Tornado Warning 104, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Aug 29, 2005, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)

Expired

Aug 29, 2005, 3:39 PM CDT

In force

26 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tuscaloosa County, AL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 292013
TORBMX
ALC125-292045-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0104.050829T2013Z-050829T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
313 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  SAMANTHA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF TUSCALOOSA...MOVING NORTH
  AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3352 8768 3358 8766 3360 8763 3362 8763
      3330 8750 3324 8769 3341 8777 3346 8781
      3352 8783

$$

JD/81

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 292020
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
319 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

ALC125-292045-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0104.000000T0000Z-050829T2045Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-
319 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY...

AT 316 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SAMANTHA...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TUSCALOOSA...MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY AT 330 PM CDT

TUSCALOOSA COUNTY DEPUTIES HAVE VISUALLY SIGHTED THIS TORNADO NEAR 
THE TUSCALOOSA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL NORTH OF NORTHPORT.  TAKE SHELTER 
NOW

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 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3352 8768 3358 8766 3360 8763 3362 8763
      3330 8750 3324 8769 3341 8777 3346 8781
      3352 8783

$$

JD/81

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 292039
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
339 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

ALC125-292049-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0104.000000T0000Z-050829T2045Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-
339 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE
WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3352 8768 3358 8766 3360 8763 3362 8763
      3330 8750 3324 8769 3341 8777 3346 8781
      3352 8783

$$

JD/81

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