, Ladonia, Ladonia Sports Complex and Phenix Drag Strip.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3241 8498 3242 8521 3247 8521 3247 8506
3251 8506 3251 8500 3248 8499 3247 8500
3245 8499 3244 8497 3242 8496
$$
32/DavisThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 12:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Lee | 3 hr |
| May 23, 12:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lee | 3 hr |
| May 23, 1:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Russell | 3 hr |
| May 23, 3:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lee | 6 hr |
| May 23, 7:03 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay and 14 more | 117 min |
| May 23, 7:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Russell | 3 hr |
| May 23, 9:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Lee | 3 hr |
| May 23, 10:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Elmore | 114 min |
| May 23, 12:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene | 37 min |
| May 23, 12:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lowndes | 32 min |
| May 23, 1:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Greene, Hale | 116 min |
| May 23, 1:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Hale | 36 min |
| May 23, 1:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Sumter | 35 min |
| May 23, 1:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 29 min |
| May 23, 1:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Hale, Tuscaloosa | 2 hr |
| May 23, 2:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 2 hr |
| May 23, 2:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 39 min |
| May 23, 2:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 41 min |
| May 23, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Macon | 33 min |
| May 23, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Elmore | 28 min |
| May 23, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Macon | 26 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.