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Tornado Watch 884

November 28, 200567 counties in Alabama; 8 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 28, 2005, 9:55 AM CST for 67 counties in Alabama; 8 counties in Florida. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 28, 2005, 9:55 AM CST (15:55 UTC)
Expired
Nov 28, 2005, 6:00 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 75 counties

Autauga County, AL, Baldwin County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Dale County, AL, Dallas County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Lee County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Winston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

30 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 28, 10:53 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXLowndes30 min
Nov 28, 11:04 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXAutauga26 min
Nov 28, 11:30 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXAutauga45 min
Nov 28, 11:33 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXLowndes42 min
Nov 28, 11:51 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXElmore24 min
Nov 28, 12:10 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCoosa40 min
Nov 28, 12:10 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXAutauga35 min
Nov 28, 12:22 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNLimestone23 min
Nov 28, 1:33 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXWalker42 min
Nov 28, 1:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman25 min
Nov 28, 1:41 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNCullman19 min
Nov 28, 1:52 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBlount, Jefferson38 min
Nov 28, 1:59 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNCullman, Morgan31 min
Nov 28, 2:32 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson43 min
Nov 28, 3:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson34 min
Nov 28, 3:14 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson16 min
Nov 28, 3:32 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBibb43 min
Nov 28, 3:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson32 min
Nov 28, 3:48 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXChilton, Shelby51 min
Nov 28, 3:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox33 min
Nov 28, 3:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo22 min
Nov 28, 4:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas, Perry31 min
Nov 28, 4:19 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBibb4 min
Nov 28, 4:23 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXDallas37 min
Nov 28, 4:37 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPerry23 min
Nov 28, 4:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke55 min
Nov 28, 4:57 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXChilton48 min
Nov 28, 4:59 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXDallas16 min
Nov 28, 5:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga12 min
Nov 28, 5:42 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXChilton18 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 33 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 2005-11-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 151 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 2005-11-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 310 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
352 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 28, 1:31 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Butler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 10 more89 min
Nov 28, 2:18 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCButler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale and 4 more8 hr
Nov 28, 7:10 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Geneva, Henry and 2 more95 min
Nov 28, 9:29 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 23 more2 hr
Nov 28, 1:19 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 47 more116 min
Nov 28, 4:39 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 29 more66 min
Nov 28, 5:40 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers and 21 more5 hr

Nearby

Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2005Tornado Watches in Florida, 2005Every tornado watch in 2005

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.