Tornado Warning 48, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Nov 24, 2001, 10:34 AM CST (16:34 UTC)

Expired

Nov 24, 2001, 11:15 AM CST

In force

41 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Hale County, AL

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.

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 241634
TORBHM
ALC065-241715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1034 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1115 AM CST

* AT 1031 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AKRON...MOVING NORTHEAST  
  AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...AKRON AND        
  MOUNDVILLE.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...SEEK SHELTER NOW.
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST SATURDAY 
AFTERNOON FOR ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3282 8783 3262 8780 3301 8742 3301 8769

Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2001Every tornado warning in 2001Tornadoes in 2001

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.