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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 30, 2005Dallas County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2005, 6:27 AM CDT for Dallas County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 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, 6:27 AM CDT (11:27 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2005, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dallas County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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, 5:05 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 301128
TORBMX
ALC047-301200-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0049.050430T1127Z-050430T1200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
627 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SELMA

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT

* AT 622 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF SELMA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SELMA BY 635 AM CDT
  TYLER BY 645 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 ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT
SATURDAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3239 8730 3216 8716 3224 8682 3259 8694

$$

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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 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, 4:21 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, 6:36 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.