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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2005, 4:21 AM CDT for St. Clair County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 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, 4:21 AM CDT (09:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2005, 4:50 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County St. Clair County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 300921
TORBMX
ALC115-300950-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0046.050430T0921Z-050430T0950Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
421 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
* UNTIL 450 AM CDT
* AT 421 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ASHVILLE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF PELL CITY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
RAGLAND BY 435 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 1000 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3389 8613 3390 8612 3386 8609 3385 8606
3380 8607 3378 8605 3370 8615 3366 8634
3382 8642 3391 8615
$$
MBS/911 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KBMX 300937
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
437 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005
ALC115-300945-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-050430T0945Z/
ST. CLAIR AL-
437 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
ST. CLAIR COUNTY...
AT 437 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RAGLAND...OR ABOUT
12 MILES SOUTH OF RAINBOW CITY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT SATURDAY
MORNING FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3389 8613 3390 8612 3386 8609 3385 8606
3380 8607 3378 8605 3370 8615 3366 8634
3382 8642 3391 8615
$$
MBS/91The 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, 3:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 57 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.