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Tornado Warning 79, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 6, 2005Chilton County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2005, 4:52 PM CDT for Chilton County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 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, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2005, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chilton County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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 nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 44 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -44 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 062152
TORBMX
ALC021-062215-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0079.050706T2152Z-050706T2215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CHILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  MAPLESVILLE...OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF CLANTON...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AROUND 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MAPLESVILLE BY 500 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.

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

LAT...LON 3273 8701 3278 8701 3283 8696 3283 8689
      3284 8687 3291 8689 3298 8682 3284 8663
      3267 8684 3267 8692

$$

JONES/90

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, 3:38 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXRussell22 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, 4:57 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

Nearby

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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.