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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 5, 2004Greene County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 2004, 7:00 PM CST for Greene County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 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
Feb 5, 2004, 7:00 PM CST (01:00 UTC)
Expired
Feb 5, 2004, 7:45 PM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Greene County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 5, 4:55 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 2004-02-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 2004-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 547 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-276 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
547 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
708 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 060100
TORBHM
ALC063-060145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
700 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 745 PM CST

* AT 655 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF CLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...BOLIGEE...
CLINTON...EUTAW...MANTUA AND UNION.

TAKE COVER NOW TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE.

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

LAT...LON 3302 8818 3292 8818 3271 8807 3266 8788
          3301 8779 3306 8784 3315 8785

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 6:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXLamar, Marion2 hr
Feb 5, 6:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene32 min
Feb 5, 6:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter43 min
Feb 5, 6:32 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXFayette13 min
Feb 5, 6:34 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXWalker41 min
Feb 5, 6:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa44 min
Feb 5, 6:50 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXSumter25 min
Feb 5, 6:53 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa37 min
Feb 5, 7:05 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXSumter115 min
Feb 5, 7:29 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa46 min
Feb 5, 7:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson42 min
Feb 5, 7:44 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXGreene16 min
Feb 5, 7:55 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson35 min
Feb 5, 8:06 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXFayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker and 1 more3 hr
Feb 5, 8:10 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa35 min
Feb 5, 8:19 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXWalker41 min
Feb 5, 8:27 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson48 min
Feb 5, 9:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXGreene, Sumter3 hr
Feb 5, 9:16 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson29 min
Feb 5, 9:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount39 min
Feb 5, 9:51 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXBlount3 hr
Feb 5, 10:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa29 min
Feb 5, 10:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson48 min
Feb 5, 10:59 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXJefferson4 hr
Feb 5, 11:08 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson37 min
Feb 5, 11:16 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXFayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker and 1 more4 hr
Feb 5, 11:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair38 min
Feb 5, 11:59 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXGreene, Sumter4 hr
Feb 6, 12:15 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXJefferson16 hr
Feb 6, 12:35 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXBlount4 hr
Feb 6, 12:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo46 min
Feb 6, 1:18 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXShelby4 hr
Feb 6, 1:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXSt. Clair4 hr
Feb 6, 2:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXDallas3 hr
Feb 6, 4:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXJefferson4 hr
Feb 6, 4:27 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXBlount4 hr

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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.