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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 22, 2005Chilton County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 10:05 PM CST for Chilton County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 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
Mar 22, 2005, 10:05 PM CST (04:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2005, 11:00 PM CST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chilton County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:08 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
Mar 22, 6:50 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 00:00Z on 2005-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 341 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 00:00Z on 2005-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
341 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
86 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 230405
TORBMX
ALC021-230500-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0017.050323T0405Z-050323T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1005 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLANTON

* UNTIL 1100 PM CST

* AT 1000 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MAPLESVILLE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF SELMA...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MAPLESVILLE BY 1015 PM CST
  THORSBY BY 1030 PM CST
  CLANTON BY 1035 PM CST

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 3277 8701 3268 8701 3269 8673 3273 8673
      3274 8642 3307 8663 3284 8688

$$

03
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KBMX 230443
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1043 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

ALC021-230453-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050323T0500Z/
CHILTON AL-
1043 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHILTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE
WARNING HAVE WEAKENED.

LAT...LON 3277 8701 3268 8701 3269 8673 3273 8673
      3274 8642 3307 8663 3284 8688

$$

03/92

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 6:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens65 min
Mar 22, 7:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar62 min
Mar 22, 7:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens32 min
Mar 22, 7:48 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPickens42 min
Mar 22, 7:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette48 min
Mar 22, 7:58 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXGreene32 min
Mar 22, 8:11 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa49 min
Mar 22, 8:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens27 min
Mar 22, 8:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston23 min
Mar 22, 9:43 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPerry47 min
Mar 22, 9:55 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXDallas35 min
Mar 22, 10:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo32 min
Mar 22, 10:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby36 min
Mar 22, 11:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Chilton41 min
Mar 22, 11:35 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXChilton10 min
Mar 22, 11:39 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCoosa51 min
Mar 22, 11:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay38 min
Mar 22, 11:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore50 min
Mar 23, 12:09 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXClay, Tallapoosa36 min
Mar 23, 12:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa45 min
Mar 23, 12:30 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXTallapoosa20 min
Mar 23, 12:37 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXRandolph38 min
Mar 23, 12:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers51 min

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.