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Tornado Warning 155, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 6:15 PM CST for Lamar County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 min. 4 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
- Nov 15, 2005, 6:15 PM CST (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2005, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lamar County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 6:22 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Sw Vernon, AL | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED IN THE STAR COMMUNITY. |
| Nov 15, 6:23 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 Sw Vernon, AL | FUNNEL AND WALL CLOUDS REPORTED CROSSING COUNTY ROAD 9 JUST SOUTHWEST OF VERNON. |
| Nov 15, 6:25 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Vernon, AL | ROOF DAMAGE REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN VERNON. |
| Nov 15, 6:30 PM CST | TORNADO | Vernon, AL | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN THAT PARTIALLY TORE OFF A ROOF OF A BUILDING MATERIALS COMPANY BUILDING...AND DAMAGED OTHER NEARBY BUILDINGS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 3:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 440 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 828 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBMX 160014 TORBMX ALC075-160045- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0155.051116T0015Z-051116T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 615 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 645 PM CST * AT 613 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF MOLLOY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS AFB...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VERNON. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3374 8825 3360 8827 3361 8795 3383 8795 $$ 61
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KBMX 160027 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 627 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ALC075-160045- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0155.000000T0000Z-051116T0045Z/ LAMAR AL- 627 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY... AT 623 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD OFF OF HIGHWAY 9 NEAR STAR...3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STAR. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VERNON...OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF FAYETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VERNON...CROSSVILLE...BLOWHORN...BLOOMING GROVE...AND MANSFIELD. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3377 8818 3360 8816 3365 8796 3388 8795 $$ MBS/91
000 WWUS54 KBMX 160029 CCA SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 627 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 CORRECTED FUNNEL CLOUD LOCATION ALC075-160045- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0155.000000T0000Z-051116T0045Z/ LAMAR AL- 627 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY... AT 623 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD OFF OF HIGHWAY 9 NEAR STAR...3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VERNON. AT 627 PM CST...THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VERNON...OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF FAYETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VERNON...CROSSVILLE...BLOWHORN...BLOOMING GROVE...AND MANSFIELD. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3377 8818 3360 8816 3365 8796 3388 8795 $$ MBS/91
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 6:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 48 min |
| Nov 15, 6:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 18 min |
| Nov 15, 7:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 52 min |
| Nov 15, 8:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 29 min |
| Nov 15, 8:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 11 min |
| Nov 15, 8:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 55 min |
| Nov 15, 9:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 66 min |
| Nov 15, 9:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 46 min |
| Nov 16, 3:51 AM CST | Freeze Warning | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 29 hr |
Nearby
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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.