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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Birmingham, AL

September 22, 2006Blount County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 22, 2006, 4:35 PM CDT for Blount County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 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: Sep 22, 2006, 4:35 PM CDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired: Sep 22, 2006, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Blount County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 22, 2:10 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 98 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: 911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 336 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 373 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 222135
TORBMX
ALC009-222215-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0053.060922T2135Z-060922T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
435 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BLOUNT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 435 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES WEST OF
  CLEVELAND...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICKWOOD CAVERNS...MOVING
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUSAN
  MOORE AND BLOUNTSVILLE

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
ON THE WEB WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BMX (SUBMIT A STORM REPORT)
CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT...LON 3403 8671 3395 8682 3395 8638 3420 8644
      3414 8657

$$

10/ARM

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 222148
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
447 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

ALC009-222215-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-060922T2215Z/
BLOUNT AL-
447 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
BLOUNT COUNTY...

AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
NECTAR...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICKWOOD CAVERNS...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CLEVELAND...BLOUNTSVILLE...ROSA AND SUSAN MOORE

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.

LAT...LON 3403 8671 3395 8682 3395 8638 3420 8644
      3414 8657

$$

10/ARM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 22, 9:46 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah, Fayette and 15 more	8 hr
Sep 22, 1:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Winston	33 min
Sep 22, 1:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Winston	22 min
Sep 22, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair	45 min
Sep 22, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair	15 min
Sep 22, 3:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Shelby	25 min
Sep 22, 5:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson	24 min
Sep 22, 5:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount	28 min
Sep 22, 5:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount	32 min
Sep 22, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount	30 min
Sep 22, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount	30 min
Sep 22, 6:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount	40 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.