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Tornado Warning 125, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 9, 2000, 1:56 AM CST for Etowah County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 9, 2000, 1:56 AM CST (07:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 9, 2000, 2:30 AM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Etowah County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2:10 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Gadsden, AL | |
| Nov 9, 2:15 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Hokes Bluff, AL | One mobile home was pushed completely off its foundation in Hokes Bluff. One garage roof was also damaged. A few trees were blown over near Posey Road. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 11:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBMX 090756 TORBHM ALC055-090830- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 156 AM CST THU NOV 9 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA * UNTIL 230 AM CST * AT 154 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO APPROACHING SOUTHSIDE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...SOUTHSIDE... RAINBOW CITY...HOKES BLUFF...GLENCOE AND GADSDEN. NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. TAKE COVER NOW. IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU CAN SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3393 8617 3385 8604 3399 8575 3415 8594
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 8:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Nov 8, 9:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 44 min |
| Nov 8, 9:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 46 min |
| Nov 8, 9:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 45 min |
| Nov 8, 9:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 41 min |
| Nov 8, 10:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence | 45 min |
| Nov 8, 10:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 28 min |
| Nov 8, 10:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 53 min |
| Nov 8, 10:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 36 min |
| Nov 8, 10:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 33 min |
| Nov 8, 10:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 40 min |
| Nov 8, 10:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 32 min |
| Nov 8, 11:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 30 min |
| Nov 8, 11:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 31 min |
| Nov 8, 11:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 33 min |
| Nov 8, 11:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 45 min |
| Nov 8, 11:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 38 min |
| Nov 8, 11:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 23 min |
| Nov 8, 11:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 23 min |
| Nov 8, 11:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Nov 8, 11:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 32 min |
| Nov 9, 12:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 43 min |
| Nov 9, 12:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 33 min |
| Nov 9, 12:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 30 min |
| Nov 9, 1:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 29 min |
| Nov 9, 1:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 29 min |
| Nov 9, 1:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 48 min |
| Nov 9, 2:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 37 min |
| Nov 9, 2:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 38 min |
| Nov 9, 5:09 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Nov 9, 8:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 46 min |
| Nov 9, 8:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 34 min |
| Nov 9, 12:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 40 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.