Tornado Warning 56, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Jul 6, 2005, 1:16 PM CDT (18:16 UTC)

Expired

Jul 6, 2005, 1:45 PM CDT

In force

29 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Autauga County, AL

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 061816
TORBMX
ALC001-061845-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0056.050706T1816Z-050706T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
116 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL AUTAUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT

* AT 113 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  AUTAUGAVILLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF PRATTVILLE...MOVING NORTH
  AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BILLINGSLEY BY 130 PM 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 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3243 8672 3258 8673 3259 8674 3266 8674
      3267 8671 3271 8671 3270 8652 3242 8651
      3241 8671

$$

12/SIRMON

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 061830
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
129 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

ALC001-061845-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-050706T1845Z/
AUTAUGA AL-
129 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AUTAUGA
COUNTY...

AT 127 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR INDEPENDENCE...OR
ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRATTVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BILLINGSLEY BY 140 PM 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 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3243 8672 3258 8673 3259 8674 3266 8674
      3267 8671 3271 8671 3270 8652 3242 8651
      3241 8671

$$

12/SIRMON

Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2005Every tornado warning in 2005Tornadoes in 2005

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.