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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 8:11 PM CST for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 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, 8:11 PM CST (02:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2005, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Tuscaloosa County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 230211 TORBMX ALC125-230300- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0014.050323T0211Z-050323T0300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 811 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TUSCALOOSA * UNTIL 900 PM CST * AT 807 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELROD...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF ALICEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTHPORT BY 825 PM CST 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF TUSCALOOSA BY 830 PM CST SAMANTHA BY 835 PM CST HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3340 8783 3308 8782 3332 8716 3360 8748 $$ 03
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KBMX 230229 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 829 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 ALC125-230300- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-050323T0300Z/ TUSCALOOSA AL- 829 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR TUSCALOOSA COUNTY... AT 824 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF ELROD...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TUSCALOOSA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELROD BY 830 PM CST NORTHPORT BY 845 PM CST TUSCALOOSA BY 850 PM CST HOLT BY 855 PM CST 9 MILES WEST OF BROOKWOOD BY 900 PM CST IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3333 8783 3306 8782 3328 8713 3356 8740 $$ 03
000 WWUS54 KBMX 230257 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 857 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 ALC125-230307- /O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-050323T0300Z/ TUSCALOOSA AL- 857 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TUSCALOOSA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 900 PM CST... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED. LAT...LON 3333 8783 3306 8782 3328 8713 3356 8740 $$ 03
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, 7:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 42 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, 8:33 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.