Tornado Warning 49, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Nov 24, 2001, 10:36 AM CST (16:36 UTC)

Expired

Nov 24, 2001, 11:15 AM CST

In force

39 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Greene 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.

398 
WFUS54 KBMX 241636
TORBHM
ALC063-241715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1036 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1115 AM CST

* AT 1032 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...UNION.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWEST ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
300 PM CST SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3293 8815 3279 8810 3298 8775 3309 8799

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.