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Tornado Warning 86, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 24, 2001Calhoun County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2001, 4:07 PM CST for Calhoun County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Nov 24, 2001, 4:07 PM CST (22:07 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2001, 4:30 PM CST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Calhoun County, AL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 24, 2:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 112 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2001-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 185 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2001-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 329 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

868 
WFUS54 KBMX 242208
TORBHM
ALC015-242230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 430 PM CST

* AT 405 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER NORTH CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...THE CITY FO 
JACKSONVILLE.

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 800 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3388 8602 3376 8586 3391 8562 3392 8593

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 9:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Marion54 min
Nov 24, 9:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLauderdale36 min
Nov 24, 9:57 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXSumter63 min
Nov 24, 10:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens38 min
Nov 24, 10:32 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXPickens28 min
Nov 24, 10:34 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXHale41 min
Nov 24, 10:36 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXGreene39 min
Nov 24, 10:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Marion23 min
Nov 24, 10:52 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXFayette, Lamar53 min
Nov 24, 11:03 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa42 min
Nov 24, 11:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo, Sumter48 min
Nov 24, 11:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin, Lawrence47 min
Nov 24, 11:30 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXBibb45 min
Nov 24, 11:33 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXFranklin, Lawrence42 min
Nov 24, 11:35 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXHale25 min
Nov 24, 11:36 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXWalker24 min
Nov 24, 11:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston49 min
Nov 24, 11:41 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXFayette34 min
Nov 24, 11:44 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXMarengo, Sumter46 min
Nov 24, 11:45 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa30 min
Nov 24, 11:48 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson57 min
Nov 24, 11:57 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXWalker48 min
Nov 24, 12:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone, Morgan39 min
Nov 24, 12:12 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBibb, Tuscaloosa33 min
Nov 24, 12:17 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXLimestone, Morgan43 min
Nov 24, 12:18 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXHale42 min
Nov 24, 12:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman, Winston35 min
Nov 24, 12:34 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMarengo41 min
Nov 24, 12:40 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson65 min
Nov 24, 12:41 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCullman49 min
Nov 24, 12:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison44 min
Nov 24, 12:51 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPerry39 min
Nov 24, 12:56 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBlount, St. Clair49 min
Nov 24, 1:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan35 min
Nov 24, 1:11 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXEtowah49 min
Nov 24, 1:14 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBibb46 min
Nov 24, 1:16 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMarshall44 min
Nov 24, 1:26 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMorgan19 min
Nov 24, 1:27 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXHale, Marengo, Perry48 min
Nov 24, 1:38 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXSt. Clair52 min
Nov 24, 1:40 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMadison35 min
Nov 24, 1:47 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXShelby43 min
Nov 24, 1:58 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXDeKalb47 min
Nov 24, 2:03 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXEtowah57 min
Nov 24, 2:09 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJackson, Marshall51 min
Nov 24, 2:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Perry49 min
Nov 24, 2:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby32 min
Nov 24, 2:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair47 min
Nov 24, 2:43 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXDeKalb32 min
Nov 24, 2:51 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCherokee39 min
Nov 24, 3:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Talladega51 min
Nov 24, 3:24 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCherokee36 min
Nov 24, 3:45 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXTalladega45 min
Nov 24, 3:55 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCoosa35 min
Nov 24, 4:01 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXAutauga29 min
Nov 24, 4:10 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXClay50 min
Nov 24, 4:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Elmore29 min
Nov 24, 4:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee51 min
Nov 24, 4:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa35 min
Nov 24, 4:30 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCleburne45 min
Nov 24, 4:38 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Talladega37 min
Nov 24, 4:43 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCoosa17 min
Nov 24, 4:59 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCoosa, Tallapoosa31 min
Nov 24, 5:00 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXClay45 min
Nov 24, 5:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph27 min
Nov 24, 5:40 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXClay, Randolph35 min

Nearby

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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.