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Tornado Warning 87, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 6, 2005Clay County, Randolph County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2005, 8:18 PM CDT for Clay County, Randolph County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 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, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2005, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clay County, AL, Randolph 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, 6:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 502 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 684 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 980 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 070118
TORBMX
ALC027-111-070145-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0087.050707T0118Z-050707T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ASHLAND
  NORTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 818 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  LINEVILLE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF ASHLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  DELTA BY 845 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 3326 8587 3315 8570 3337 8548 3349 8568

$$

JONES/90

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 8:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Chambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa	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.