Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021

Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 7, 2021Hale County, Perry County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2021, 11:05 PM CDT for Hale County, Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 4 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 7, 2021, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2021, 3:22 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Hale County, AL, Perry County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:05 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 98 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: 1708 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 939 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

964 
WGUS54 KBMX 080405
FFWBMX
ALC065-105-081000-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0025.210608T0405Z-210608T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1105 PM CDT Mon Jun 7 2021

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  West Central Perry County in central Alabama...
  South Central Hale County in west central Alabama...

* Until 500 AM CDT.

* At 1105 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or 
  expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Marion, Uniontown, Newbern, Vaiden, Vaiden Field Airport, Judson 
  College, Radford and Suttle.

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 3248 8760 3249 8761 3261 8753 3265 8742
      3264 8716 3249 8718 3248 8742 3241 8749
      3241 8752 3248 8752

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

32/Davis

1 follow-up statement

271 
WGUS74 KBMX 080822
FFSBMX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
322 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

ALC065-105-080832-
/O.CAN.KBMX.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-210608T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Hale AL-Perry AL-
322 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WEST CENTRAL PERRY AND SOUTH 
CENTRAL HALE COUNTIES...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3248 8760 3249 8761 3261 8753 3265 8742
      3264 8716 3249 8718 3248 8742 3241 8749
      3241 8752 3248 8752

$$

32/Davis

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 7:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	34 min
Jun 7, 7:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby	2 hr
Jun 7, 8:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby	3 hr
Jun 7, 8:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry	3 hr
Jun 7, 8:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Etowah, St. Clair	3 hr
Jun 7, 11:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	43 min
Jun 7, 11:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Lamar	3 hr
Jun 8, 2:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	55 min
Jun 8, 11:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	8 days
Jun 8, 1:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas, Lowndes	52 min
Jun 8, 2:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Perry	54 min
Jun 8, 2:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	28 min
Jun 8, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo, Sumter	64 min
Jun 8, 3:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore	65 min
Jun 8, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	60 min
Jun 8, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Macon	65 min
Jun 8, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene, Hale	62 min
Jun 8, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Macon	27 min
Jun 8, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair, Talladega	56 min
Jun 8, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers, Lee	67 min
Jun 8, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers	25 min
Jun 8, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Winston	64 min
Jun 8, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	54 min
Jun 8, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers	48 min
Jun 8, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion, Walker, Winston	27 min
Jun 8, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Walker, Winston	63 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2021 Every flash flood warning in 2021

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.