Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 64, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 27, 2006, 2:59 PM CDT for Bullock County, Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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
- Oct 27, 2006, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2006, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bullock County, AL, Pike County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 175 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 479 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 403 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 271959
TORBMX
ALC011-109-272030-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0064.061027T1959Z-061027T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
259 PM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BULLOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
EASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EAST
CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF TROY...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTIES.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
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 3189 8581 3183 8582 3176 8569 3188 8566
3201 8559
$$
612 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KBMX 272008 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 307 PM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ALC109-272017- /O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-061027T2030Z/ PIKE AL- 307 PM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PIKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3194 8576 3188 8575 3188 8566 3201 8559 $$ ALC011-272030- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-061027T2030Z/ BULLOCK AL- 307 PM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN BULLOCK COUNTY... AT 304 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL BULLOCK COUNTY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF TROY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. 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. LAT...LON 3194 8576 3188 8575 3188 8566 3201 8559 $$ 61
000 WWUS54 KBMX 272031 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 331 PM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ALC011-272041- /O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-061027T2030Z/ BULLOCK AL- 331 PM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BULLOCK COUNTY EXPIRED AT 330 PM CDT... AT 331 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3194 8576 3188 8575 3188 8566 3201 8559 $$ 61
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 3:37 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton, Clay and 13 more | 14 hr |
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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.