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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 9:08 AM CST for Barbour County, Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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
- Mar 22, 2005, 9:08 AM CST (15:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2005, 9:45 AM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Barbour County, AL, Pike 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 7:40 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 978 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBMX 221509 TORBMX ALC005-109-221545- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0009.050322T1508Z-050322T1545Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 908 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA EXTREME EAST CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA * UNTIL 945 AM CST * AT 908 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF TROY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE BY 920 AM CST 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAYTON BY 940 AM CST 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 3186 8573 3167 8569 3189 8534 3200 8547 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KBMX 221532 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 932 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 ALC109-221542- /O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050322T1545Z/ PIKE AL- 932 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PIKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3186 8564 3168 8569 3200 8521 3212 8533 $$ ALC005-221545- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050322T1545Z/ BARBOUR AL- 932 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 AM CST FOR NORTHERN BARBOUR COUNTY... AT 929 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF UNION SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE BY 920 AM CST 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 3186 8564 3168 8569 3200 8521 3212 8533 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 7:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 26 min |
| Mar 22, 8:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 43 min |
| Mar 22, 9:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby, Talladega | 44 min |
| Mar 22, 9:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 43 min |
| Mar 22, 9:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 54 min |
| Mar 22, 9:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 34 min |
| Mar 22, 9:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Russell | 36 min |
| Mar 22, 10:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 24 min |
| Mar 22, 11:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 37 min |
| Mar 22, 12:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 22 min |
| Mar 22, 12:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.