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Tornado Warning 158, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 15, 2005Winston County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 8:19 PM CST for Winston County, Alabama. It was in force for 11 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: Nov 15, 2005, 8:19 PM CST (02:19 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2005, 8:30 PM CST
In force: 11 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Winston County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 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.

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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 105 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 160219
TORBMX
ALC133-160230-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0158.051116T0219Z-051116T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
819 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM CST

* AT 816 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
  SOUTHEASTERN WINSTON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOUBLE
  SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND ARLEY...AND LEWIS SMITH LAKE.

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 3410 8720 3401 8721 3400 8711 3414 8711

$$

61

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 160222
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
822 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

ALC133-160230-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0158.000000T0000Z-051116T0230Z/
WINSTON AL-
822 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WINSTON COUNTY...

AT 821 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN WINSTON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CULLMAN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3410 8718 3401 8717 3400 8711 3414 8711

$$

STEFKOVICH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 15, 6:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lamar	30 min
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, 8:20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.