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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 13, 2006Fayette County, Marion County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2006, 4:18 PM CST for Fayette County, Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 min. 4 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, 4:18 PM CST (22:18 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2006, 5:00 PM CST
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fayette County, AL, Marion County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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, 4:48 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Winfield, AL	POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR WINFIELD. TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG US 43 IN WINFIELD.
Mar 13, 4:50 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	15 N Fayette, AL	POSSIBLE TORNADO IN NORTHERN FAYETTE. TREES BLOWN DOWN ALONG US 43 NEAR WEEKS ROAD.
Mar 13, 4:54 PM CST	TORNADO	2 E Glen Allen, AL	AN F1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF GLEN ALLEN. THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD WHERE IT UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREES ALONG ITS PATH. THE TORNADO CROSSED CR 65 AND CR 53 BEFORE ENDING NEAR ELDRIDGE ROAD. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS1.5 MILES LONG AND 50 YARDS
Mar 13, 5:05 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	15 N Fayette, AL	POSSIBLE TORNADO IN NORTHERN FAYETTE. TREES BLOWN DOWN ALONG US 43 NEAR WEEKS ROAD.

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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 132218
TORBMX
ALC057-093-132300-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0009.060313T2218Z-060313T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE AREA OF WINFIELD
  NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 500 PM CST

* AT 418 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF GUIN...OR ABOUT 18 MILES WEST OF WINFIELD...MOVING
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  GUIN BY 435 PM CST
  WINFIELD BY 445 PM CST
  BAZEMORE AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF BRILLIANT BY 450 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.

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

LAT...LON 3404 8772 3406 8768 3406 8764 3388 8764
      3387 8763 3387 8754 3384 8754 3379 8795
      3399 8795

$$

JONES/90

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 132232
SVSBMX

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

ALC057-093-132300-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060313T2300Z/
FAYETTE AL-MARION AL-
432 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MARION AND NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTIES...

AT 432 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
WAYSIDE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF WINFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WAYSIDE...GU-WIN AND GUIN BY 440 PM CST
  WINFIELD BY 445 PM CST
  GLEN ALLEN AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF BRILLIANT BY 450 PM CST
  BAZEMORE BY 455 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 3404 8772 3406 8768 3406 8764 3388 8764
      3387 8763 3387 8754 3384 8754 3379 8795
      3399 8795

$$

JONES/90

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 132247
SVSBMX

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

ALC057-093-132300-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060313T2300Z/
FAYETTE AL-MARION AL-
447 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MARION AND NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTIES...

AT 447 PM CST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR GLEN ALLEN...OR ABOUT NEAR WINFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY AT 500 PM CST
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY AT 500 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 3404 8772 3406 8768 3406 8764 3388 8764
      3387 8763 3387 8754 3384 8754 3379 8795
      3399 8795

$$

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, 3:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lamar	54 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.