Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 128, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2005, 1:07 PM CDT for Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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
- Sep 25, 2005, 1:07 PM CDT (18:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2005, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Marion County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 11:05 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 767 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 251806
TORBMX
ALC093-251845-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0128.050925T1807Z-050925T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
107 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE AREA OF HAMILTON
* UNTIL 145 PM CDT
* AT 107 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF
GUIN...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF HAMILTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
HAMILTON BY 115 PM CDT
WESTON BY 120 PM CDT
HACKLEBURG BY 135 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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3407 8814 3404 8797 3394 8792 3432 8772
3432 8797
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KBMX 251812
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
111 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
ALC093-251845-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0128.000000T0000Z-050925T1845Z/
MARION AL-
111 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL MARION
COUNTY...
AT 111 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HAMILTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HAMILTON AND WESTON BY 115 PM CDT
HACKLEBURG BY 135 PM CDT
PIGEYE BY 138 PM CDT
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3407 8814 3404 8797 3394 8792 3432 8772
3432 8797 3419 8808
$$
JBW000
WWUS54 KBMX 251826
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
126 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
ALC093-251845-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0128.000000T0000Z-050925T1845Z/
MARION AL-
126 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL MARION
COUNTY...
AT 126 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HAMILTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HACKLEBURG BY 135 PM CDT
PIGEYE BY 138 PM CDT
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3407 8814 3404 8797 3394 8792 3432 8772
3432 8797 3419 8808
$$
JBW000
WWUS54 KBMX 251835
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
134 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
ALC093-251845-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0128.000000T0000Z-050925T1845Z/
MARION AL-
134 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL MARION
COUNTY...
AT 134 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HAMILTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HACKLEBURG BY 145 PM CDT
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3407 8814 3404 8797 3394 8792 3432 8772
3432 8797 3419 8808
$$
JBWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 12:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 25 min |
| Sep 25, 12:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 44 min |
| Sep 25, 12:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 31 min |
| Sep 25, 12:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 27 min |
| Sep 25, 12:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 42 min |
| Sep 25, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 45 min |
| Sep 25, 1:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 14 min |
| Sep 25, 1:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 27 min |
| Sep 25, 1:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 28 min |
| Sep 25, 2:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 40 min |
| Sep 25, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 51 min |
| Sep 25, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 15 min |
| Sep 25, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 44 min |
| Sep 25, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 52 min |
| Sep 25, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 49 min |
| Sep 25, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 62 min |
| Sep 25, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 45 min |
| Sep 25, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 31 min |
| Sep 25, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 28 min |
| Sep 25, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 33 min |
| Sep 25, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 60 min |
| Sep 25, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 25 min |
| Sep 25, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 6 min |
| Sep 25, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 15 min |
| Sep 25, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 55 min |
| Sep 25, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 20 min |
| Sep 25, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 15 min |
| Sep 25, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 65 min |
| Sep 25, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 10 min |
| Sep 25, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 23 min |
| Sep 25, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 28 min |
| Sep 25, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 31 min |
| Sep 25, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 47 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.