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Tornado Warning 196, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 13, 2005Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2005, 9:20 AM CST for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 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, 9:20 AM CST (15:20 UTC)
Expired
Jan 13, 2005, 9:50 AM CST
In force
30 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 15:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-01-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-01-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 131520 CCA
TORBMX
ALC125-131550-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
917 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TUSCALOOSA

* UNTIL 950 AM CST

* AT 917 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES EAST OF
  SAMANTHA...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF TUSCALOOSA...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY AT 930 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 3343 8764 3301 8755 3328 8707 3332 8720
      3341 8725 3347 8735 3351 8729 3359 8733

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 13, 7:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Marion48 min
Jan 13, 7:52 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXPickens38 min
Jan 13, 7:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette48 min
Jan 13, 7:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion31 min
Jan 13, 7:59 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXGreene46 min
Jan 13, 8:03 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXSumter42 min
Jan 13, 8:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston59 min
Jan 13, 8:22 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa58 min
Jan 13, 8:23 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXFayette52 min
Jan 13, 8:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker50 min
Jan 13, 8:31 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa49 min
Jan 13, 8:57 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXWalker63 min
Jan 13, 9:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo, Sumter26 min
Jan 13, 9:17 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa28 min
Jan 13, 9:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo, Sumter8 min
Jan 13, 9:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Walker66 min
Jan 13, 9:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson62 min
Jan 13, 9:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Perry40 min
Jan 13, 10:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas, Marengo41 min
Jan 13, 11:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton34 min
Jan 13, 11:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga34 min
Jan 13, 2:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee, Russell58 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.