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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 28, 2001Cherokee County, DeKalb County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2001, 6:16 PM CDT for Cherokee County, DeKalb County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2001, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2001, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Cherokee County, AL, DeKalb County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 28, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 158 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2001-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 301 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2001-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
301 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

657 
WFUS54 KBMX 282318 CCA
TORBHM
ALC019-049-282345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTION...FORT PAYNE IS NOT IN THE PATH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
616 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN ALABAMA
  EASTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO EAST OF FORT PAYNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.


IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES
FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3447 8577 3431 8567 3445 8530 3465 8543

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun21 min
May 27, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman16 min
May 27, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Cullman19 min
May 27, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb11 min
May 27, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa25 min
May 27, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLauderdale35 min
May 27, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb36 min
May 27, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby35 min
May 27, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb30 min
May 27, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee28 min
May 27, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby19 min
May 27, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair, Talladega35 min
May 28, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah23 min
May 28, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison34 min
May 28, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee23 min
May 28, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson33 min
May 28, 3:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair29 min
May 28, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery33 min
May 28, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar47 min
May 28, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Macon, Montgomery48 min
May 28, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa52 min
May 28, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman, Morgan31 min
May 28, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall33 min
May 28, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb45 min
May 28, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall28 min
May 28, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter30 min
May 28, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene41 min
May 28, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph38 min
May 28, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXDeKalb31 min
May 28, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.