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Tornado Warning 95, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 25, 2003Pike County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2003, 7:21 PM CDT for Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2003, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pike County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 25, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2003-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 770 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 2003-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
770 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1082 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 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 260021
TORBHM
ALC109-260045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 722 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER TROY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...BANKS AND TROY.

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 3176 8569 3174 8602 3191 8604 3191 8582

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell45 min
Apr 25, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock31 min
Apr 25, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery25 min
Apr 25, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPike32 min
Apr 25, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour48 min
Apr 25, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPike32 min
Apr 25, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBarbour47 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.