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Tornado Warning 177, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 28, 2005, 4:59 PM CST for Dallas County, Alabama. It was in force for 16 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 28, 2005, 4:59 PM CST (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2005, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 16 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), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 5:03 PM CST | TORNADO 0 | 10 N Selma, AL | A FEW HOUSES RECEIVED ROOF DAMAGE AND SEVERAL SHEDS WERE DESTROYED NEAR COUNTY ROAD 37. THE PATH OF THE TORNADO STARTED ABOUT 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF SUMMERFIELD AND ENDED ABOUT 4.5 MILES WEST OF JONES. THIS TORNADO WAS 6 MILES LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE. |
| Nov 28, 5:20 PM CST | TORNADO | 10 N Selma, AL | ROOF DAMAGE - CNTY RD 37 AND 222 |
| Nov 28, 5:20 PM CST | TORNADO | 10 N Selma, AL | ROOF DAMAGE - CNTY RD 37 AND 222...LIKELY DELAYED RPT |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 282259 TORBMX ALC047-282315- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0177.051128T2259Z-051128T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 459 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE AREA OF PAUL GRIST STATE PARK * UNTIL 515 PM CST * AT 459 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PAUL GRIST STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE DALLAS COUNTY. 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 3254 8706 3250 8695 3265 8691 3265 8701 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KBMX 282305 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 505 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005 ALC047-282315- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0177.000000T0000Z-051128T2315Z/ DALLAS AL- 505 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY... AT 500 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PAUL GRIST STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN EXTREME NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY...PLEASE TAKE COVER NOW LAT...LON 3258 8703 3254 8692 3265 8691 3265 8701 $$ STEFKOVICH
000 WWUS54 KBMX 282315 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 515 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005 ALC047-282325- /O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0177.000000T0000Z-051128T2315Z/ DALLAS AL- 515 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 515 PM CST... AT 515 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THUS...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3258 8703 3254 8692 3265 8691 3265 8701 $$
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, 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.