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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 13, 2006Barbour County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2006, 12:30 PM CST for Barbour County, Alabama. It was in force for 15 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: Jan 13, 2006, 12:30 PM CST (18:30 UTC)
Expired: Jan 13, 2006, 12:45 PM CST
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Barbour 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
Jan 13, 7:11 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 159 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 131830
TORBMX
ALC005-131845-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0003.060113T1830Z-060113T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1230 PM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1245 PM CST

* AT 1230 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NORTH
  CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF EUFAULA...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN BARBOUR COUNTY AT 1240 PM CST INCLUDING SPRING  
  HILL AND 3 MILES NORTH OF BATESVILLE

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 3211 8537 3215 8529 3215 8526 3206 8519
      3207 8511 3206 8506 3204 8506 3201 8529
      3201 8534

$$

MBS/91

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 131846
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1246 PM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

ALC005-131855-
/O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060113T1845Z/
BARBOUR AL-
1246 PM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BARBOUR COUNTY EXPIRED AT
1245 PM CST...

AT 1246 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS 
NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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

PLEASE CALL 1-800-856-0758 IF YOU HAVE ANY REPORTS OF DAMAGE.

LAT...LON 3211 8537 3215 8529 3215 8526 3206 8519
      3207 8511 3206 8506 3204 8506 3201 8529
      3201 8534

$$

MBS/91

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, 12:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour	23 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.