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Tornado Warning 90, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 29, 2005Barbour County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 12:12 PM CDT for Barbour 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
Aug 29, 2005, 12:12 PM CDT (17:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2005, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Barbour County, AL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 29, 10:25 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 192 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 917 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 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
917 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
730 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 291713
TORBMX
ALC005-291745-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0090.050829T1712Z-050829T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1212 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT

* AT 1209 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  TEXASVILLE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING
  NORTH AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LOUISVILLE BY 1220 PM CDT
  CLAYTON BY 1225 PM CDT

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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

LAT...LON 3158 8554 3161 8533 3215 8534 3202 8542
      3191 8565

$$

03
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KBMX 291723
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1223 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

ALC005-291745-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0090.000000T0000Z-050829T1745Z/
BARBOUR AL-
1223 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL BARBOUR
COUNTY...

AT 1218 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TEXASVILLE...OR
ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CLAYTON BY 1235 PM CDT

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.

LAT...LON 3158 8554 3161 8533 3215 8534 3202 8542
      3191 8565

$$

03
000 
WWUS54 KBMX 291734
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1234 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

ALC005-291745-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0090.000000T0000Z-050829T1745Z/
BARBOUR AL-
1234 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR BARBOUR 
COUNTY...

AT 1232 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CLAYTON...OR ABOUT
21 MILES WEST OF EUFAULA...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR MOUNT ANDREW AROUND 1240 PM CDT.

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.

LAT...LON 3158 8554 3161 8533 3215 8534 3202 8542
      3191 8565

$$

03
000 
WWUS54 KBMX 291744
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1243 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

ALC005-291753-
/O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0090.000000T0000Z-050829T1745Z/
BARBOUR AL-
1243 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BARBOUR COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1245 PM CDT...

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE
WARNING HAS WEAKENED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3158 8554 3161 8533 3215 8534 3202 8542
      3191 8565

$$

03

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 11:46 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXBarbour29 min
Aug 29, 12:51 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBullock24 min
Aug 29, 1:10 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMacon35 min
Aug 29, 2:03 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLee27 min
Aug 29, 2:20 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXChambers33 min
Aug 29, 2:29 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCoosa16 min
Aug 29, 2:33 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPike42 min
Aug 29, 2:39 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTalladega36 min
Aug 29, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTallapoosa18 min
Aug 29, 2:59 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBullock31 min
Aug 29, 3:01 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLee29 min
Aug 29, 3:02 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette28 min
Aug 29, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBarbour24 min
Aug 29, 3:09 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXClay36 min
Aug 29, 3:13 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa26 min
Aug 29, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXElmore, Macon, Montgomery30 min
Aug 29, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXChambers27 min
Aug 29, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBullock31 min
Aug 29, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMacon57 min
Aug 29, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBullock63 min
Aug 29, 4:18 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBarbour57 min
Aug 29, 4:49 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMacon27 min
Aug 29, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXRussell42 min
Aug 29, 5:24 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPike36 min
Aug 29, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLee28 min
Aug 29, 5:50 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery25 min
Aug 29, 5:50 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery16 min
Aug 29, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPike34 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.