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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 22, 2006Chilton County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 22, 2006, 5:47 PM CST for Chilton County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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: Feb 22, 2006, 5:47 PM CST (23:47 UTC)
Expired: Feb 22, 2006, 6:15 PM CST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chilton County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 22, 5:50 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	10 Sw Maplesville, AL	REPORT OF TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST CHILTON COUNTY.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 55 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: 616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 224 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 222348
TORBMX
ALC021-230015-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0005.060222T2347Z-060223T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
547 PM CST WED FEB 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CHILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 615 PM CST

* AT 544 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER THE 
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CHILTON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF PAUL GRIST 
STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE 
EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTION OF CHILTON COUNTY.

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.

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

LAT...LON 3272 8701 3267 8702 3266 8683 3267 8671
      3272 8671

$$

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2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 230007
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
607 PM CST WED FEB 22 2006

ALC021-230015-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060223T0015Z/
CHILTON AL-
607 PM CST WED FEB 22 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR EXTREME
SOUTHERN CHILTON COUNTY...

AT 603 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTH 
CENTRAL CHILTON COUNTY...NEAR THE AUTAUGA COUNTY LINE AT HIGHWAY 82.

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.

LAT...LON 3269 8680 3266 8680 3266 8671 3270 8671

$$

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000 
WWUS54 KBMX 230016
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
615 PM CST WED FEB 22 2006

ALC021-230025-
/O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060223T0015Z/
CHILTON AL-
615 PM CST WED FEB 22 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CHILTON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 615 PM 
CST...

AT 615 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.

FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CHILTON 
COUNTY WHEN THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH THAT AREA.

LAT...LON 3269 8680 3266 8680 3266 8671 3270 8671

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 22, 5:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Perry	21 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.