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Tornado Warning 166, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 28, 2005Autauga County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 28, 2005, 12:10 PM CST for Autauga County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 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, 12:10 PM CST (18:10 UTC)
Expired
Nov 28, 2005, 12:45 PM CST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Autauga County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 28, 9:55 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 86 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-11-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 151 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-11-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 310 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 281809
TORBMX
ALC037-281915-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0165.051128T1810Z-051128T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1210 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN COOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE AREA OF ROCKFORD

* UNTIL 115 PM CST

* AT 1206 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ROCKFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  KELLYTON AND GOODWATER.

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT...LON 3276 8639 3275 8628 3293 8600 3310 8601
      3311 8611

$$

61
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KBMX 281833
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1231 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

ALC001-281845-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0166.000000T0000Z-051128T1845Z/
AUTAUGA AL-
1231 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CST FOR CENTRAL 
AND EASTERN AUTAUGA COUNTY...

AT 1229 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS APPROACHING POSEYS 
CROSSROADS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRATTVILLE...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  ON THIS TRACK THIS STORM SHOULD CROSS 
INTERSTATE 65 NORTHEAST OF POSEYS CROSSROADS BY 1240 PM.

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 3234 8682 3238 8680 3234 8677 3237 8672
      3241 8673 3241 8677 3265 8661 3259 8644
      3238 8661 3239 8661 3241 8665 3237 8669
      3233 8679

$$

12/SIRMON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 27, 9:26 PM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more7 hr
Nov 28, 4:05 AM CSTWind AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more14 hr
Nov 28, 9:54 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXDallas36 min
Nov 28, 10:53 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXLowndes30 min
Nov 28, 11:04 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXAutauga26 min
Nov 28, 11:30 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXAutauga45 min
Nov 28, 11:33 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXLowndes42 min
Nov 28, 11:51 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXElmore24 min
Nov 28, 12:10 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCoosa40 min
Nov 28, 1:33 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXWalker42 min
Nov 28, 1:52 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBlount, Jefferson38 min
Nov 28, 2:32 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson43 min
Nov 28, 3:14 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson16 min
Nov 28, 3:32 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBibb43 min
Nov 28, 3:48 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXChilton, Shelby51 min
Nov 28, 3:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo22 min
Nov 28, 4:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas, Perry31 min
Nov 28, 4:19 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBibb4 min
Nov 28, 4:23 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXDallas37 min
Nov 28, 4:37 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPerry23 min
Nov 28, 4:57 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXChilton48 min
Nov 28, 4:59 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXDallas16 min
Nov 28, 5:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga12 min
Nov 28, 5:42 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXChilton18 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.