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Tornado Warning 119, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 30, 2005Barbour County, Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2005, 2:36 AM CDT for Barbour County, Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 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 30, 2005, 2:36 AM CDT (07:36 UTC)
Expired: Aug 30, 2005, 2:59 AM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Barbour County, AL, Russell 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, 6:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 1046 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 331 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 425 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.1
Supercell composite: 10.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 300737
TORBMX
ALC005-113-300815-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0119.050830T0736Z-050830T0815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
236 AM CDT TUE AUG 30 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  
* UNTIL 315 AM CDT

* AT 236 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PITTSVIEW...OR ABOUT 17   
  MILES NORTHWEST OF EUFAULA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  ANOTHER CIRCULATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ANOTHER TORNADO WAS       
  LOCATED ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEALE AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST  
  AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SEALE BY 250 AM CDT
  LADONIA BY 305 AM CDT
  PHENIX CITY BY 310 AM 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 500 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3209 8542 3214 8543 3216 8541 3217 8543
      3220 8543 3223 8542 3247 8529 3247 8507
      3251 8503 3250 8501 3248 8499 3242 8499
      3199 8528

$$

MBS/91

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 300759
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
259 AM CDT TUE AUG 30 2005

ALC005-113-300809-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0119.000000T0000Z-050830T0815Z/
BARBOUR AL-RUSSELL AL-
259 AM CDT TUE AUG 30 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RUSSELL AND NORTH CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3209 8542 3214 8543 3216 8541 3217 8543
      3220 8543 3223 8542 3247 8529 3247 8507
      3251 8503 3250 8501 3248 8499 3242 8499
      3199 8528

$$

MBS/91

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 29, 8:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion	3 hr
Aug 30, 1:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock	29 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.