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Tornado Warning 77, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 15, 2006Lee County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2006, 1:05 PM CST for Lee County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 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, 1:05 PM CST (19:05 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2006, 2:00 PM CST
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lee County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 15, 1:05 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 S Auburn, AL	FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BETWEEN MILE MARKER 51 AND 54 ON I-85...NEAR THE MACON COUNTY LINE.

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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 151905
TORBMX
ALC081-152000-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0077.061115T1905Z-061115T2000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OPELIKA...AUBURN...CHEWACLA STATE
  PARK

* UNTIL 200 PM CST

* AT 101 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CHEWACLA
  STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  OPELIKA BY 115 PM CST
  SALEM BY 125 PM CST

STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM.

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.

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

LAT...LON 3258 8556 3245 8541 3262 8509 3274 8512
      3273 8540

$$

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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, 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, 1:12 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.