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Tornado Warning 96, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 29, 2005Pike County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 2:33 PM CDT for Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 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, 2:33 PM CDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2005, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pike 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 172 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°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 291933
TORBMX
ALC109-292015-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0096.050829T1933Z-050829T2015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 228 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTH
  OF BRUNDIDGE...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TROY...MOVING NORTH
  AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BRUNDIDGE BY 240 PM CDT
  LINWOOD BY 300 PM CDT

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

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

LAT...LON 3165 8594 3197 8597 3207 8596 3205 8590
      3200 8590 3196 8587 3196 8579 3188 8579
      3188 8572 3167 8572 3163 8574 3163 8593

$$

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, 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, 2:39 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

Nearby

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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.