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Tornado Warning 161, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 28, 2005, 11:04 AM CST for Autauga County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 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 28, 2005, 11:04 AM CST (17:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2005, 11:30 AM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Autauga County, AL
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 28, 9:55 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 352 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 281704
TORBMX
ALC001-281730-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0161.051128T1704Z-051128T1730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1104 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN AUTAUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
* UNTIL 1130 AM CST
* AT 1059 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
AUTAUGAVILLE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF PRATTVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MARBURY.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME
SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3238 8661 3241 8663 3241 8665 3240 8666
3244 8676 3271 8662 3270 8642 3270 8642
3260 8642 3237 8659
$$
12/SIRMON1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KBMX 281712
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1112 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005
ALC001-281730-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0161.000000T0000Z-051128T1730Z/
AUTAUGA AL-
1112 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CST FOR
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AUTAUGA COUNTY...
AT 1107 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR AUTAUGAVILLE...OR
ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF PRATTVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POSEYS
CROSSROADS AND MARBURY.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME
SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3238 8661 3241 8663 3241 8665 3240 8666
3244 8676 3271 8662 3270 8642 3270 8642
3260 8642 3237 8659
$$
12/SIRMONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 9:26 PM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 28, 4:05 AM CST | Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 14 hr |
| Nov 28, 9:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 36 min |
| Nov 28, 10:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 30 min |
| Nov 28, 11:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 45 min |
| Nov 28, 11:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 42 min |
| Nov 28, 11:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 24 min |
| Nov 28, 12:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa | 40 min |
| Nov 28, 12:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 35 min |
| Nov 28, 1:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 42 min |
| Nov 28, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 38 min |
| Nov 28, 2:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 43 min |
| Nov 28, 3:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 16 min |
| Nov 28, 3:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 43 min |
| Nov 28, 3:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Shelby | 51 min |
| Nov 28, 3:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 22 min |
| Nov 28, 4:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Perry | 31 min |
| Nov 28, 4:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 4 min |
| Nov 28, 4:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 37 min |
| Nov 28, 4:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 23 min |
| Nov 28, 4:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 48 min |
| Nov 28, 4:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 16 min |
| Nov 28, 5:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 12 min |
| Nov 28, 5:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.