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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 24, 2004Pickens County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2004, 3:19 AM CST for Pickens County, Alabama. It was in force for 56 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
Nov 24, 2004, 3:19 AM CST (09:19 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2004, 4:15 AM CST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pickens County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 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 00:00Z on 2004-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 748 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 2004-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
748 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
342 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 240919
TORBMX
ALC107-241015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
319 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ALICEVILLE

* UNTIL 415 AM CST

* AT 316 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
  COCHRANE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF ALICEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GORDO
  AND CARROLLTON.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 3330 8833 3300 8835 3311 8798 3313 8785
      3339 8786

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 23, 7:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar54 min
Nov 23, 8:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion62 min
Nov 23, 9:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Marion63 min
Nov 23, 9:48 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXLamar, Marion42 min
Nov 23, 10:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston59 min
Nov 24, 12:04 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXMarion116 min
Nov 24, 12:43 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXLamar2 hr
Nov 24, 2:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee22 min
Nov 24, 3:08 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXLamar, Marion3 hr
Nov 24, 3:16 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXSumter44 min
Nov 24, 3:35 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXJefferson, Tuscaloosa3 hr
Nov 24, 3:40 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXGreene35 min
Nov 24, 3:47 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXMarengo58 min
Nov 24, 3:51 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXCherokee, Etowah3 hr
Nov 24, 4:31 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXDallas44 min
Nov 24, 5:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXSt. Clair3 hr
Nov 24, 5:14 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXDallas31 min
Nov 24, 5:23 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXMarengo22 min
Nov 24, 5:37 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXAutauga, Chilton, Dallas38 min
Nov 24, 6:06 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXLowndes24 min
Nov 24, 6:11 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXAutauga49 min
Nov 24, 6:19 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXChilton, Coosa26 min
Nov 24, 6:20 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXShelby2 hr
Nov 24, 6:33 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXJefferson117 min
Nov 24, 6:41 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXElmore49 min
Nov 24, 6:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXCherokee, Etowah3 hr
Nov 24, 6:44 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXCoosa31 min
Nov 24, 6:52 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXBlount3 hr
Nov 24, 7:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXCalhoun, Talladega3 hr
Nov 24, 7:04 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Talladega41 min
Nov 24, 7:05 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXClay25 min
Nov 24, 7:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa39 min
Nov 24, 7:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon, Tallapoosa30 min
Nov 24, 7:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee51 min
Nov 24, 8:10 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXChambers, Lee35 min
Nov 24, 8:12 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah and 4 more4 hr
Nov 24, 11:55 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah and 4 more4 hr
Nov 24, 3:59 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXCalhoun, Etowah, St. Clair4 hr
Nov 24, 4:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXSt. Clair4 hr

Nearby

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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.