Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 82, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2005, 5:26 PM CDT for Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 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, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2005, 5:59 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 12:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 062226
TORBMX
ALC113-062315-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0082.050706T2226Z-050706T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
526 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 523 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
SOUTHWESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY...OR ABOUT 21 MILES EAST OF UNION
SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3218 8540 3216 8529 3248 8513 3246 8532
3241 8534 3241 8542
$$
612 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KBMX 062239
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
539 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2005
ALC113-062315-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-050706T2315Z/
RUSSELL AL-
539 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
RUSSELL COUNTY...
AT 536 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL
RUSSELL COUNTY...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PHENIX CITY...MOVING
NORTH AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3230 8535 3229 8530 3248 8521 3247 8533
3241 8534
$$
61000
WWUS54 KBMX 062259
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
559 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2005
ALC113-062309-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-050706T2315Z/
RUSSELL AL-
559 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL RUSSELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE
WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3230 8535 3229 8530 3248 8521 3247 8533
3241 8534
$$
61The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 8:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 1:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 93 min |
| Jul 6, 1:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 22 min |
| Jul 6, 1:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Elmore | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 1:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore, Macon | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 2:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Elmore | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Macon, Tallapoosa | 9 min |
| Jul 6, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon, Tallapoosa | 15 min |
| Jul 6, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa | 15 min |
| Jul 6, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes, Montgomery | 21 min |
| Jul 6, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 16 min |
| Jul 6, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 3:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee | 19 min |
| Jul 6, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 22 min |
| Jul 6, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Tallapoosa | 23 min |
| Jul 6, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Randolph | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 4:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 17 min |
| Jul 6, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 23 min |
| Jul 6, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 6:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 6:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Coosa, Talladega | 4 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.