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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 6, 1996Chattahoochee County, Muscogee County, Georgia

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 1996, 7:23 AM EST for Chattahoochee County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min. 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 6, 1996, 7:23 AM EST (12:23 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 1996, 8:15 AM EST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Muscogee County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 1996-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 168 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 12:00Z on 1996-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 320 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
168 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
320 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
332 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 061225
TORBHM
GAC053-215-061315-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
623 AM CST (723 AM EST) WED MAR 6 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 AM CST (815 AM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY...MUSCOGEE COUNTY
 
AT 725 AM EST...DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES WAS MOVING ACROSS RUSSELL
COUNTY...AND WILL MOVE INTO MUSCOGEE AND CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES BY 745
AM EST.
 
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGE.  MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT
35 MPH.
 
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR ,A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 7:48 AM ESTTornado WarningBMXStewart57 min
Mar 6, 1:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMuscogee36 min

Nearby

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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.