Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 37, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2005, 2:07 PM CDT for Hale County, Alabama. It was in force for 53 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, 2:07 PM CDT (19:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hale County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 061907
TORBMX
ALC065-062000-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0037.050406T1907Z-050406T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
207 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 203 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 23 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MOUNDVILLE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF EUTAW...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AKRON
AND WILEY.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 3289 8781 3276 8785 3293 8742 3300 8743
3301 8769
$$
613 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KBMX 061925
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
225 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005
ALC065-062000-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-050406T2000Z/
HALE AL-
225 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN HALE
COUNTY...
AT 219 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR AKRON...OR ABOUT 7
MILES EAST OF EUTAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MOUNDVILLE AND WILEY.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
LAT...LON 3287 8778 3281 8776 3293 8742 3300 8743
3301 8769
$$
61000
WWUS54 KBMX 061940
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
240 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005
ALC065-062000-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-050406T2000Z/
HALE AL-
240 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN HALE
COUNTY...
AT 234 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8
MILES WEST OF WILEY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF EUTAW...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS IN THE
NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3293 8766 3290 8764 3296 8742 3301 8742
3301 8756
$$
61000
WWUS54 KBMX 061959
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
259 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005
ALC065-062009-
/O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-050406T2000Z/
HALE AL-
259 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HALE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 300 PM CDT...
THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE
WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3293 8766 3290 8764 3296 8742 3301 8742
3301 8756
$$
61The 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, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 31 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.