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Tornado Warning 174, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 28, 2005Dallas County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 28, 2005, 4:23 PM CST for Dallas County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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, 4:23 PM CST (22:23 UTC)
Expired
Nov 28, 2005, 5:00 PM CST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dallas County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 282223
TORBMX
ALC047-282300-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0174.051128T2223Z-051128T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 500 PM CST

* AT 423 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MARION JUNCTION...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  ROLAND COOPER STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MARION JUNCTION BY 435 PM CST

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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.

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

LAT...LON 3245 8741 3225 8740 3228 8716 3249 8714

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KBMX 282233
SVSBMX

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

ALC047-282300-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0174.000000T0000Z-051128T2300Z/
DALLAS AL-
433 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
DALLAS COUNTY...

AT 429 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR MARION JUNCTION...OR ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF SELMA... 
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SELMA BY 440 PM CST
  PAUL GRIST STATE PARK BY 450 PM CST


LAT...LON 3243 8735 3230 8723 3230 8716 3249 8690
      3266 8701 3248 8709

$$

STEFKOVICH
000 
WWUS54 KBMX 282251
SVSBMX

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

ALC047-282300-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0174.000000T0000Z-051128T2300Z/
DALLAS AL-
450 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
DALLAS COUNTY...

AT 447 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF SELMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.  IN 
ADDITION...ANOTHER STORM IS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY NEAR ORRVILLE...AND 
MAY BECOME TORNADIC AS WELL.


LAT...LON 3237 8742 3223 8734 3230 8716 3249 8690
      3266 8701 3248 8709 3247 8739

$$

STEFKOVICH

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, 12:10 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXAutauga35 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, 4:37 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

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.