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Tornado Warning 106, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2003, 4:55 PM CDT for Hale County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2003, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2003, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hale County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -350 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1399 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
900
WFUS54 KBMX 022155
TORBHM
ALC065-022230-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
454 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER SAWYERVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...GREENSBORO...
NEWBERN AND SAWYERVILLE.
RAIN MAY MAKE THIS TORNADO INVISIBLE. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE
PLACE.
CALL 1-800-856-0758 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.
LAT...LON 3270 8778 3281 8770 3273 8748 3268 8748
3266 8753 3253 8753
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 35 min |
| May 1, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 24 min |
| May 1, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 43 min |
| May 1, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 16 min |
| May 1, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 28 min |
| May 1, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 39 min |
| May 2, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 45 min |
| May 2, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 32 min |
| May 2, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 49 min |
| May 2, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 39 min |
| May 2, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 29 min |
| May 2, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 42 min |
| May 2, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 26 min |
| May 2, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 47 min |
| May 2, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 58 min |
| May 2, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 43 min |
| May 2, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 46 min |
| May 2, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 43 min |
| May 2, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 39 min |
| May 2, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 29 min |
| May 2, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 51 min |
| May 2, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne | 35 min |
| May 2, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 48 min |
| May 2, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 47 min |
| May 2, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 30 min |
| May 2, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale | 43 min |
| May 2, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 36 min |
| May 2, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 60 min |
| May 2, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 26 min |
| May 2, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 46 min |
| May 2, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 38 min |
| May 2, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 49 min |
| May 2, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Walker | 46 min |
| May 2, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 28 min |
| May 2, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 51 min |
| May 2, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 26 min |
| May 2, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 41 min |
| May 2, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 24 min |
| May 2, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 48 min |
| May 2, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 47 min |
| May 2, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 44 min |
| May 2, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 26 min |
| May 2, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 25 min |
| May 2, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 40 min |
| May 2, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Etowah | 40 min |
| May 2, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 36 min |
| May 2, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 66 min |
| May 2, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 33 min |
| May 2, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee | 60 min |
| May 2, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 43 min |
| May 2, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 56 min |
| May 2, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 54 min |
| May 2, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 23 min |
| May 2, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 46 min |
| May 2, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale, Talladega | 45 min |
| May 2, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 30 min |
| May 2, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 23 min |
| May 2, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 65 min |
| May 2, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 59 min |
| May 2, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 58 min |
| May 2, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 23 min |
| May 2, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 66 min |
| May 2, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 18 min |
| May 2, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 62 min |
| May 2, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 54 min |
| May 2, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 23 min |
| May 2, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 16 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.