Tornado Warning 68, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Nov 24, 2001, 12:56 PM CST (18:56 UTC)

Expired

Nov 24, 2001, 1:45 PM CST

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Blount County, AL, St. Clair 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.

798 
WFUS54 KBMX 241856
TORBHM
ALC009-115-241945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1256 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BLOUNT COUNTY IN ALABAMA
  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 145 PM CST

* AT 1254 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF SPRINGVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...HIGHLAND LAKE AND
SPRINGVILLE.

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

THIS TORNADO MAY BE OBSCURED BY RAIN...AND MAY NOT BE VISIBLE. TAKE
COVER NOW.

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

LAT...LON 3380 8664 3373 8651 3392 8634 3397 8640

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.