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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2005, 8:07 PM CST for Calhoun County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 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, 8:07 PM CST (02:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2005, 8:48 PM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Calhoun County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 140207 TORBMX ALC015-140245- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0006.050314T0207Z-050314T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 807 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 845 PM CST * AT 807 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR OHATCHEE... OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF RAINBOW CITY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... WEAVER BY 830 PM CST JACKSONVILLE BY 835 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 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3386 8604 3369 8608 3367 8565 3394 8569 $$ MBS/91
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KBMX 140225 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 825 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005 ALC015-140245- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050314T0245Z/ CALHOUN AL- 825 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CST FOR CALHOUN COUNTY... AT 825 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF OHATCHEE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF WEST END-COBB TOWN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES NORTH OF BLUE MOUNTAIN BY 825 PM CST WEAVER BY 830 PM CST JACKSONVILLE BY 835 PM CST WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 3386 8604 3369 8608 3367 8565 3394 8569 $$ MBS/91
000 WWUS54 KBMX 140235 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 834 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005 ALC015-140245- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050314T0245Z/ CALHOUN AL- 835 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CST FOR CALHOUN COUNTY... AT 828 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A WALL CLOUD 6 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 431...OR 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OHATCHEE. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WEAVER...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF ANNISTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BLUE MOUNTAIN AND JACKSONVILLE. 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 3386 8604 3369 8608 3367 8565 3394 8569 $$ MBS/91
000 WWUS54 KBMX 140248 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 847 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005 ALC015-140257- /O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050314T0245Z/ CALHOUN AL- 847 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CALHOUN COUNTY EXPIRED DAT 845 PM CST... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED FOR CALHOUN COUNTY. THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3386 8604 3369 8608 3367 8565 3394 8569 $$ MBS/91
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, 7:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 39 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, 8:40 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.