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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 13, 2006Lamar County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2006, 3:44 PM CST for Lamar County, Alabama. It was in force for 54 min. 5 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: Mar 13, 2006, 3:44 PM CST (21:44 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2006, 4:38 PM CST
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lamar County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 13, 4:06 PM CST	TORNADO	5 Sw Sulligent, AL	F0 TORNADO DAMAGED TWO BARN ROOFS. PATH WAS LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE LONG AND 30 YARDS WIDE
Mar 13, 4:07 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	5 Sw Sulligent, AL	FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTING ONE HALF MILE FROM THE STATE LINE IN WESTERN LAMAR COUNTY.
Mar 13, 4:08 PM CST	HAIL 0.25	5 Sw Sulligent, AL	PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF LAMAR COUNTY.
Mar 13, 4:19 PM CST	HAIL 0.25	Sulligent, AL	PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT THE SULLIGENT AIRPORT.
Mar 13, 4:21 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	Sulligent, AL	FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTING AT THE SULLIGENT AIRPORT.

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
Mar 13, 1:48 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 147 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: 37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 138 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 132145
TORBMX
ALC075-132245-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0008.060313T2144Z-060313T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
344 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 445 PM CST

* AT 344 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 20 MILES WEST OF
  SULLIGENT...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ABERDEEN...MOVING EAST AT
  35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SULLIGENT BY 415 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.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3397 8822 3402 8805 3404 8802 3403 8796
      3380 8796 3377 8814 3375 8819 3375 8824
      3374 8825

$$

JONES/90

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 132202
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
402 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

ALC075-132245-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060313T2245Z/
LAMAR AL-
402 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
LAMAR COUNTY...

AT 402 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
SULLIGENT...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF ABERDEEN...MOVING EAST AT 35 
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SULLIGENT BY 415 PM CST
  MANSFIELD AND BEAVERTON BY 425 PM CST

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 800 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3397 8822 3402 8805 3404 8802 3403 8796
      3380 8796 3377 8814 3375 8819 3375 8824
      3374 8825

$$

JONES/90

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 132225
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
425 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

ALC075-132245-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060313T2245Z/
LAMAR AL-
425 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
LAMAR COUNTY...

AT 425 PM CST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR SULLIGENT...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF WINFIELD...MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MANSFIELD BY 430 PM CST

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 800 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3397 8822 3402 8805 3404 8802 3403 8796
      3380 8796 3377 8814 3375 8819 3375 8824
      3374 8825

$$

JONES/90

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 132238
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
438 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

ALC075-132248-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060313T2245Z/
LAMAR AL-
438 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 438 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3397 8822 3402 8805 3404 8802 3403 8796
      3380 8796 3377 8814 3375 8819 3375 8824
      3374 8825

$$

JONES/90

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 13, 11:19 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	7 hr
Mar 13, 4:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette, Marion	42 min
Mar 13, 4:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	48 min
Mar 13, 4:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Walker	39 min
Mar 13, 4:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	36 min
Mar 13, 4:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette, Marion	9 min
Mar 13, 5:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette	43 min
Mar 13, 5:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Walker	17 min
Mar 13, 5:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	19 min
Mar 13, 5:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Walker	17 min
Mar 13, 5:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	61 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.