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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Huntsville, AL

March 31, 2025Franklin County, Lawrence County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 31, 2025, 6:24 AM CDT for Franklin County, Lawrence 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2025, 6:24 AM CDT (11:24 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2025, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Franklin County, AL, Lawrence County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 00:00Z on 2025-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 443 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2025-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
443 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-219 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 12:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLauderdale44 min
Mar 31, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale56 min
Mar 31, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale41 min
Mar 31, 2:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert49 min
Mar 31, 2:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone46 min
Mar 31, 2:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale48 min
Mar 31, 3:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence18 min
Mar 31, 3:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence40 min
Mar 31, 4:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson43 min
Mar 31, 4:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert, Franklin, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison45 min
Mar 31, 5:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNColbert, Franklin, Lawrence6 hr
Mar 31, 6:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone, Madison43 min
Mar 31, 6:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison48 min
Mar 31, 6:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson, Madison48 min
Mar 31, 7:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson37 min
Mar 31, 7:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman39 min
Mar 31, 7:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson49 min
Mar 31, 8:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNMorgan3 hr
Mar 31, 8:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNDeKalb, Marshall38 min
Mar 31, 8:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson24 min
Mar 31, 9:27 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningHUNFranklin, Lawrence2 hr
Mar 31, 9:32 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningHUNJackson118 min
Mar 31, 9:43 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningHUNMadison2 hr
Mar 31, 12:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMoore50 min
Mar 31, 1:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLincoln, Moore48 min
Mar 31, 2:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNFranklin, Lincoln, Moore35 min
Mar 31, 6:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin53 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.