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Tornado Warning 153, NWS Birmingham, AL

September 25, 2005Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2005, 6:28 PM CDT for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2005, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
47 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), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 25, 6:54 PM CDTTORNADO2 Se Elrod, ALONE HOME DESTROYED AND ONE HOME DAMAGED. SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED AT THE LONG OAK TRAILER PARK. NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE AREA.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 25, 11:05 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Sep 25, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 72 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 126 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 252330
TORBMX
ALC125-260015-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0153.050925T2328Z-050926T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE AREA OF LAKE LURLEEN STATE PARK

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 628 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF SAMANTHA...OR NEAR LAKE LURLEEN STATE      
  PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS  
  LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF ELROD...AND ANOTHER DEVELOPING TORNADO 5     
  MILES NORTH OF SAMANTHA.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT...
  ALL OF WESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY THROUGH 715 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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

LAT...LON 3360 8763 3360 8738 3358 8736 3358 8733
      3353 8732 3352 8727 3350 8732 3348 8735
      3347 8734 3305 8782 3336 8783

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KBMX 252346
SVSBMX

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

ALC125-260015-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0153.000000T0000Z-050926T0015Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-
644 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR TUSCALOOSA 
COUNTY...

AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SAMANTHA...OR
ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE LURLEEN STATE PARK...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  ANOTHER TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND 
NEAR ELROD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.



LAT...LON 3360 8763 3360 8738 3358 8736 3358 8733
      3353 8732 3352 8727 3350 8732 3348 8735
      3347 8734 3305 8782 3336 8783

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 12:05 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPickens25 min
Sep 25, 12:16 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLamar44 min
Sep 25, 12:29 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPickens31 min
Sep 25, 12:48 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa27 min
Sep 25, 12:48 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette42 min
Sep 25, 1:00 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPickens45 min
Sep 25, 1:01 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLamar14 min
Sep 25, 1:03 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLamar27 min
Sep 25, 1:07 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMarion38 min
Sep 25, 1:47 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPickens28 min
Sep 25, 2:05 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette40 min
Sep 25, 2:09 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPickens51 min
Sep 25, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLamar15 min
Sep 25, 2:31 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXWalker44 min
Sep 25, 2:38 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMarion52 min
Sep 25, 2:41 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette49 min
Sep 25, 2:43 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa62 min
Sep 25, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXWinston45 min
Sep 25, 3:14 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPickens31 min
Sep 25, 3:17 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXWalker28 min
Sep 25, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette, Walker33 min
Sep 25, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa60 min
Sep 25, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXWinston25 min
Sep 25, 3:54 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXGreene6 min
Sep 25, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXWalker15 min
Sep 25, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPickens55 min
Sep 25, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa20 min
Sep 25, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette, Walker15 min
Sep 25, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa65 min
Sep 25, 5:35 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPickens10 min
Sep 25, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXGreene23 min
Sep 25, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXGreene28 min
Sep 25, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLamar31 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.