Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 45, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2005, 3:48 AM CDT for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 57 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, 3:48 AM CDT (08:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2005, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 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), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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 30, 2:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 300849
TORBMX
ALC125-300945-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0045.050430T0848Z-050430T0945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
348 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TUSCALOOSA
* UNTIL 445 AM CDT
* AT 343 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF
ELROD...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALICEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
7 MILES NORTH OF ELROD BY 355 AM CDT
SAMANTHA BY 415 AM CDT
8 MILES NORTH OF KELLERMAN BY 430 AM CDT
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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.
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 3352 8783 3352 8768 3362 8763 3358 8733
3353 8732 3351 8726 3350 8732 3346 8734
3330 8716 3328 8707 3326 8707 3325 8716
3314 8720 3311 8731 3301 8732 3304 8782
3304 8782
$$
032 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KBMX 300906
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
406 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005
ALC125-300945-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-050430T0945Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-
406 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR TUSCALOOSA
COUNTY...
AT 404 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ELROD...OR ABOUT
12 MILES WEST OF TUSCALOOSA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NORTHPORT BY 415 AM CDT
TUSCALOOSA AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF SAMANTHA BY 420 AM CDT
6 MILES NORTH OF HOLT BY 425 AM CDT
7 MILES NORTH OF BROOKWOOD BY 435 AM CDT
KELLERMAN BY 440 AM CDT
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3352 8783 3352 8768 3362 8763 3358 8733
3353 8732 3351 8726 3350 8732 3346 8734
3330 8716 3328 8707 3326 8707 3325 8716
3314 8720 3311 8731 3301 8732 3304 8782
3304 8782
$$
03000
WWUS54 KBMX 300930
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
430 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005
ALC125-300945-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-050430T0945Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-
430 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR TUSCALOOSA
COUNTY...
AT 429 AM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR HOLT...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUSCALOOSA...MOVING EAST AT
50 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BROOKWOOD BY 435 AM CDT
KELLERMAN AND 9 MILES NORTH OF VANCE BY 440 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.
LAT...LON 3352 8783 3352 8768 3362 8763 3358 8733
3353 8732 3351 8726 3350 8732 3346 8734
3330 8716 3328 8707 3326 8707 3325 8716
3314 8720 3311 8731 3301 8732 3304 8782
3304 8782
$$
03The 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, 3:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 3:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 35 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.