Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 111, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 4:49 PM CDT for Macon County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 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
- Aug 29, 2005, 4:49 PM CDT (21:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2005, 5:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Macon County, AL
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 10:25 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 606 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 292149
TORBMX
ALC087-292230-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0111.050829T2149Z-050829T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
449 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TUSKEGEE
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 449 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOCIETY HILL...OR ABOUT
13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TUSKEGEE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
TUSKEGEE BY 510 PM CDT
NOTASULGA BY 520 PM CDT
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. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3249 8578 3258 8579 3258 8579 3259 8570
3249 8549 3250 8544 3228 8544 3225 8550
3225 8560
$$
MBS/912 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KBMX 292211
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
511 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005
ALC087-292230-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0111.000000T0000Z-050829T2230Z/
MACON AL-
511 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR EASTERN MACON
COUNTY...
AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SOCIETY HILL...OR
ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF TUSKEGEE...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES EAST OF NOTASULGA BY 530 PM CDT
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3246 8563 3249 8564 3255 8570 3259 8570
3249 8549 3250 8544 3228 8544 3225 8550
3235 8557
$$
MBS/91000
WWUS54 KBMX 292216
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
516 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005
ALC087-292226-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0111.000000T0000Z-050829T2230Z/
MACON AL-
516 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MACON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3246 8563 3249 8564 3255 8570 3259 8570
3249 8549 3250 8544 3228 8544 3225 8550
3235 8557
$$
MBS/91The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 11:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 29 min |
| Aug 29, 12:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 33 min |
| Aug 29, 12:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 24 min |
| Aug 29, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee | 27 min |
| Aug 29, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 33 min |
| Aug 29, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa | 16 min |
| Aug 29, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 42 min |
| Aug 29, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Talladega | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 18 min |
| Aug 29, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 3:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee | 29 min |
| Aug 29, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 28 min |
| Aug 29, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 24 min |
| Aug 29, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 26 min |
| Aug 29, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore, Macon, Montgomery | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 27 min |
| Aug 29, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon | 57 min |
| Aug 29, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 63 min |
| Aug 29, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 57 min |
| Aug 29, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 42 min |
| Aug 29, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee | 28 min |
| Aug 29, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 25 min |
| Aug 29, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 16 min |
| Aug 29, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 34 min |
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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.