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Tornado Warning 179, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 28, 2005Autauga County, Dallas County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 28, 2005, 6:36 PM CST for Autauga County, Dallas County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 min. 4 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, 6:36 PM CST (00:36 UTC)
Expired: Nov 28, 2005, 7:10 PM CST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Autauga County, AL, Dallas County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 6:46 PM CST	TORNADO	1 N Autaugaville, AL	SIGNIFICANT DEBRIS FIELD. CNTY RD 165 MINOR STRUCTURE DAMAGE. MAJOR POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN.
Nov 28, 6:54 PM CST	TORNADO 0	Autaugaville, AL	NUMEROUS SUBSTANIAL TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. A GARAGE ATTACHED TO A MOBILE HOME WAS BLOWN AWAY. VINYL SIDING DAMAGE TO A HOUSE AND A FENCE DOWN. A STORAGE SHED DESTROYED. ROOF DAMAGE TO A SUBSTANTIAL LARGE STEEL STRUCTURE.
Nov 28, 6:54 PM CST	TORNADO	2 N Autaugaville, AL	FENCE DOWN AND DAMAGE TO A SHED NEAR COUNTY ROAD 13
Nov 28, 6:58 PM CST	TORNADO	1 N Autaugaville, AL	POSSIBLE TORNADO. TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 4 storm reports to this tornado warning; the first came 10 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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, 5:40 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 80 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 290036
TORBMX
ALC001-047-290110-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0179.051129T0036Z-051129T0110Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  AUTAUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 710 PM CST

* AT 633 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF
  AUTAUGAVILLE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF SELMA...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  AUTAUGAVILLE BY 645 PM CST
  8 MILES SOUTH OF MARBURY BY 710 PM CST

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 1100 PM CST MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3238 8688 3242 8692 3270 8655 3270 8642
      3270 8642 3253 8642 3251 8644 3240 8662
      3241 8665 3237 8669 3237 8672 3241 8673
      3241 8679 3232 8681

$$

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 290043
SVSBMX

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

ALC001-047-290110-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0179.000000T0000Z-051129T0110Z/
DALLAS AL-AUTAUGA AL-
641 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 710 PM CST FOR AUTAUGA 
COUNTY. CANCELLING EAST CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY...

AT 641 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF
AUTAUGAVILLE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF SELMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  INDEPENDENCE AND AUTAUGAVILLE BY 650 PM CST
  POSEYS CROSSROADS BY 710 PM CST
  7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARBURY BY 710 PM CST

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 1100 PM CST MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3238 8688 3242 8692 3270 8655 3270 8642
      3270 8642 3253 8642 3251 8644 3240 8662
      3241 8665 3237 8669 3237 8672 3241 8673
      3241 8679 3232 8681

$$

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 290052
SVSBMX

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

ALC047-290103-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0179.000000T0000Z-051129T0110Z/
DALLAS AL-
653 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3247 8684 3249 8687 3270 8655 3270 8642
      3270 8642 3253 8642 3251 8644 3240 8662
      3241 8665 3237 8669 3239 8671 3241 8673
      3241 8679 3242 8679

$$

ALC001-290115-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0179.000000T0000Z-051129T0115Z/
AUTAUGA AL-
653 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR AUTAUGA
COUNTY...

AT 651 PM CST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR AUTAUGAVILLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF PRATTVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  POSEYS CROSSROADS BY 700 PM CST
  MARBURY BY 710 PM CST

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 1100 PM CST MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3247 8684 3249 8687 3270 8655 3270 8642
      3270 8642 3253 8642 3251 8644 3240 8662
      3241 8665 3237 8669 3239 8671 3241 8673
      3241 8679 3242 8679

$$

JD/KP

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 290103
SVSBMX

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

ALC001-290115-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0179.000000T0000Z-051129T0110Z/
AUTAUGA AL-
703 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 710 PM CST FOR AUTAUGA
COUNTY...

AT 700 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR POSEYS
CROSSROADS...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRATTVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARBURY BY 710 PM CST

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 1100 PM CST MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3247 8684 3249 8687 3270 8655 3270 8642
      3270 8642 3253 8642 3251 8644 3240 8662
      3241 8665 3237 8669 3239 8671 3241 8673
      3241 8679 3242 8679

$$

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 290119
SVSBMX

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

ALC001-290129-
/O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0179.000000T0000Z-051129T0110Z/
AUTAUGA AL-
719 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR AUTAUGA COUNTY EXPIRED AT 710 PM CST...

AT 719 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.

LAT...LON 3247 8684 3249 8687 3270 8655 3270 8642
      3270 8642 3253 8642 3251 8644 3240 8662
      3241 8665 3237 8669 3239 8671 3241 8673
      3241 8679 3242 8679

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Nov 28, 2:45 PM CST, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 28, 2:45 PM CST, 3 hours 51 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
245 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

.SHORT TERM...COLD FRONT ACROSS THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA
WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST-SOUTHEAST THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND EXIT THE
SOUTHEAST SECTIONS EARLY ON TUESDAY.  WILL FORECAST SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY ACROSS THE EASTERN SECTIONS AHEAD OF THE
FRONT AND THEN TAPER POPS WESTWARD.  WILL NEED TO MENTION SOME
SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE EAST.  SMALL POPS
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS EARLY TUESDAY...BUT MUCH DRIER AIR WILL
OVERSPREAD THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT IN THE
40S NORTH AND 50S SOUTH.  MUCH COOLER ON TUESDAY WITH READINGS IN THE
50S NORTH AND 60S SOUTH.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...RATHER QUIET PERIOD ACROSS THE AREA AS
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN PLACE.  RE-ENFORCING SURGE OF COOLER
AIR POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AS DRY WEAK FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE
NORTH.  HIGH TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE 50S NORTH AND 60S SOUTH.
OVERNIGHT LOWS MAINLY IN THE 30S.

.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT
WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE AREA.  WILL GO WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR
NOW.  STRONGER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA JUST BEYOND THIS
PERIOD.  HIGH TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE 50 NORTH AND 60S SOUTH
SATURDAY AND IN THE 60S AREA-WIDE SUNDAY AND MONDAY.  OVERNIGHT
LOWS IN THE 30S NORTH AND 40S SOUTH SATURDAY AND IN THE 40S AREA-
WIDE SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     47  56  28  56 /  70  10  10   0
ANNISTON    49  58  33  56 /  70  10  10   0
BIRMINGHAM  46  57  33  57 /  60  10  10   0
TUSCALOOSA  46  59  31  59 /  30  10  10   0
CALERA      47  57  33  58 /  60  10  10   0
AUBURN      51  59  37  60 /  70  20  10   0
MONTGOMERY  49  61  32  60 /  70  10  10   0
TROY        53  62  32  61 /  70  20  10   0

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.

&&

50

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 28, 5:18 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
518 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

ALZ011>015-017>050-291230-
AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE-
CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE-
JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-
PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA-
TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON-
518 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES...HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND ARE POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA ALONG AND SOUTHEAST
OF A LINE FROM SELMA...CLANTON...TALLADEGA...ANNISTON...TO HEFLIN.
THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS WESTERN ALABAMA
NORTHWEST OF THIS SAME LINE.  THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL END
IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE FRONT.

IN ADDITION...AHEAD OF THE FRONT...BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE
SUSTAINED AT TIMES AROUND 25 MPH. A FEW WIND GUSTS WILL APPROACH 35
MPH...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ON OPEN WATERWAYS.
THEREFORE...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL
BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF ALABAMA.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 28, 3:24 PM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
324 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0241 PM     TORNADO          HUEYTOWN                33.44N 87.00W
11/28/2005                   JEFFERSON          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWERS LINES DOWN, MASTERS RD. CORRECTED

&&

MBAER

Local storm report, Nov 28, 3:50 PM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
350 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0350 PM     HAIL             5 SW MONTEVALLO         33.06N 86.91W
11/28/2005  0.75 INCH        BIBB               AL   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

MBAER

Local storm report, Nov 28, 5:59 PM CST, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
559 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0520 PM     TORNADO          10 N SELMA              32.56N 87.03W
11/28/2005                   DALLAS             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            ROOF DAMAGE - CNTY RD 37 AND 222

&&

MBAER

Local storm report, Nov 28, 6:02 PM CST, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
602 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0520 PM     TORNADO          10 N SELMA              32.56N 87.03W
11/28/2005                   DALLAS             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            ROOF DAMAGE - CNTY RD 37 AND 222...LIKELY DELAYED RPT

&&

MBAER

Local storm report, Nov 28, 6:05 PM CST, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
605 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0443 PM     TORNADO          N ONEONTA               33.95N 86.47W
11/28/2005                   BLOUNT             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROOF DAMAGE - 5940 CNTY RD 36 IN SUSAN MOORE
            COMMUNITY...LIKELY DELAYED RPT...COR. FOR LOCATION

&&

MBAER

Special weather statement, Nov 28, 6:24 PM CST, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
624 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

ALZ040-041-290100-
AUTAUGA-DALLAS-
624 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR DALLAS AND AUTAUGA
COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CST...

...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM...

AT 624 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF SELMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR TYLER...SELMA...JONES
AND BILLINGSLEY THROUGH 700 PM CST.

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS SMALL HAIL. HAIL UP TO ONE
HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE
VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW.

ANOTHER THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THESE WINDS
CAN BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS
SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 28, 6:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Clay	46 min
Nov 28, 7:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Elmore	37 min
Nov 28, 7:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa, Tallapoosa	35 min
Nov 28, 7:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Clay	18 min
Nov 28, 7:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cleburne	41 min
Nov 28, 7:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lowndes	23 min
Nov 28, 7:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	33 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.