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Tornado Warning 164, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 28, 2005, 11:51 AM CST for Elmore County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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, 11:51 AM CST (17:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2005, 12:15 PM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Elmore 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 281751 TORBMX ALC051-281815- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0164.051128T1751Z-051128T1815Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1151 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 1215 PM CST * AT 1148 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR COOSA RIVER...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF PRATTVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TITUS...AND LAKE JORDAN. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY 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 3265 8641 3261 8641 3275 8627 3275 8641 $$ 61
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KBMX 281804 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1204 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005 ALC051-281815- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0164.000000T0000Z-051128T1815Z/ ELMORE AL- 1204 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN ELMORE COUNTY... AT 1159 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COOSA RIVER...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF WETUMPKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TITUS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3265 8641 3261 8641 3275 8627 3275 8641 $$ 61
The 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, 11:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 26 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, 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.