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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 25, 2024, 3:01 PM CDT for Chambers County, Lee County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 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
- Sep 25, 2024, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2024, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chambers County, AL, Lee County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 543 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted.
286
WGUS54 KBMX 252001
FFWBMX
ALC017-081-252300-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0021.240925T2001Z-240925T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
301 PM CDT Wed Sep 25 2024
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Chambers County in east central Alabama...
Central Lee County in east central Alabama...
* Until 600 PM CDT.
* At 301 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1
hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in
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...
Auburn, Opelika, Lanett, Lafayette, La Fayette, Lakeview, Cusseta,
Oak Bowery, Chambers County Lake, Beans Mill, Huguley, Denson,
Auburn University, Beauregard, Fredonia, Amity Park, Veasey Creek
Park, Mount Jefferson, Lanett Municipal Airport and Robert G.
Pitts Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
&&
LAT...LON 3296 8539 3300 8531 3300 8521 3286 8518
3285 8517 3258 8530 3248 8542 3248 8544
3250 8544 3250 8548 3252 8554 3273 8550
3278 8545
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
40/Sizemore1 follow-up statement
780
WGUS74 KBMX 252059
FFSBMX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
359 PM CDT Wed Sep 25 2024
ALC017-081-252300-
/O.CON.KBMX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240925T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Chambers AL-Lee AL-
359 PM CDT Wed Sep 25 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAMBERS AND CENTRAL LEE COUNTIES...
At 359 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 2.5 and 4 inches of rain have
fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.5 to 1 inch in 1 hour.
Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned
area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Auburn, Opelika, Lanett, Lafayette, La Fayette, Lakeview, Cusseta,
Oak Bowery, Chambers County Lake, Beans Mill, Huguley, Denson,
Auburn University, Beauregard, Fredonia, Amity Park, Veasey Creek
Park, Mount Jefferson, Lanett Municipal Airport and Robert G.
Pitts Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
&&
LAT...LON 3296 8539 3300 8531 3300 8521 3286 8518
3285 8517 3258 8530 3248 8542 3248 8544
3250 8544 3250 8548 3252 8554 3273 8550
3278 8545
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1 INCH IN 1 HOUR
$$
40/SizemoreThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 9:59 PM CDT | Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 19 more | 57 hr |
| Sep 25, 9:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cleburne | 27 min |
| Sep 25, 10:17 AM CDT | Tropical Storm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Cherokee, Cleburne, Lee and 4 more | 42 hr |
| Sep 25, 10:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 34 hr |
| Sep 25, 10:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Chambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 34 hr |
| Sep 25, 10:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Elmore, Macon, Montgomery | 23 hr |
| Sep 25, 1:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Montgomery | 54 min |
| Sep 25, 1:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 2:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bullock | 37 min |
| Sep 25, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 39 min |
| Sep 25, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Russell | 52 min |
| Sep 25, 3:49 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 26 more | 54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.