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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2006, 12:41 PM CST for Macon County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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, 12:41 PM CST (18:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2006, 1:15 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Macon County, AL
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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 151842 RRA
TORBMX
ALC087-151915-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0076.061115T1841Z-061115T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1241 PM CST WED NOV 15 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TUSKEGEE
* UNTIL 115 PM CST
* AT 1235 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TUSKEGEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
NOTASULGA BY 1250 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.
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 400 PM CST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
ON THE WEB WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BMX (SUBMIT A STORM REPORT)
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3243 8587 3258 8568 3249 8549 3250 8544
3248 8544 3247 8546 3245 8551 3241 8556
3230 8573
$$
JD/81The 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, 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.