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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 15, 2004Macon County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2004, 11:32 AM CDT for Macon County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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
Jun 15, 2004, 11:32 AM CDT (16:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2004, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Macon County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2004-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 315 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
315 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 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.

734 
WFUS54 KBMX 151632
TORBHM
ALC087-151700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1130 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TUSKEGEE

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 1126 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTH
  OF MILSTEAD...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNION SPRINGS...MOVING
  NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  NOTASULGA.

RAIN MAY MAKE THIS TORNADO DIFFICULT TO SEE. TAKE COVER NOW 
IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO 
GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

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

LAT...LON 3229 8587 3231 8590 3230 8591 3228 8592
      3229 8593 3244 8590 3248 8587 3250 8588
      3251 8580 3258 8580 3259 8570 3254 8559
      3225 8571 3224 8586

$$

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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.