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Tornado Warning 182, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 28, 2005, 7:25 PM CST for Coosa County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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, 7:25 PM CST (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2005, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Coosa County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 7:46 PM CST | TORNADO 1 | 2 W Equality, AL | SEVERAL PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 2. ONE HOUSE SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE AND A POOL SHED WAS DESTROYED. THE TORNADO WAS 1000 YARDS LONG AND 150 YARDS WIDE. |
| Nov 28, 8:06 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Jacksons' Gap, AL | SEVERAL TREES HAD FALLEN ACROSS A ROAD IN THE PECKERWOOD COMMUNITY |
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, 5:40 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 290127
TORBMX
ALC037-123-290200-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0182.051129T0125Z-051129T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
725 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN COOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
WEST CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE AREAS OF...WIND CREEK STATE PARK...DADEVILLE...
ALEXANDER CITY
* UNTIL 800 PM CST
* AT 725 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF EQUALITY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WETUMPKA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
EQUALITY BY 740 PM CST
WIND CREEK STATE PARK BY 755 PM CST
ALEXANDER CITY AND 6 MILES WEST OF JACKSONS GAP BY 800 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 3276 8601 3276 8631 3277 8631 3302 8589
3284 8575 3276 8591 3277 8597 3275 8599
3275 8600
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KBMX 290142
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
740 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005
ALC037-123-290200-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0182.000000T0000Z-051129T0200Z/
COOSA AL-TALLAPOOSA AL-
740 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR WEST
CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA AND SOUTHEASTERN COOSA COUNTIES...
AT 740 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS RECEIVING REPORTS OF A
TORNADO ON THE GROUND CROSSING THE COOSA COUNTY LINE NEAR EQUALITY.
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WIND CREEK STATE
PARK...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF ROCKFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
8 MILES WEST OF WIND CREEK STATE PARK AND 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ALEXANDER CITY BY 800 PM CST
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3276 8601 3276 8631 3277 8631 3302 8589
3284 8575 3276 8591 3277 8597 3275 8599
3275 8600
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 6:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas | 34 min |
| 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, 7:27 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.