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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 14, 2003Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 2003, 6:09 PM CST for Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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
Mar 14, 2003, 6:09 PM CST (00:09 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2003, 6:45 PM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tallapoosa County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 00:00Z on 2003-03-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 385 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2003-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
385 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1204 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 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.

550 
WFUS54 KBMX 150009
TORBHM
ALC123-150045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
609 PM CST FRI MAR 14 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM CST

* AT 607 PM CST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NORTHEAST OF 
ALEXANDER CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...GOLDVILLE AND NEW
SITE.

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 3311 8571 3294 8573 3294 8594 3311 8594

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 6:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee63 min
Mar 14, 6:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell61 min
Mar 14, 6:19 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXClay41 min
Mar 14, 6:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo38 min
Mar 14, 6:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter24 min
Mar 14, 6:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay31 min
Mar 14, 7:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter26 min
Mar 14, 7:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene41 min
Mar 14, 8:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour53 min
Mar 14, 8:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga22 min
Mar 14, 9:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon56 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.