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Tornado Warning 88, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 14, 2005Walker County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2005, 6:21 PM CDT for Walker County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 14, 2005, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Walker County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 14, 6:33 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Jasper, AL	SEVERAL TREES REPORTED DOWN CITY WIDE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 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: 1431 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 142322
TORBMX
ALC127-142345-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0088.050714T2321Z-050714T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
621 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JASPER

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 618 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM 
SPOTTERS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A 
TORNADO JUST NORTH OF JASPER...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTH OF CURRY BY 640 PM CDT
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIPSEY BY 645 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 3400 8733 3379 8734 3377 8702 3398 8713

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 12:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Pike	2 hr
Jul 14, 1:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Elmore	2 hr
Jul 14, 2:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	2 hr
Jul 14, 3:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton	2 hr
Jul 14, 4:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson, St. Clair	2 hr
Jul 14, 5:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Shelby	116 min
Jul 14, 5:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Winston	2 hr
Jul 14, 6:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Fayette, Walker	2 hr
Jul 14, 6:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson, St. Clair	113 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.