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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 15, 2006Randolph County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2006, 11:57 AM CST for Randolph County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 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: Nov 15, 2006, 11:57 AM CST (17:57 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2006, 1:00 PM CST
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Randolph County, AL

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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, 9:01 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 92 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: 646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 232 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 252 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 151757
TORBMX
ALC111-151900-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0072.061115T1757Z-061115T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1157 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 100 PM CST

* AT 1154 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 19 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF WEDOWEE...OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF ROANOKE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  WEDOWEE BY 1225 PM CST
  NEWELL BY 1235 PM 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

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

LAT...LON 3312 8565 3311 8553 3335 8528 3350 8531
      3349 8549

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 151812
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1212 PM CST WED NOV 15 2006

ALC111-151900-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-061115T1900Z/
RANDOLPH AL-
1212 PM CST WED NOV 15 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST FOR RANDOLPH
COUNTY...

AT 1210 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF
WEDOWEE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF ROANOKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WEDOWEE BY 1225 PM CST
  WOODLAND BY 1235 PM CST
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWELL BY 1240 PM 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.

LAT...LON 3312 8561 3311 8553 3335 8528 3350 8531
      3350 8543

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Nov 15, 11:40 AM CST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 11:40 AM CST, 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1140 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

.UPDATE...WEATHER AND AVIATION DISCUSSION.

&&

.UPDATE...ACTIVE STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE AREA.  TORNADO
WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT.  WILL START TO TRIM BACK PORTIONS OF
WATCHES DURING THE AFTERNOON.  ACTUAL FRONT IS BACK IN MISSISSIPPI...
WITH SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT.

&&

.AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 18Z TAFS.

ACTIVE WEATHER PERIOD ACROSS THE AREA.  SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES
REMAIN IN EFFECT.  IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH
03Z WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS...CEILINGS BELOW 1000 FEET.
DAMAGING WINDS/ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE.  WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.  AFTER 03Z...SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE SHIFTING EAST...EXPECT ISOLATED SHOWERS WITH CEILINGS 1000 TO
2000 FEET.

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.

&&

KSL

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 14, 8:25 PM CST, 15 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
825 PM CST TUE NOV 14 2006

ALZ011>015-017>050-160230-
AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE-
CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE-
JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-
PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA-
TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON-
825 PM CST TUE NOV 14 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

ON WEDNESDAY...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
INCLUDING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND POSSIBLY A FEW TORNADOES.
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT...AND ARRIVE IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA BY 8 AM. THIS
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR
BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM AND EXIT THE STATE BY 6 PM.  HOWEVER...
ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE MAIN
LINE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT.

WHILE THERE IS SOME QUESTION AS TO HOW UNSTABLE THE AIRMASS WILL
BECOME OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA...SEVERE STORMS WITH WINDS NEAR 70 MPH
AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE FROM 8 AM THROUGH 6 PM. AT THIS
TIME...THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FOR AREAS SOUTH OF
A LINE FROM CARROLLTON TO BIRMINGHAM...TO HEFLIN.  HOWEVER...STRONG
TO SEVERE STORMS MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE FARTHER TO THE NORTH.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS...CONDITIONS WILL BECOME
BREEZY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A THREAT WITH THIS SYSTEM. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME...LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY BECOME PROBLEMATIC DUE TO CLOGGED
DRAINAGE AREAS FROM FALLING LEAVES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL
LIKELY BE NECESSARY ON WEDNESDAY.

12/SIRMON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 15, 11:03 AM CST, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1103 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1055 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MONTGOMERY              32.35N 86.28W
11/15/2006                   MONTGOMERY         AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PERRY ROAD BETWEEN FELDER AND I-85 IN MONTGOMERY
            COMPLETELY FLOODED...CARS FLOATING WITH ONE CAR
            UNDERWATER.

&&

DCW

Special weather statement, Nov 15, 11:07 AM CST, 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1107 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

ALZ013>015-151730-
FAYETTE-WALKER-WINSTON-
1107 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR FAYETTE...WALKER AND
WINSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM CST...

...WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING
THUNDERSTORMS...

AT 1106 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM ADDISON TO 5 MILES EAST OF BERRY...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR
BERRY...ARLEY...ADDISON...OAKMAN...JASPER...CURRY...PARRISH AND
TUTWILER THROUGH 1130 AM CST.

THE PRIMARY THREATS ARE STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND MINOR
FLOODING. STRONG WINDS WILL BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS.
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS...RISING
WATER ALONG CREEKS AND FLOODED UNDERPASSES ARE POSSIBLE. REMEMBER.
TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SEEK SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL
ENCLOSED BUILDING ON HIGH GROUND. IF OUTDOORS AND NO SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER IS AVAILABLE.... TAKE SHELTER IN AN AUTOMOBILE...AVOID LOW
LYING AREAS. NEVER DRIVE ACROSS ROADWAYS WITH WATER FLOWING OVER THEM
OR...COVERED WITH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

JD/81

Local storm report, Nov 15, 11:16 AM CST, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1116 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1045 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W REFORM              33.38N 88.05W
11/15/2006                   PICKENS            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN JUST WEST OF REFORM.

&&

DCW

Special weather statement, Nov 15, 11:22 AM CST, 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1122 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

ALZ045-151815-
MACON-
1122 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR MACON COUNTY UNTIL 1215 PM
CST...

...WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING
THUNDERSTORM...

AT 1121 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN MACON COUNTY...MOVING EAST AND
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR FRANKLIN...
TUSKEGEE...NOTASULGA AND SOCIETY HILL THROUGH 1215 PM CST.

THE PRIMARY THREAT IS STRONG GUSTY WIND OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS OF
THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. IF WEATHER
PERMITS...SECURE LOOSE ARTICLES BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE.

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Special weather statement, Nov 15, 11:36 AM CST, 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1136 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

ALZ015-023-151800-
TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-
1136 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR TUSCALOOSA AND WALKER
COUNTIES UNTIL NOON CST...

...WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING
THUNDERSTORMS...

AT 1131 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM CURRY TO 12 MILES WEST OF FOSTERS...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR
PARRISH...JASPER...SAMANTHA...CURRY...NORTHPORT...CORDOVA...
TUSCALOOSA AND TUTWILER THROUGH NOON CST.

THE PRIMARY THREATS ARE STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND MINOR
FLOODING. STRONG WINDS WILL BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS.
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS...RISING
WATER ALONG CREEKS AND FLOODED UNDERPASSES ARE POSSIBLE. REMEMBER.
TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SEEK SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL
ENCLOSED BUILDING ON HIGH GROUND. IF OUTDOORS AND NO SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER IS AVAILABLE.... TAKE SHELTER IN AN AUTOMOBILE...AVOID LOW
LYING AREAS. NEVER DRIVE ACROSS ROADWAYS WITH WATER FLOWING OVER THEM
OR...COVERED WITH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

JD/81

Local storm report, Nov 15, 11:57 AM CST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1157 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1125 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S DADEVILLE           32.82N 85.77W
11/15/2006                   TALLAPOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DAMAGE TO A STRUCTURE AT 1479 LOVELADY ROAD JUST SOUTH OF
            DADEVILLE.

&&

DCW

The 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, 11:06 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	54 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, 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

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.