Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 43, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2005, 3:26 AM CDT for Pickens County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 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 30, 2005, 3:26 AM CDT (08:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2005, 4:10 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pickens County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 300826
TORBMX
ALC107-300915-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0043.050430T0826Z-050430T0915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
326 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ALICEVILLE
* UNTIL 415 AM CDT
* AT 322 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ALICEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
CARROLLTON BY 335 AM CDT
REFORM BY 340 AM CDT
GORDO BY 350 AM CDT
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 500 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3354 8828 3352 8784 3316 8785 3308 8804
3305 8805 3307 8807 3305 8809 3305 8815
3302 8818 3299 8818 3299 8833
$$
032 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KBMX 300851
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
351 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005
ALC107-300915-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-050430T0915Z/
PICKENS AL-
351 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR PICKENS COUNTY...
AT 348 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GORDO...OR ABOUT
16 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALICEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3354 8828 3352 8784 3316 8785 3308 8804
3305 8805 3307 8807 3305 8809 3305 8815
3302 8818 3299 8818 3299 8833
$$
03000
WWUS54 KBMX 300910
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
410 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005
ALC107-300920-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-050430T0915Z/
PICKENS AL-
410 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PICKENS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE
WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT SATURDAY
MORNING FOR ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3354 8828 3352 8784 3316 8785 3308 8804
3305 8805 3307 8807 3305 8809 3305 8815
3302 8818 3299 8818 3299 8833
$$
HURLEY/99The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 2:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 3:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 56 min |
| Apr 30, 3:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 35 min |
| Apr 30, 3:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 57 min |
| Apr 30, 4:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 29 min |
| Apr 30, 4:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 52 min |
| Apr 30, 4:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 4:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 55 min |
| Apr 30, 4:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 5:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Cleburne | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 35 min |
| Apr 30, 5:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 5:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 5:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 5:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 51 min |
| Apr 30, 5:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 65 min |
| Apr 30, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 6:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 6:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 67 min |
| Apr 30, 6:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore | 63 min |
| Apr 30, 6:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 14 min |
| Apr 30, 6:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 66 min |
| Apr 30, 6:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 6:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 6:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 6:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 67 min |
| Apr 30, 6:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 18 min |
| Apr 30, 7:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 7:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 17 min |
| Apr 30, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 51 min |
| Apr 30, 7:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 7:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 63 min |
| Apr 30, 8:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 12 min |
| Apr 30, 8:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 8:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 8:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 34 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.