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Tornado Warning 92, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 29, 2005Macon County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 1:10 PM CDT for Macon County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 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, 1:10 PM CDT (18:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2005, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Macon 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 127 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 606 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 217 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
606 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 291810
TORBMX
ALC087-291845-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0092.050829T1810Z-050829T1845Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TUSKEGEE

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT

* AT 107 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FORT
  DAVIS...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF UNION SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH
  AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  FORT DAVIS BY 115 PM CDT
  TUSKEGEE BY 130 PM CDT
  NOTASULGA BY 140 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.

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

LAT...LON 3243 8587 3245 8587 3251 8580 3253 8580
      3258 8575 3254 8560 3252 8558 3224 8553
      3224 8577

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KBMX 291823
SVSBMX

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

ALC087-291845-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0092.000000T0000Z-050829T1845Z/
MACON AL-
122 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR MACON COUNTY...

AT 120 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
TUSKEGEE...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TUSKEGEE BY 130 PM CDT
  7 MILES WEST OF NOTASULGA BY 140 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.

LAT...LON 3243 8587 3245 8587 3251 8580 3253 8580
      3258 8575 3254 8560 3252 8558 3224 8553
      3224 8577

$$
000 
WWUS54 KBMX 291845
SVSBMX

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

ALC087-291855-
/O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0092.000000T0000Z-050829T1845Z/
MACON AL-
145 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MACON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 145 PM CDT...

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE 
WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3243 8587 3245 8587 3251 8580 3253 8580
      3258 8575 3254 8560 3252 8558 3224 8553
      3224 8577

$$

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, 12:12 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBarbour33 min
Aug 29, 12:51 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBullock24 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.