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Tornado Warning 93, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 2:03 PM CDT for Lee 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
- Aug 29, 2005, 2:03 PM CDT (19:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2005, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 10:25 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 310 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 688 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBMX 291903 TORBMX ALC081-291930- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0093.050829T1903Z-050829T1930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 203 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OPELIKA...AUBURN * UNTIL 230 PM CDT * AT 158 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AUBURN...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... AUBURN BY 210 PM CDT OPELIKA BY 215 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 3245 8546 3248 8526 3273 8527 3271 8559 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KBMX 291913 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 212 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ALC081-291930- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0093.000000T0000Z-050829T1930Z/ LEE AL- 212 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR LEE COUNTY... AT 207 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED BETWEEN AUBURN AND OPELIKA...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3245 8546 3248 8526 3273 8527 3271 8559 $$
000 WWUS54 KBMX 291927 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 225 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ALC081-291930- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0093.000000T0000Z-050829T1930Z/ LEE AL- 225 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR LEE COUNTY... AT 220 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR AUBURN..AT EXIT 57 ON I-85. THE STORM PRODUCING THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT JEFFERSON AND STONEWALL...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. 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 3245 8546 3248 8526 3273 8527 3271 8559 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 11:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 29 min |
| Aug 29, 12:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 33 min |
| Aug 29, 12:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 24 min |
| Aug 29, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 33 min |
| Aug 29, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa | 16 min |
| Aug 29, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 42 min |
| Aug 29, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Talladega | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 18 min |
| Aug 29, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 3:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee | 29 min |
| Aug 29, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 28 min |
| Aug 29, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 24 min |
| Aug 29, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 26 min |
| Aug 29, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore, Macon, Montgomery | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 27 min |
| Aug 29, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon | 57 min |
| Aug 29, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 63 min |
| Aug 29, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 57 min |
| Aug 29, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon | 27 min |
| Aug 29, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 42 min |
| Aug 29, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee | 28 min |
| Aug 29, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 25 min |
| Aug 29, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 16 min |
| Aug 29, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 34 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.