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Tornado Warning 191, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2005, 8:22 AM CST for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2005, 8:22 AM CST (14:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2005, 9:20 AM CST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tuscaloosa County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 891 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 131422
TORBMX
ALC125-131520-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
822 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
* UNTIL 920 AM CST
* AT 821 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 19 MILES WEST OF
SAMANTHA...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF FAYETTE...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
SAMANTHA BY 850 AM 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 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3353 8782 3331 8782 3339 8732 3348 8736
3359 8733 3359 8739 3351 8767
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 7:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 48 min |
| Jan 13, 7:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 38 min |
| Jan 13, 7:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 48 min |
| Jan 13, 7:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 31 min |
| Jan 13, 7:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 46 min |
| Jan 13, 8:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 42 min |
| Jan 13, 8:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 59 min |
| Jan 13, 8:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 52 min |
| Jan 13, 8:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 50 min |
| Jan 13, 8:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 49 min |
| Jan 13, 8:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 63 min |
| Jan 13, 9:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo, Sumter | 26 min |
| Jan 13, 9:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 28 min |
| Jan 13, 9:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 30 min |
| Jan 13, 9:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo, Sumter | 8 min |
| Jan 13, 9:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Walker | 66 min |
| Jan 13, 9:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 62 min |
| Jan 13, 9:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 40 min |
| Jan 13, 10:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Marengo | 41 min |
| Jan 13, 11:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 34 min |
| Jan 13, 11:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 34 min |
| Jan 13, 2:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 58 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.