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Tornado Warning 73, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 6, 2005Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2005, 3:38 PM CDT for Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 22 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
Jul 6, 2005, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2005, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Russell County, AL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 6, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 116 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2005-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 198 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2005-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
198 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 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 062038
TORBMX
ALC113-062100-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0073.050706T2038Z-050706T2100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PHENIX CITY

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 335 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LADONIA...
  OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PHENIX CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 40 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 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3236 8523 3247 8521 3247 8507 3251 8506
      3252 8500 3252 8500 3247 8499 3246 8500
      3233 8503

$$

JD/81

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 8:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXGreene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter4 hr
Jul 6, 11:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXGreene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter2 hr
Jul 6, 1:16 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXAutauga29 min
Jul 6, 1:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXMontgomery93 min
Jul 6, 1:38 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery22 min
Jul 6, 1:51 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXAutauga, Elmore24 min
Jul 6, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXElmore, Macon36 min
Jul 6, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCoosa, Elmore30 min
Jul 6, 2:20 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXAutauga, Lowndes25 min
Jul 6, 2:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXElmore2 hr
Jul 6, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon, Tallapoosa9 min
Jul 6, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMacon, Tallapoosa15 min
Jul 6, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCoosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa15 min
Jul 6, 2:44 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXAutauga, Lowndes, Montgomery21 min
Jul 6, 2:46 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTallapoosa29 min
Jul 6, 3:04 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXAutauga26 min
Jul 6, 3:13 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTallapoosa32 min
Jul 6, 3:14 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXRussell16 min
Jul 6, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTallapoosa30 min
Jul 6, 3:22 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXAutauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore28 min
Jul 6, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLee19 min
Jul 6, 3:34 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXChambers26 min
Jul 6, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLee27 min
Jul 6, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXClay, Tallapoosa23 min
Jul 6, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXChambers35 min
Jul 6, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXRandolph40 min
Jul 6, 4:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXChambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa4 hr
Jul 6, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXRussell17 min
Jul 6, 4:52 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXChilton23 min
Jul 6, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTallapoosa33 min
Jul 6, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXAutauga, Chilton27 min
Jul 6, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXRussell33 min
Jul 6, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCoosa, Elmore30 min
Jul 6, 5:52 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLee29 min
Jul 6, 6:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXJefferson, Shelby4 hr
Jul 6, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCoosa28 min
Jul 6, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCoosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa34 min
Jul 6, 6:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXCoosa, Talladega4 hr

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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.