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Tornado Warning 176, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 25, 2003Coosa County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2003, 6:12 PM CDT for Coosa County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 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 25, 2003, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2003, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Coosa County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 2003-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1359 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 252312
TORBHM
ALC037-123-252345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
612 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  COOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
TORNADO OVER ROCKFORD...MOVING EAST AROUND 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...ALEXANDER CITY...
DADEVILLE...EQUALITY...JACKSONS GAP AND ROCKFORD.

THIS STORM SHOWS STRONG ROTATION AND MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY
TIME. DO NOT WAIT. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN
YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.

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

CALL 1-800-856-0758 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 3294 8626 3276 8627 3273 8570 3296 8569

$$

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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.