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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 6, 2025Lee County, Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 6, 2025, 3:47 PM CDT for Lee County, Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 118 min. 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: Apr 6, 2025, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2025, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 118 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Lee County, AL, Russell County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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
Apr 6, 4:45 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Ssw Phenix City, AL	Standing water around residences on 5th St S.
Apr 6, 4:45 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Ssw Phenix City, AL	Standing water around residences on 5th St S.

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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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: 59 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

412 
WGUS54 KBMX 062047
FFWBMX
ALC081-113-062245-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0013.250406T2047Z-250406T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
347 PM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Lee County in east central Alabama...
  Northeastern Russell County in southeastern Alabama...

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 347 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain 
  have fallen. 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...
  Phenix City, Smiths, Smiths Station, Ladonia, Ladonia Sports 
  Complex, Phenix Drag Strip, Monterey Heights and Fort Mitchell.

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 3257 8515 3258 8506 3254 8503 3254 8502
      3251 8500 3249 8499 3245 8500 3244 8497
      3242 8496 3241 8498 3239 8497 3239 8499
      3238 8499 3238 8498 3237 8499 3236 8498
      3234 8501 3234 8515

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

TC

1 follow-up statement

305 
WGUS74 KBMX 062124
FFSBMX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
424 PM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025

ALC081-113-062245-
/O.CON.KBMX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250406T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Lee AL-Russell AL-
424 PM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT THIS 
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN LEE AND NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTIES...

At 424 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy 
rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have 
fallen. 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...
  Phenix City, Smiths, Smiths Station, Ladonia, Ladonia Sports 
  Complex, Phenix Drag Strip, Monterey Heights and Fort Mitchell.

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 3257 8515 3258 8506 3254 8503 3254 8502
      3251 8500 3249 8499 3245 8500 3244 8497
      3242 8496 3241 8498 3239 8497 3239 8499
      3238 8499 3238 8498 3237 8499 3236 8498
      3234 8501 3234 8515

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

TC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 8:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby	37 hr
Apr 5, 8:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Dallas, Perry	38 hr
Apr 6, 12:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Winston	55 min
Apr 6, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens	50 min
Apr 6, 1:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens	45 min
Apr 6, 1:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Walker	59 min
Apr 6, 1:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Winston	5 hr
Apr 6, 1:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar	63 min
Apr 6, 2:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette	26 min
Apr 6, 2:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	53 min
Apr 6, 3:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Fayette, Walker, Winston	4 hr
Apr 6, 4:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	38 min
Apr 6, 4:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Pickens	3 hr
Apr 6, 4:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	65 min
Apr 6, 4:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	34 min
Apr 6, 5:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Blount, Fayette, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	6 hr
Apr 6, 6:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	114 min
Apr 6, 6:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Sumter	24 min
Apr 6, 7:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Winston	77 min
Apr 6, 7:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Walker, Winston	75 min
Apr 6, 7:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	42 min
Apr 6, 7:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Pickens	86 min
Apr 6, 7:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby	112 min
Apr 6, 8:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale, Marengo, Perry	49 min
Apr 6, 8:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Tuscaloosa	78 min
Apr 6, 8:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Dallas	46 min
Apr 6, 9:03 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	3 hr
Apr 6, 9:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby	68 min
Apr 6, 9:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	49 min
Apr 6, 9:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Lowndes	49 min
Apr 6, 10:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes	14 min
Apr 6, 10:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa	46 min
Apr 6, 10:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Tuscaloosa	3 days
Apr 6, 10:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa	23 hr
Apr 6, 10:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	58 hr
Apr 6, 10:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga	32 min
Apr 6, 10:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	3 hr
Apr 6, 11:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	49 min
Apr 6, 11:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Dallas, Lowndes	3 hr
Apr 6, 11:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa	67 min
Apr 6, 12:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	60 min
Apr 6, 12:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	3 hr
Apr 6, 12:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers	58 min
Apr 6, 12:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock, Montgomery	38 min
Apr 6, 1:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Macon	31 min
Apr 6, 1:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Lee	33 min
Apr 6, 1:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Chambers, Elmore, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa	2 hr
Apr 6, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee, Macon	53 min
Apr 6, 1:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Bullock, Chambers, Elmore, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa	91 min
Apr 6, 2:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Russell	29 min
Apr 6, 3:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Lee, Macon, Russell	2 hr
Apr 6, 3:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Lee	2 hr
Apr 6, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Lowndes, Montgomery	46 min
Apr 6, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	28 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.