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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 7, 2003Autauga County, Lowndes County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2003, 7:34 AM CDT for Autauga County, Lowndes County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 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
Apr 7, 2003, 7:34 AM CDT (12:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2003, 8:15 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Autauga County, AL, Lowndes County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 228 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2003-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 72 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2003-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 204 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
72 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
989 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

528 
WFUS54 KBMX 071234
TORBHM
ALC001-085-071315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
732 AM CDT MON APR 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  AUTAUGA COUNTY IN ALABAMA
  LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 815 AM CDT

* AT 732 AM CDT...THE DALLAS EMA PREVIOUSLY REPORTED A 
TORNADO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.  THE STORM CONTINUES TO SHOW THE 
SAME INTENSITY.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...WHITE 
HALL...AUTAUGAVILLE AND PRATTVILLE.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES...GO TO A STURDY BUILDING. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OR A BASEMENT. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

LAT...LON 3250 8688 3255 8641 3242 8641 3236 8650
          3233 8649 3232 8653 3232 8684 3238 8682
          3243 8683

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa29 min
Apr 6, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXJefferson51 min
Apr 6, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo44 min
Apr 7, 12:47 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXDallas58 min
Apr 7, 1:28 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXLowndes62 min
Apr 7, 2:26 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXLowndes, Montgomery64 min
Apr 7, 2:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter34 min
Apr 7, 3:05 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXSumter25 min
Apr 7, 3:15 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXMarengo30 min
Apr 7, 3:30 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXMacon, Montgomery60 min
Apr 7, 3:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXSumter4 hr
Apr 7, 3:46 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXMarengo19 min
Apr 7, 3:51 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXBullock29 min
Apr 7, 4:02 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXDallas, Perry43 min
Apr 7, 4:24 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXMacon51 min
Apr 7, 4:42 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXSumter48 min
Apr 7, 4:54 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXLee36 min
Apr 7, 5:26 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXLee29 min
Apr 7, 5:32 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXMarengo, Sumter28 min
Apr 7, 5:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXGreene, Hale4 hr
Apr 7, 5:58 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXMarengo47 min
Apr 7, 6:11 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXHale, Perry49 min
Apr 7, 6:24 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXChambers51 min
Apr 7, 6:35 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXDallas25 min
Apr 7, 6:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter49 min
Apr 7, 6:56 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXDallas49 min
Apr 7, 7:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo42 min
Apr 7, 7:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXSumter3 hr
Apr 7, 7:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXMarengo3 hr
Apr 7, 7:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Macon, Montgomery36 min
Apr 7, 8:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXAutauga, Chambers, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore and 6 more3 hr
Apr 7, 8:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas37 min
Apr 7, 8:14 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXAutauga, Lowndes46 min
Apr 7, 8:24 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery51 min
Apr 7, 8:59 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXLowndes46 min
Apr 7, 9:22 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery38 min
Apr 7, 9:24 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXMacon51 min
Apr 7, 10:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXAutauga, Chambers, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes, Macon and 2 more3 hr
Apr 7, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour, Pike56 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.