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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 9:43 PM CST for Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 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, 9:43 PM CST (03:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2005, 10:30 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Perry County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 230343
TORBMX
ALC105-230430-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0015.050323T0343Z-050323T0430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
943 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MARION
* UNTIL 1030 PM CST
* AT 937 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
MARION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OAKMULGEE BY 1005 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 3268 8736 3249 8729 3251 8711 3267 8704
3283 8702
$$
03The 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, 8:11 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, 9:55 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.