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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 7, 2026Jefferson County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2026, 8:47 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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: Jun 7, 2026, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2026, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Jefferson County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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
Jun 7, 9:40 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	0 N Bessemer, AL	Flooding on 20th Street North in Bessemer. Person stuck in vehicle.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 53 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 42 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: 526 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

685 
WGUS54 KBMX 080147
FFWBMX
ALC073-080500-
/O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0011.260608T0147Z-260608T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
847 PM CDT Sun Jun 7 2026

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Eastern Jefferson County in central Alabama...

* Until midnight CDT tonight.

* At 847 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 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...
  Birmingham, Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Bessemer, Homewood, Mountain 
  Brook, Trussville, Hueytown, Gardendale, Irondale, Leeds, Moody, 
  Fairfield, Fultondale, Center Point, Pleasant Grove, Clay, Pinson, 
  Tarrant and Midfield.

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.

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

&&

LAT...LON 3377 8665 3374 8654 3372 8653 3366 8653
      3362 8655 3356 8655 3355 8652 3352 8652
      3352 8656 3347 8660 3347 8667 3345 8667
      3345 8669 3342 8672 3342 8675 3339 8676
      3333 8687 3333 8688 3347 8707 3379 8667

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

25/Owen

1 follow-up statement

756 
WGUS74 KBMX 080226
FFSBMX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
926 PM CDT Sun Jun 7 2026

ALC073-080500-
/O.CON.KBMX.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-260608T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Jefferson AL-
926 PM CDT Sun Jun 7 2026

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT 
FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...

At 926 PM CDT, local law enforcement reported thunderstorms 
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2 
inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 
inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or 
expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Law enforcement reported.

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...
  Birmingham, Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Bessemer, Homewood, Mountain 
  Brook, Trussville, Hueytown, Gardendale, Irondale, Leeds, Moody, 
  Fairfield, Fultondale, Center Point, Pleasant Grove, Clay, Pinson, 
  Tarrant and Midfield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

&&

LAT...LON 3356 8655 3355 8652 3352 8652 3352 8656
      3347 8660 3347 8667 3345 8667 3345 8669
      3342 8672 3342 8675 3339 8676 3336 8683
      3333 8687 3333 8688 3345 8702 3352 8692
      3368 8680 3370 8669 3369 8661 3364 8655

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

$$

25/Owen

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 flash flood warning went out at Jun 7, 6:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

Issued at 627 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2026
Elevated chances for showers and thunderstorms are forecast for most of this week.
High temperatures will climb back up this week starting Tuesday with readings from the middle 80s to the lower 90s.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 6:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
629 PM CDT Sun Jun 7 2026

...New AVIATION...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Issued at 627 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2026

- Elevated chances for showers and thunderstorms are forecast for
  most of this week.

- High temperatures will climb back up this week starting Tuesday
  with readings from the middle 80s to the lower 90s.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
(This evening through Saturday)
Issued at 316 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2026

Surface high pressure continues to deteriorate with only weak
Southeast US ridging into the Western Atlantic. Onshore flow
continues around into Alabama with a cloud filled satellite
picture. The radar is indicating numerous showers along with a
few embedded thunderstorms. Temperatures will nudge upward
through next week outside of areas of convection starting
Tuesday. The current wet pattern with daily shower and
thunderstorm chances will continue through this week.

In the upper levels, the upper low that we have been writing
about recently has opened up and is now situated over the Central
Plains this afternoon. It will continue to push northeastward
through the general flow and also build southward into a trough
to over the Upper Mississippi River Valley. Through the short
term, shortwave disturbances will propagate periodically around a
Deep South and Gulf upper ridge being influenced by the building
trough. By Tuesday, this upper trough/shortwave progresses into a
larger trough stretching from Eastern Canada, extending southward
across Eastern Conus and into the Deep South. The latest guidance
is a bit slower than yesterday not progressing the Eastern Conus
trough to the Atlantic Coast until mid week. At the same time,
the Deep South upper ridge would retrograde back over Texas and
portions of the Deep South. The result for Central Alabama would
be the shifting of our main precipitation axis slightly eastward
but still with isolated to scattered diurnally enhanced convection
chances for the latter half of next week. The far extended
guidance suggests a front trying to push into the Deep South by
next weekend. However, with the zonal flow set up from late week
flat upper ridging, there will not be good upper support for
southern progress of this system.

08

&&

.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 627 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2026

Showers and thunderstorms will remain ongoing through most of the
evening, with all terminals carrying PROB30 groups for TSRA or
SHRA. Low clouds will quickly move in overnight, with IFR/MVFR
CIGs expected at most terminals past 08/06z, with general
clearing expected past 08/15z. Given a lingering shortwave,
additional thunderstorms are possible tomorrow afternoon, with
most terminals carrying additional PROB30 groups for TSRA past
08/18z.

/44/

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...

Elevated chances for showers and thunderstorms are expected for
much of this week. Because of that, MinRH values will remain
above 50% or higher as well this week. Given daily rain chances
and high MinRH values, fire weather concerns remain little to
none at this time.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Gadsden     70  81  68  85 /  60  70  40  60
Anniston    70  80  68  84 /  50  70  40  70
Birmingham  70  82  69  87 /  50  60  20  50
Tuscaloosa  72  84  71  89 /  50  50  20  20
Calera      70  84  68  89 /  50  50  20  40
Auburn      70  83  70  86 /  30  30  30  40
Montgomery  71  85  71  89 /  40  30  10  20
Troy        70  86  71  89 /  30  20  10  20

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

DISCUSSION...08
AVIATION.../44/

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 7, 7:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
725 PM CDT Sun Jun 7 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0715 PM     Flash Flood      2 SE Howelton           34.03N 86.15W
06/07/2026                   Etowah             AL   Emergency Manager

&&

Local storm report, Jun 7, 8:14 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
814 PM CDT Sun Jun 7 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 PM     Flash Flood      1 E Glencoe             33.95N 85.91W
06/07/2026                   Etowah             AL   Emergency Manager

            Keysburg Rd and Zuber Rd flooded.

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 7:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Chambers, Lee, Randolph	3 hr
Jun 7, 8:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Blount, Calhoun, Jefferson, St. Clair, Talladega	3 hr
Jun 8, 3:09 AM CDT	Flood Watch	BMX	Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, Jefferson and 4 more	17 hr
Jun 8, 1:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson	3 hr
Jun 8, 3:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Calhoun, St. Clair, Talladega	3 hr
Jun 8, 3:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Tuscaloosa	3 hr
Jun 8, 4:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Blount	3 hr
Jun 8, 5:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Walker, Winston	3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.