Tornado Warning 58, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Nov 24, 2001, 11:45 AM CST (17:45 UTC)

Expired

Nov 24, 2001, 12:15 PM CST

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Tuscaloosa 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.

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WFUS54 KBMX 241745 RRA
TORBHM
ALC125-241815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1145 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1215 PM CST

* AT 1143 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER VANCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...BROOKWOOD AND
VANCE.

ANOTHER DEVLOPING TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SAMANTHA AND LAKE 
TUSCALOOSA. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS AND TORNADOES HAVE 
BEEN RECEIVED WITH EACH OF THESE STORMS.

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 300 PM CST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3321 8740 3311 8731 3326 8711 3344 8728

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.