Tornado Warning 55, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Nov 24, 2004, 5:14 AM CST (11:14 UTC)

Expired

Nov 24, 2004, 5:45 AM CST

In force

31 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dallas County, AL

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS54 KBMX 241114
TORBMX
ALC047-241145-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SELMA

* UNTIL 545 AM CST

* AT 512 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MARION
  JUNCTION...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF SELMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS. 

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING 
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3247 8730 3232 8721 3242 8687 3265 8699
      3249 8711

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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.