Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 11:39 PM CST for Coosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 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
- Mar 22, 2005, 11:39 PM CST (05:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2005, 12:30 AM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Coosa County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:41 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 11:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 341 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 230539
TORBMX
ALC037-230630-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0019.050323T0539Z-050323T0630Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1139 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
COOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ROCKFORD
* UNTIL 1230 AM CST
* AT 1133 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 19 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ROCKFORD...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLANTON...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
ROCKFORD BY MIDNIGHT CST
8 MILES SOUTH OF KELLYTON BY 1215 AM CST
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3292 8650 3276 8639 3276 8601 3310 8601
3311 8619
$$
03/921 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KBMX 230552
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1152 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005
ALC037-230630-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-050323T0630Z/
COOSA AL-
1152 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 AM CST FOR SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN COOSA COUNTY...
AT 1146 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKFORD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
KELLYTON BY 1205 AM CST
GOODWATER BY 1210 AM CST
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3298 8633 3276 8640 3277 8602 3310 8601
3310 8621
$$
03/92The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 6:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 65 min |
| Mar 22, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 62 min |
| Mar 22, 7:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 32 min |
| Mar 22, 7:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 42 min |
| Mar 22, 7:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 48 min |
| Mar 22, 7:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 32 min |
| Mar 22, 8:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 49 min |
| Mar 22, 8:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 27 min |
| Mar 22, 8:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 23 min |
| Mar 22, 9:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 47 min |
| Mar 22, 9:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 35 min |
| Mar 22, 10:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 55 min |
| Mar 22, 10:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 32 min |
| Mar 22, 10:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 36 min |
| Mar 22, 11:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton | 41 min |
| Mar 22, 11:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 10 min |
| Mar 22, 11:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 38 min |
| Mar 22, 11:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore | 50 min |
| Mar 23, 12:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Tallapoosa | 36 min |
| Mar 23, 12:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 45 min |
| Mar 23, 12:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 20 min |
| Mar 23, 12:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Randolph | 38 min |
| Mar 23, 12:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.