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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 22, 2005Autauga County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 9:41 AM CST for Autauga County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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: Mar 22, 2005, 9:41 AM CST (15:41 UTC)
Expired: Mar 22, 2005, 10:15 AM CST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Autauga County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:41 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 22, 9:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 71 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 235 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.

000
WFUS54 KBMX 221541
TORBMX
ALC001-221615-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0010.050322T1541Z-050322T1615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
941 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  AUTAUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1015 AM CST

* AT 937 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 25 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MARBURY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF SELMA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  INDEPENDENCE AND BILLINGSLEY.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST
TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3246 8687 3239 8672 3271 8644 3271 8671

$$

KH/99

1 follow-up statement

000
WWUS54 KBMX 221608
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1008 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

ALC001-221618-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050322T1615Z/
AUTAUGA AL-
1008 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR AUTAUGA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE
WARNING HAVE WEAKENED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST 
TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3246 8687 3239 8672 3271 8644 3271 8671

$$

KH/99

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 22, 7:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	26 min
Mar 22, 8:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas	43 min
Mar 22, 9:08 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour, Pike	37 min
Mar 22, 9:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby, Talladega	44 min
Mar 22, 9:32 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga	43 min
Mar 22, 9:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas	54 min
Mar 22, 9:54 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour, Russell	36 min
Mar 22, 10:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton	24 min
Mar 22, 11:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	37 min
Mar 22, 12:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Russell	22 min
Mar 22, 12:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee	32 min

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.