Alert archive / Alabama / Areal Flood Warnings in 2021
Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this areal flood warning at Mar 25, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Cherokee County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 397 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 647 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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WGUS44 KBMX 252330
FLWBMX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
630 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
ALC019-262330-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FA.W.0002.210325T2330Z-210326T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Cherokee AL-
630 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a
* Flood Warning for...
Central Cherokee County in northeastern Alabama...
* Until 630 PM CDT Friday.
* At 630 PM CDT, reporting gauges indicate elevated levels along the
Chattooga River Above Weiss Lake. This will cause lowland flooding
along the Chattooga River Above Weiss Lake.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Cedar Bluff, Gaylesville, Cornwall Furnace Park, Eastern Weiss
Lake and Western Weiss Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3422 8564 3425 8563 3425 8560 3426 8559
3429 8555 3428 8553 3431 8551 3429 8549
3429 8551 3426 8553 3426 8555 3422 8556
3422 8561 3421 8561
$$
882 follow-up statements
894
WGUS44 KBMX 261903
FLWBMX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
203 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021
ALC019-272330-
/O.EXT.KBMX.FA.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210327T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Cherokee AL-
203 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has extended the
* Flood Warning for...
Central Cherokee County in northeastern Alabama...
* Until 630 PM CDT Saturday.
* At 203 PM CDT, reporting gauges indicate elevated levels along the
Chattooga River Above Weiss Lake. This will cause lowland flooding
along the Chattooga River Above Weiss Lake.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Cedar Bluff, Gaylesville, Cornwall Furnace Park, Eastern Weiss
Lake and Western Weiss Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3422 8564 3425 8563 3425 8560 3426 8559
3429 8555 3428 8553 3431 8551 3429 8549
3429 8551 3426 8553 3426 8555 3422 8556
3422 8561 3421 8561
$$
32/Davis784
WGUS44 KBMX 271955
FLWBMX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
255 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021
ALC019-282330-
/O.EXT.KBMX.FA.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210328T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Cherokee AL-
255 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has extended the
* Flood Warning for...
Central Cherokee County in northeastern Alabama...
* Until 630 PM CDT Sunday.
* At 255 PM CDT, reporting gauges indicate elevated levels along the
Chattooga River Above Weiss Lake. This will cause lowland flooding
along the Chattooga River above Weiss Lake.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Cedar Bluff, Gaylesville, Cornwall Furnace Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3422 8564 3425 8563 3425 8560 3426 8559
3429 8555 3428 8553 3431 8551 3429 8549
3429 8551 3426 8553 3426 8555 3422 8556
3422 8561 3421 8561
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 10:58 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 25, 1:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pike | 47 min |
| Mar 25, 4:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lee | 36 min |
| Mar 25, 7:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marengo | 45 min |
| Mar 25, 7:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 42 min |
| Mar 25, 8:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa | 44 min |
| Mar 25, 8:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marshall | 22 min |
| Mar 25, 9:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Blount | 41 min |
| Mar 25, 9:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Fayette, Walker, Winston | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 47 min |
| Mar 25, 9:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, St. Clair | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 10:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 13 min |
| Mar 25, 10:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair | 47 min |
| Mar 25, 10:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 37 min |
| Mar 25, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair, Walker | 61 min |
| Mar 25, 11:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne | 15 min |
| Mar 25, 11:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale | 54 min |
| Mar 25, 12:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Etowah, Jefferson, St. Clair, Talladega | 72 min |
| Mar 25, 12:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Tuscaloosa | 64 min |
| Mar 25, 12:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cherokee | 60 min |
| Mar 25, 12:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 6 hr |
| Mar 25, 12:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 67 min |
| Mar 25, 12:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Jefferson, St. Clair | 4 hr |
| Mar 25, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 43 min |
| Mar 25, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega | 59 min |
| Mar 25, 1:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair | 9 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 67 min |
| Mar 25, 2:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 15 min |
| Mar 25, 2:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 45 min |
| Mar 25, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 37 min |
| Mar 25, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 55 min |
| Mar 25, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 53 min |
| Mar 25, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale | 61 min |
| Mar 25, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale, Tuscaloosa | 10 min |
| Mar 25, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Mar 25, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 57 min |
| Mar 25, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 18 min |
| Mar 25, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Walker | 27 min |
| Mar 25, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 41 min |
| Mar 25, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Shelby | 55 min |
| Mar 25, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 29 min |
| Mar 25, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah | 28 min |
| Mar 25, 5:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Chilton, Coosa, Shelby, Talladega | 21 min |
| Mar 25, 5:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa, Shelby, Talladega | 100 min |
| Mar 25, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby, Talladega | 23 min |
| Mar 25, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene | 27 min |
| Mar 25, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette | 30 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.