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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 7:48 PM CST for Pickens County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 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, 7:48 PM CST (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2005, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pickens County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6:50 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 341 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBMX 230148 TORBMX ALC107-230230- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0012.050323T0148Z-050323T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 748 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ALICEVILLE * UNTIL 830 PM CST * AT 746 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ALICEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... CARROLLTON BY 800 PM CST GORDO BY 810 PM CST 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. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3309 8831 3298 8825 3317 8785 3348 8784 $$ 03/92
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 6:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 65 min |
| Mar 22, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 62 min |
| Mar 22, 7:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 32 min |
| Mar 22, 7:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 48 min |
| Mar 22, 7:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 32 min |
| Mar 22, 8:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 49 min |
| Mar 22, 8:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 27 min |
| Mar 22, 8:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 23 min |
| Mar 22, 9:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 47 min |
| Mar 22, 9:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 35 min |
| Mar 22, 10:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 55 min |
| Mar 22, 10:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 32 min |
| Mar 22, 10:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 36 min |
| Mar 22, 11:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton | 41 min |
| Mar 22, 11:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 10 min |
| Mar 22, 11:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa | 51 min |
| Mar 22, 11:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 38 min |
| Mar 22, 11:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore | 50 min |
| Mar 23, 12:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Tallapoosa | 36 min |
| Mar 23, 12:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 45 min |
| Mar 23, 12:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 20 min |
| Mar 23, 12:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Randolph | 38 min |
| Mar 23, 12:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.