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Tornado Warning 195, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 27, 2003Dallas County, Marengo County, Perry County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 2003, 9:42 AM CST for Dallas County, Marengo County, Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 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
Nov 27, 2003, 9:42 AM CST (15:42 UTC)
Expired
Nov 27, 2003, 10:30 AM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dallas County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Perry County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 27, 5:25 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2003-11-27Temperature 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 2003-11-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 268 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 271542
TORBHM
ALC047-091-105-271630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
942 AM CST THU NOV 27 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN ALABAMA
  DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  EXTREME EASTERN MARENGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1030 AM CST

* AT 937 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 18 MILES WEST OF ORRVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...MARION JUNCTION
AND ORRVILLE.

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 3237 8766 3220 8757 3227 8702 3248 8710
          3248 8739

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 27, 10:26 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXDallas34 min
Nov 27, 11:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Lowndes27 min
Nov 27, 11:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton26 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.