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Tornado Warning 183, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 28, 2005Clay County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 28, 2005, 7:27 PM CST for Clay County, Alabama. It was in force for 18 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, 7:27 PM CST (01:27 UTC)
Expired: Nov 28, 2005, 7:45 PM CST
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clay County, AL

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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 99 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 290127 RRA
TORBMX
ALC027-290145-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0183.051129T0127Z-051129T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 745 PM CST

* AT 727 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF DELTA...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF CHEAHA STATE PARK...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY AT 740 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.

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

LAT...LON 3338 8584 3333 8574 3340 8566 3348 8565
      3349 8571 3347 8583

$$

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, 7:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa, Tallapoosa	35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.