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Tornado Warning 97, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 25, 2003Barbour County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2003, 8:13 PM CDT for Barbour County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 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, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2003, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Barbour 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 00:00Z on 2003-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 88 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 00:00Z on 2003-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
88 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1574 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

040 
WFUS54 KBMX 260113
TORBHM
ALC005-260200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 808 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...BAKERHILL...
CLAYTON...EUFAULA AND LOUISVILLE.

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 3191 8563 3175 8567 3173 8523 3196 8512

$$

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, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPike24 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

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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.