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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 6, 2005Greene County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2005, 1:59 PM CDT for Greene County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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: Apr 6, 2005, 1:59 PM CDT (18:59 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2005, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Greene County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 111 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: 1203 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 162 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 061859
TORBMX
ALC063-061930-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0036.050406T1859Z-050406T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
159 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EUTAW

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 153 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF EUTAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3275 8799 3270 8793 3279 8784 3294 8777
      3303 8782

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 061923
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
223 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005

ALC063-061933-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-050406T1930Z/
GREENE AL-
223 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE
WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3275 8799 3270 8793 3279 8784 3294 8777
      3303 8782

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 1:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	44 min
Apr 6, 1:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene	24 min
Apr 6, 2:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Hale	53 min
Apr 6, 2:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	62 min
Apr 6, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	66 min
Apr 6, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	33 min
Apr 6, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene	48 min
Apr 6, 5:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Lamar	3 hr
Apr 6, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette	41 min
Apr 6, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	54 min

Nearby

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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.