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Flood Watch 2, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 14, 20256 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flood watch at Mar 14, 2025, 10:42 AM CDT for 6 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Mar 15, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 14, 2025, 10:42 AM CDT (15:42 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 15, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 16, 2025, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Flood severity
None

Counties Blount County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Marion County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:43 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 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2025-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2025-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
688 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Mar 14, 6:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 6:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 2:32 AM CDT, 8 hours 10 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
232 AM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025

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Marion-Lamar-Fayette-Winston-Walker-Blount-Etowah-Calhoun-Cherokee-
Cleburne-Pickens-Tuscaloosa-Jefferson-Shelby-St. Clair-Talladega-
Clay-Randolph-Sumter-Greene-Hale-Perry-Bibb-Chilton-Coosa-Tallapoosa-
Chambers-Marengo-Dallas-Autauga-Lowndes-Elmore-Montgomery-Macon-
Bullock-Lee-Russell-Pike-Barbour-
232 AM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the counties served by the
National Weather Service office in Birmingham.

.DAY ONE...Outlook through Tonight.

Some severe storms will be possible across mainly the western half
of Central Alabama from 10 pm tonight through 8 am Saturday morning.
Damaging winds up to 60 mph, large hail up to quarter size, and a
few tornadoes will be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

An outbreak of severe weather is forecast during the afternoon and
evening Saturday through early Sunday morning. Damaging winds up to
70 mph, large hail up to golf ball size, and tornadoes, some of which
may be strong and long-tracked, are likely during this time frame.

There is a Slight Risk of Excessive Rainfall Saturday through
Sunday morning. Generally 2-4 inches of rainfall is expected.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of storm spotters and emergency management may be needed Friday
night through Sunday morning.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 9:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningBMXGreene, Pickens, Sumter5 days
Mar 14, 10:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningBMXGreene, Marengo, Sumter47 hr
Mar 14, 12:59 PM CDTWind AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more36 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Alabama, 2025Every flood watch in 2025

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.