Tornado Warning 93, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Nov 24, 2001, 5:40 PM CST (23:40 UTC)

Expired

Nov 24, 2001, 6:15 PM CST

In force

35 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Clay County, AL, Randolph 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.

791 
WFUS54 KBMX 242341
TORBHM
ALC027-111-250015-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 615 PM CST

* AT 536 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER LINEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...ASHLAND AND 
LINEVILLE...AND RURAL WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY.  

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 1100 PM CST
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3328 8587 3315 8572 3339 8539 3347 8557

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.