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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 13, 2006Fayette County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2006, 5:17 PM CST for Fayette County, Alabama. It was in force for 43 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: Mar 13, 2006, 5:17 PM CST (23:17 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fayette County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 13, 1:48 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 105 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 132317
TORBMX
ALC057-140000-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0013.060313T2317Z-060314T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
517 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 600 PM CST

* AT 512 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF
  NEWTONVILLE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAYETTE...MOVING EAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  NEWTONVILLE BY 530 PM CST

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 3360 8795 3353 8795 3353 8768 3359 8766
      3362 8763

$$

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2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 132333
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
532 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

ALC057-140000-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060314T0000Z/
FAYETTE AL-
532 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR
SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY...

AT 529 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWTONVILLE...OR
ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF FAYETTE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY...INCLUDING 
NEWTON AND CONCORDVILLE...THROUGH 600 PM.

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 3361 8790 3353 8795 3353 8768 3359 8766
      3362 8763

$$

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000 
WWUS54 KBMX 140001
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
600 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

ALC057-140010-
/O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060314T0000Z/
FAYETTE AL-
600 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 600
PM CST...

AT 600 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED
AREA. THUS...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3361 8790 3353 8795 3353 8768 3359 8766
      3362 8763

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 13, 11:19 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	7 hr
Mar 13, 3:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lamar	54 min
Mar 13, 4:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette, Marion	42 min
Mar 13, 4:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	48 min
Mar 13, 4:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Walker	39 min
Mar 13, 4:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	36 min
Mar 13, 4:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette, Marion	9 min
Mar 13, 5:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Walker	17 min
Mar 13, 5:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	19 min
Mar 13, 5:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Walker	17 min
Mar 13, 5:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.