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Tornado Warning 69, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2006, 11:06 AM CST for Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 54 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
- Nov 15, 2006, 11:06 AM CST (17:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2006, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Tallapoosa County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 11:25 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Dadeville, AL | DAMAGE TO A STRUCTURE AT 1479 LOVELADY ROAD JUST SOUTH OF DADEVILLE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 9:54 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 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 151706
TORBMX
ALC123-151800-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0069.061115T1706Z-061115T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1106 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DADEVILLE
* UNTIL NOON CST
* AT 1103 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DADEVILLE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF TALLASSEE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
DADEVILLE AND JACKSONS GAP BY 1130 AM CST
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.
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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
ON THE WEB WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BMX (SUBMIT A STORM REPORT)
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3276 8593 3276 8589 3264 8590 3288 8559
3312 8559 3312 8568
$$
611 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KBMX 151717
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1116 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006
ALC123-151800-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-061115T1800Z/
TALLAPOOSA AL-
1116 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FOR TALLAPOOSA
COUNTY...
AT 1111 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
BARNESVILLE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF WIND CREEK STATE PARK...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
AN ADDITIONAL TORNADO WAS INDICATED IN SOUTHERN TALLAPOOSA
COUNTY...JUST SOUTH OF BARNESVILLE....MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD CAMP
HILL.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DADEVILLE AND JACKSONS GAP BY 1135 AM CST
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMP HILL BY 1140 AM CST
6 MILES SOUTH OF DAVISTON BY NOON CST
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3275 8593 3275 8589 3260 8583 3259 8580
3259 8574 3266 8570 3270 8570 3279 8559
3288 8559 3312 8559 3312 8568
$$
61The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 4:07 AM CST | Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 10 hr |
| Nov 15, 5:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 53 min |
| Nov 15, 9:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 26 min |
| Nov 15, 9:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 37 min |
| Nov 15, 9:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 52 min |
| Nov 15, 10:13 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Nov 15, 10:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 41 min |
| Nov 15, 10:20 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry | 3 hr |
| Nov 15, 10:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 38 min |
| Nov 15, 10:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 40 min |
| Nov 15, 11:09 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chambers, Clay, Coosa, Elmore, Lee, Macon and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 15, 11:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee | 28 min |
| Nov 15, 11:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 65 min |
| Nov 15, 11:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Randolph | 63 min |
| Nov 15, 12:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 37 min |
| Nov 15, 12:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 61 min |
| Nov 15, 12:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 37 min |
| Nov 15, 12:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon | 34 min |
| Nov 15, 1:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee | 55 min |
| Nov 15, 1:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 48 min |
| Nov 15, 1:14 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Nov 15, 1:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 28 min |
| Nov 15, 3:18 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa | 3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.