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Tornado Warning 86, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 25, 2003Marengo County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2003, 5:26 PM CDT for Marengo County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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 25, 2003, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2003, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Marengo County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 25, 12:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 2003-04-25Temperature 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 2003-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 264 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
651 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
299 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 252226
TORBHM
ALC091-252300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
526 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MARENGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 521 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SWEET WATER...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...SWEET WATER.

SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET...BATHROOM...
BASEMENT...OR HALLWAY. CLOSE ALL DOORS. USE BLANKETS...QUILTS...OR
PILLOWS TO COVER YOURSELF.

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

LAT...LON 3220 8800 3201 8808 3202 8762 3224 8752

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter42 min
Apr 24, 10:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXGreene, Sumter4 hr
Apr 24, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter33 min
Apr 24, 11:20 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXSumter10 min
Apr 24, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Sumter32 min
Apr 24, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo39 min
Apr 24, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale29 min
Apr 24, 11:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXHale4 hr
Apr 25, 12:05 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXSumter25 min
Apr 25, 12:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXBibb, Shelby4 hr
Apr 25, 12:30 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXSumter15 min
Apr 25, 12:31 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXMarengo44 min
Apr 25, 1:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXChilton, Perry4 hr
Apr 25, 1:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXGreene, Sumter2 hr
Apr 25, 3:05 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery40 min
Apr 25, 12:26 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXGreene, Sumter34 min
Apr 25, 12:54 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXHale51 min
Apr 25, 12:59 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXGreene31 min
Apr 25, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXGreene30 min
Apr 25, 1:42 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXHale48 min
Apr 25, 1:44 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBibb, Perry31 min
Apr 25, 2:13 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBibb, Perry47 min
Apr 25, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXChilton55 min
Apr 25, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale35 min
Apr 25, 2:46 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXHale29 min
Apr 25, 2:56 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPerry49 min
Apr 25, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb30 min
Apr 25, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa42 min
Apr 25, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga24 min
Apr 25, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXDallas49 min
Apr 25, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore58 min
Apr 25, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton27 min
Apr 25, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXElmore47 min
Apr 25, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXAutauga57 min
Apr 25, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale, Marengo, Perry39 min
Apr 25, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas44 min
Apr 25, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee27 min
Apr 25, 4:18 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTallapoosa42 min
Apr 25, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, St. Clair47 min
Apr 25, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore31 min
Apr 25, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery44 min
Apr 25, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo37 min
Apr 25, 4:38 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBlount, Etowah52 min
Apr 25, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMacon49 min
Apr 25, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee47 min
Apr 25, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga31 min
Apr 25, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers28 min
Apr 25, 4:47 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, St. Clair, Talladega43 min
Apr 25, 4:49 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXDallas26 min
Apr 25, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCherokee, Lee49 min
Apr 25, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore47 min
Apr 25, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery51 min
Apr 25, 5:12 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXDallas33 min
Apr 25, 5:12 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXRussell48 min
Apr 25, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo45 min
Apr 25, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBullock40 min
Apr 25, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMacon49 min
Apr 25, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLowndes46 min
Apr 25, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas30 min
Apr 25, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCherokee21 min
Apr 25, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo45 min
Apr 25, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBullock, Russell45 min
Apr 25, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery39 min
Apr 25, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes33 min
Apr 25, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBarbour48 min
Apr 25, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Dallas42 min
Apr 25, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery25 min
Apr 25, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXRussell35 min
Apr 25, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes63 min
Apr 25, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Macon45 min
Apr 25, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery45 min
Apr 25, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPike33 min
Apr 25, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour62 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.