Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 80, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2001, 2:43 PM CST for DeKalb County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 24, 2001, 2:43 PM CST (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2001, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County DeKalb County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 2:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 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.
226 WFUS54 KBMX 242043 TORBHM ALC049-242115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 243 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA * UNTIL 315 PM CST * AT 241 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALLEY HEAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...HAMMONDVILLE... MENTONE AND VALLEY HEAD. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING TORNADO. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES...GO TO A STURDY BUILDING. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING FOR ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3455 8581 3445 8571 3461 8549 3477 8556
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, 10:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 53 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, 2:51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.