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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 13, 2006Barbour County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2006, 12:07 PM CST for Barbour County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2006, 12:07 PM CST (18:07 UTC)
Expired: Jan 13, 2006, 12:30 PM CST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Barbour County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 13, 12:13 PM CST	TORNADO 1	4 W Batesville, AL	* 1 INJ * NWS PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY TEAM FOUND TORNADO DAMAGE JUST EAST OF THE COMMUNITY OF COMER. ONE INJURY TO A PERSON IN A CAR THAT WAS LIFTED OFF HIGHWAY 82. ONE LARGE UTILITY SHED DESTROYED...AND HUNDREDS OF TREES SNAPPED OR DOWNED.
Jan 13, 12:13 PM CST	TORNADO	4 W Batesville, AL	* 1 INJ * NWS PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY TEAM FOUND TORNADO DAMAGE JUST EAST OF THE COMMUNITY OF COMER. ONE INJURY TO A PERSON IN A CAR THAT WAS LIFTED OFF HIGHWAY 82. ONE LARGE UTILITY SHED DESTROYED...AND HUNDREDS OF TREES SNAPPED OR DOWNED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 13, 7:11 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 178 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2416 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 131807
TORBMX
ALC005-131830-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0002.060113T1807Z-060113T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1207 PM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE AREA OF EUFAULA

* UNTIL 1230 PM CST

* AT 1205 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MOUNT ANDREW...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF UNION
  SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MOUNT ANDREW BY 1215 PM CST
  CLAYTON BY 1220 PM CST
  BATESVILLE BY 1230 PM CST

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3182 8566 3188 8566 3200 8557 3200 8552
      3203 8546 3202 8543 3207 8541 3211 8525
      3205 8517 3193 8514 3190 8516

$$

MBS/91

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 131819
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1219 PM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

ALC005-131830-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060113T1830Z/
BARBOUR AL-
1219 PM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
BARBOUR COUNTY...

AT 1218 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BATESVILLE...OR
ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF EUFAULA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3193 8545 3196 8550 3198 8554 3200 8552
      3203 8546 3202 8543 3206 8540 3211 8525
      3205 8517 3193 8514 3190 8516

$$

KSL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 13, 3:48 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	36 hr
Jan 13, 12:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour	15 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.