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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 6, 2005Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2005, 2:43 PM CDT for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 62 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, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2005, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tuscaloosa County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 48 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 061943
TORBMX
ALC125-062045-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0038.050406T1943Z-050406T2045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 239 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF DUNCANVILLE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF TUSCALOOSA...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BROOKWOOD.

DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND
TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF
YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.

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.

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

LAT...LON 3302 8761 3302 8741 3307 8732 3315 8728
      3314 8720 3323 8716 3325 8708 3327 8707
      3336 8721

$$

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4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 061957
SVSBMX

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

ALC125-062045-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-050406T2045Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-
256 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY...

AT 253 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7
MILES WEST OF DUNCANVILLE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF TUSCALOOSA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BROOKWOOD AND VANCE.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

LAT...LON 3309 8756 3303 8752 3307 8732 3315 8728
      3314 8720 3323 8716 3325 8708 3327 8707
      3338 8723

$$

61

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 062016
SVSBMX

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

ALC125-062045-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-050406T2045Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-
314 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY...

AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
VANCE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TUSCALOOSA...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL MOVE NEAR OR JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20... 
INCLUDING NEAR THE MERCEDES PLANT IN VANCE.

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 3311 8738 3309 8736 3307 8732 3314 8728
      3314 8720 3323 8716 3325 8708 3327 8707
      3334 8718

$$

61

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 062034
SVSBMX

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

ALC125-062045-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-050406T2045Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-
333 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR EASTERN 
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY...

AT 327 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL 
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY...ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF TUSCALOOSA...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL MOVE ALONG INTERSTATE 20...TO THE EAST OF VANCE.

DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND
TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF
YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

LAT...LON 3324 8725 3319 8722 3323 8716 3325 8708
      3327 8707 3331 8715

$$

61

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 062045
SVSBMX

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

ALC125-062055-
/O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-050406T2045Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-
345 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TUSCALOOSA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 345 PM CDT...

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE
WARNING HAVE WEAKENED.

LAT...LON 3324 8725 3319 8722 3323 8716 3325 8708
      3327 8707 3331 8715

$$

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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, 1:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene	31 min
Apr 6, 2:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Hale	53 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.