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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2001, 10:52 AM CST for Fayette County, Lamar County, Alabama. It was in force for 53 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 24, 2001, 10:52 AM CST (16:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2001, 11:45 AM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Fayette County, AL, Lamar County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 10:55 AM CST | Tornado F3 | Palmetto, AL | |
| Nov 24, 11:07 AM CST | Tornado F3 | Belk, 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.
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 24, 9:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 315 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBMX 241652 TORBHM ALC057-075-241745- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1052 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 1145 AM CST * AT 1047 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILLPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...BELK...BERRY... FAYETTE...GLEN ALLEN...KENNEDY AND MILLPORT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...SEEK SHELTER NOW. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3353 8814 3353 8787 3370 8752 3392 8773
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 9:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 54 min |
| Nov 24, 9:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 36 min |
| Nov 24, 9:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 63 min |
| Nov 24, 10:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 38 min |
| Nov 24, 10:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 28 min |
| Nov 24, 10:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale | 41 min |
| Nov 24, 10:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 39 min |
| Nov 24, 10:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 23 min |
| Nov 24, 11:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 42 min |
| Nov 24, 11:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo, Sumter | 48 min |
| Nov 24, 11:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin, Lawrence | 47 min |
| Nov 24, 11:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 45 min |
| Nov 24, 11:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Franklin, Lawrence | 42 min |
| Nov 24, 11:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale | 25 min |
| Nov 24, 11:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 24 min |
| Nov 24, 11:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 49 min |
| Nov 24, 11:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 34 min |
| Nov 24, 11:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo, Sumter | 46 min |
| Nov 24, 11:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 30 min |
| Nov 24, 11:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 57 min |
| Nov 24, 11:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 48 min |
| Nov 24, 12:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone, Morgan | 39 min |
| Nov 24, 12:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Tuscaloosa | 33 min |
| Nov 24, 12:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone, Morgan | 43 min |
| Nov 24, 12:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale | 42 min |
| Nov 24, 12:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman, Winston | 35 min |
| Nov 24, 12:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 41 min |
| Nov 24, 12:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 65 min |
| Nov 24, 12:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 49 min |
| Nov 24, 12:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 44 min |
| Nov 24, 12:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 39 min |
| Nov 24, 12:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, St. Clair | 49 min |
| Nov 24, 1:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 35 min |
| Nov 24, 1:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Etowah | 49 min |
| Nov 24, 1:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 46 min |
| Nov 24, 1:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marshall | 44 min |
| Nov 24, 1:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Morgan | 19 min |
| Nov 24, 1:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo, Perry | 48 min |
| Nov 24, 1:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 52 min |
| Nov 24, 1:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 35 min |
| Nov 24, 1:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 43 min |
| Nov 24, 1:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 47 min |
| Nov 24, 2:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Etowah | 57 min |
| Nov 24, 2:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson, Marshall | 51 min |
| Nov 24, 2:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Perry | 49 min |
| Nov 24, 2:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 32 min |
| Nov 24, 2:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 47 min |
| Nov 24, 2:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 32 min |
| Nov 24, 2:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 39 min |
| Nov 24, 3:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 51 min |
| Nov 24, 3:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 36 min |
| Nov 24, 3:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Talladega | 45 min |
| Nov 24, 3:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa | 35 min |
| Nov 24, 4:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 29 min |
| Nov 24, 4:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 23 min |
| Nov 24, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 50 min |
| Nov 24, 4:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Elmore | 29 min |
| Nov 24, 4:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 51 min |
| Nov 24, 4:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 35 min |
| Nov 24, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 45 min |
| Nov 24, 4:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 37 min |
| Nov 24, 4:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa | 17 min |
| Nov 24, 4:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 31 min |
| Nov 24, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 45 min |
| Nov 24, 5:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 27 min |
| Nov 24, 5:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 35 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.