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Tornado Warning 74, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 15, 2006Barbour County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2006, 12:29 PM CST for Barbour County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports 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, 12:29 PM CST (18:29 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2006, 1:30 PM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Barbour County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 15, 12:55 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGMount Andrew, ALDAMAGE TO HOUSE ON DRY CREEK ROAD IN THE MOUNT ANDREW AREA. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Nov 15, 12:55 PM CSTTORNADO 11 W Mount Andrew, ALONE HOUSE RECEIVED ROOF AND WALL DAMAGE. A NEARBY TREE WAS ALSO SNAPPED OFF 6 FEET OFF THE GROUND. TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS 75 YARDS LONG AND 100 YARDS WIDE.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 15, 9:54 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 180 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2006-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2006-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 232 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 151829
TORBMX
ALC005-151930-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0074.061115T1829Z-061115T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1229 PM CST WED NOV 15 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 130 PM CST

* AT 1227 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF CLAYTON...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF TROY...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  CLAYTON BY 1245 PM CST
  MOUNT ANDREW BY 1250 PM CST
  BATESVILLE BY 100 PM CST

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 3188 8567 3168 8571 3208 8517 3215 8526
      3216 8542 3203 8543 3200 8557

$$

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2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KBMX 151849
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1248 PM CST WED NOV 15 2006

ALC005-151930-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-061115T1930Z/
BARBOUR AL-
1248 PM CST WED NOV 15 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CST FOR BARBOUR 
COUNTY...

AT 1244 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUNT ANDREW...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF UNION
SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MOUNT ANDREW BY 1255 PM CST
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BATESVILLE BY 110 PM CST

THIS STORM PRODUCED DAMAGE IN SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY WHEN IT MOVED 
THROUGH.

LAT...LON 3188 8567 3168 8571 3208 8517 3215 8526
      3216 8542 3203 8543 3200 8557

$$

61
000 
WWUS54 KBMX 151916
SVSBMX

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

ALC005-151930-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-061115T1930Z/
BARBOUR AL-
116 PM CST WED NOV 15 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CST FOR BARBOUR 
COUNTY...

AT 114 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BATESVILLE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EUFAULA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF BATESVILLE BY 130 PM CST

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 3183 8547 3177 8542 3202 8507 3208 8517
      3215 8527 3196 8541

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 4:07 AM CSTWind AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more10 hr
Nov 15, 5:22 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXMarengo53 min
Nov 15, 9:34 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXLowndes26 min
Nov 15, 9:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Marion37 min
Nov 15, 9:53 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery52 min
Nov 15, 10:13 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXLowndes, Montgomery3 hr
Nov 15, 10:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston41 min
Nov 15, 10:20 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXAutauga, Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry3 hr
Nov 15, 10:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens38 min
Nov 15, 10:35 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXElmore40 min
Nov 15, 11:06 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXTallapoosa54 min
Nov 15, 11:09 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXChambers, Clay, Coosa, Elmore, Lee, Macon and 2 more4 hr
Nov 15, 11:32 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXLee28 min
Nov 15, 11:40 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXChambers65 min
Nov 15, 11:57 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXRandolph63 min
Nov 15, 12:08 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPike37 min
Nov 15, 12:41 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBullock37 min
Nov 15, 12:41 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMacon34 min
Nov 15, 1:05 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXLee55 min
Nov 15, 1:12 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXRussell48 min
Nov 15, 1:14 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXLowndes, Montgomery3 hr
Nov 15, 1:32 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBarbour28 min
Nov 15, 3:18 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXChambers, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.