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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 9, 2006Marion County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 2006, 4:06 PM CST for Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 16 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: Mar 9, 2006, 4:06 PM CST (22:06 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2006, 4:22 PM CST
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Marion County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 9, 2:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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: 564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 297 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 314 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 092205
TORBMX
ALC093-092230-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0007.060309T2206Z-060309T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
406 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE AREA OF WINFIELD

* UNTIL 430 PM CST

* AT 401 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WINFIELD...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 85 MPH.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

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 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST
THURSDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3404 8786 3392 8786 3393 8765 3401 8763
      3422 8766

$$

ML/75

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 092214
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
413 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

ALC093-092230-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060309T2230Z/
MARION AL-
413 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY...

AT 413 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST 
MARION COUNTY NEAR BRILLIANT...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
WINFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST
THURSDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3410 8785 3392 8786 3393 8765 3401 8763
      3421 8764

$$

KNS/99

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 092222
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
422 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

ALC093-092232-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060309T2230Z/
MARION AL-
422 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 422 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED
AREAS...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3410 8785 3392 8786 3393 8765 3401 8763
      3421 8764

$$

KNS/99

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 3:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion, Pickens	62 min
Mar 9, 3:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette	62 min
Mar 9, 3:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	55 min
Mar 9, 3:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker, Winston	64 min
Mar 9, 4:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	57 min
Mar 9, 4:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens	46 min
Mar 9, 4:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene	66 min
Mar 9, 4:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette	21 min
Mar 9, 5:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale	39 min
Mar 9, 5:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	26 min
Mar 9, 5:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb	52 min
Mar 9, 5:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	52 min
Mar 9, 5:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	46 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.