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Tornado Warning 84, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 6, 2005Lee County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2005, 5:52 PM CDT for Lee County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 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, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2005, 6:21 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lee 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 062252
TORBMX
ALC081-062330-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0084.050706T2252Z-050706T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 548 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTH
  OF SALEM...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF PHENIX CITY...MOVING NORTH AT
  40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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

LAT...LON 3248 8530 3248 8516 3268 8510 3274 8512
      3273 8527

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KBMX 062321
SVSBMX

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

ALC081-062331-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0084.000000T0000Z-050706T2330Z/
LEE AL-
621 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE
WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3248 8530 3248 8516 3268 8510 3274 8512
      3273 8527

$$

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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, 4:52 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, 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.