Tornado Warning 146, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Sep 25, 2005, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)

Expired

Sep 25, 2005, 5:04 PM CDT

In force

20 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tuscaloosa County, AL

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS54 KBMX 252144
TORBMX
ALC125-252215-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0146.050925T2144Z-050925T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
444 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 440 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO OVER
  NORTH CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  LAKE LURLEEN STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY.

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.

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

LAT...LON 3349 8759 3345 8754 3355 8732 3360 8737
      3361 8752

$$

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000 
WWUS54 KBMX 252150
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
447 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005

ALC125-252215-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0146.000000T0000Z-050925T2215Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-
447 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY...

AT 447 PM CDT...PUBLIC REPORTS CONFIRM A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY...OR 3 MILES NORTH OF 
SAMANTHA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL PASS BETWEEN NEW LEXINGTON AND SANDTOWN AND MOVE 
OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 515 PM.

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 3349 8759 3345 8754 3360 8737 3361 8752

$$

STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 252204
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
503 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005

ALC125-252213-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0146.000000T0000Z-050925T2215Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-
503 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED FOR THE MOMENT. THE STORMS 
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.  HOWEVER... 
ADDITIONAL STORMS CURRENTLY IN PICKENS COUNTY WILL AFFECT TUSCALOOSA 
COUNTY BY 530 PM...AND ADDITIONAL TORNADO WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED.

LAT...LON 3349 8759 3345 8754 3360 8737 3361 8752

$$

STEFKOVICH

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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.