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Tornado Warning 150, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2005, 5:37 PM CDT for Greene County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 25, 2005, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Greene County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 5:37 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Sw Clinton, AL | AN F1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF COUNT ROAD 20 NEAR TRUSSELLS CREEK. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO TRUSSELLS CREEK AND LIFTED BEFORE THE TOWN OF CLINTON. THE TORNADO AFFECTED RUAL LOCATIONS BUT PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE ALONG IT |
| Sep 25, 5:43 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Ne Mantua, AL | IN JENA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 |
| Sep 25, 12:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 252237 TORBMX ALC063-252300- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0150.050925T2237Z-050925T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 537 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 534 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLINTON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF EUTAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... CLINTON BY 550 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 3288 8815 3274 8806 3299 8779 3310 8794 $$ STEFKOVICH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KBMX 252248 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 547 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 ALC063-252300- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0150.000000T0000Z-050925T2300Z/ GREENE AL- 547 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY... AT 547 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG ROTATION...WHICH COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. THIS ROTATION WAS LOCATED NEAR CLINTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF EUTAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... UNION BY 600 PM CDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3290 8811 3280 8801 3299 8779 3307 8791 $$ STEFKOVICH
000 WWUS54 KBMX 252254 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 554 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 ALC063-252300- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0150.000000T0000Z-050925T2300Z/ GREENE AL- 554 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR GREENE COUNTY... AT 554 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED NEAR CLINTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF EUTAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... UNION BY 600 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. LAT...LON 3293 8802 3286 8796 3299 8779 3307 8789 $$ STEFOVICH
The 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, 1:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 38 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.