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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2005, 7:36 PM CST for St. Clair County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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
- Mar 13, 2005, 7:36 PM CST (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2005, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 39 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), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 491 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBMX 140136 TORBMX ALC115-140215- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0005.050314T0136Z-050314T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 736 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 815 PM CST * AT 736 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF ASHVILLE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF ONEONTA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... ASHVILLE BY 745 PM CST 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. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... CALL 1 800 8 5 6 0 7 5 8. LAT...LON 3395 8631 3374 8648 3368 8627 3384 8607 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KBMX 140159 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 759 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005 ALC115-140215- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050314T0215Z/ ST. CLAIR AL- 759 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR NORTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY... AT 759 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ASHVILLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAINBOW CITY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT AREAS NORTH OF RAGLAND IN RURAL EASTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3395 8631 3374 8648 3368 8627 3384 8607 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 6:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 36 min |
| Mar 13, 6:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 41 min |
| Mar 13, 6:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 61 min |
| Mar 13, 7:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 7:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 47 min |
| Mar 13, 7:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens, Sumter | 31 min |
| Mar 13, 7:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 41 min |
| Mar 13, 7:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Mar 13, 7:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 7:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 67 min |
| Mar 13, 7:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 36 min |
| Mar 13, 8:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 43 min |
| Mar 13, 8:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 41 min |
| Mar 13, 8:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 35 min |
| Mar 13, 8:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 9:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 26 min |
| Mar 13, 10:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 31 min |
| Mar 13, 10:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton | 43 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.