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Tornado Warning 154, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 14, 2005Winston County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 2005, 4:24 PM CST for Winston County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 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: Nov 14, 2005, 4:24 PM CST (22:24 UTC)
Expired: Nov 14, 2005, 4:53 PM CST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Winston County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 14, 4:30 PM CST	TORNADO	5 Ne Haleyville, AL	SPOTTER REPORTED BRIEF TOUCHDOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF HWYS 243 AND 195

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 244 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 142224
TORBMX
ALC133-142300-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0154.051114T2224Z-051114T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
424 PM CST MON NOV 14 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 500 PM CST

* AT 424 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES WEST OF
  GRAYSON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF HALEYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  GRAYSON BY 450 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 3429 8766 3414 8754 3431 8716 3431 8752

$$

MBS/91

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 142234
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
434 PM CST MON NOV 14 2005

ALC133-142300-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0154.000000T0000Z-051114T2300Z/
WINSTON AL-
434 PM CST MON NOV 14 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL WINSTON COUNTY...

AT 434 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF
GRAYSON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF HALEYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAYSON BY 455 PM CST

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

LAT...LON 3430 8755 3421 8745 3430 8725 3431 8752

$$

MBS/91

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 142253
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
453 PM CST MON NOV 14 2005

ALC133-142303-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0154.000000T0000Z-051114T2300Z/
WINSTON AL-
453 PM CST MON NOV 14 2005

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

AT 453 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED
AREAS...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3430 8755 3421 8745 3430 8725 3431 8752

$$

MBS/91

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 14, 5:29 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 19 more	4 hr

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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.