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Tornado Warning 102, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 11, 2007Autauga County, Elmore County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2007, 4:27 PM CDT for Autauga County, Elmore County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 min. 19 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
Apr 11, 2007, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2007, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Autauga County, AL, Elmore County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 11, 4:39 PM CDTHAIL 1Pine Level, ALQUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE PINE LEVEL COMMUNITY.
Apr 11, 4:39 PM CDTHAIL 1Pine Level, AL
Apr 11, 4:47 PM CDTHAIL 1.252 N Millbrook, ALHAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS WAS REPORTED NEAR NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 14 AND STATE HIGHWAY 143.
Apr 11, 4:47 PM CDTHAIL 1.25Millbrook, ALHW 14 / HW 143
Apr 11, 4:50 PM CDTHAIL 1Coosada, ALIN TOWN
Apr 11, 4:50 PM CDTHAIL 1Coosada, ALQUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS OBSERVED IN COOSADA.
Apr 11, 4:51 PM CDTHAIL 2.753 W Wetumpka, ALBASEBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 14 BETWEEN WETUMPKA AND ELMORE.
Apr 11, 4:51 PM CDTHAIL 2.753 W Wetumpka, ALHW 14
Apr 11, 4:58 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD2 W Wetumpka, ALHWY 14 AND HW 143 CITY OF ELMORE
Apr 11, 4:58 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD5 W Wetumpka, ALA FUNNEL CLOUD WAS OBSEVED ALOGN STATE HIGHWAY 14 AND STATE HIGHWAY 143 NEAR ELMORE.
Apr 11, 4:58 PM CDTHAIL 2Millbrook, AL
Apr 11, 4:58 PM CDTHAIL 2.75Millbrook, ALHAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS FELL IN AND AROUND MILLBROOK.
Apr 11, 5:00 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Millbrook, ALPENNY SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS.
Apr 11, 5:00 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Millbrook, ALWIDESPREAD HAIL ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTION OF COUNTY
Apr 11, 5:00 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Millbrook, ALONE CARPORT WAS DAMAGED AND WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT OF A HOME IN MILLBROOK DUE TO HAIL DAMAGE.
Apr 11, 5:00 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Millbrook, ALONE PORCH WAS DAMAGED AND A BAY WINDOW WAS BLOWN OUT OF A HOME IN MILLBROOK DUE TO HAIL DAMAGE. ADAM-EMA CALLED TO REPORT.
Apr 11, 5:05 PM CDTTORNADO5 Se Wetumpka, ALA BRIEF EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE NEW BINGHAM COMMUNITY. AT LEAST ONE HOME RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND A FEW TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN.
Apr 11, 5:15 PM CDTHAIL 0.25E Wetumpka, ALPEA SIZE FELL AROUND WETUMPKA.
Apr 11, 5:15 PM CDTHAIL 0.25E Wetumpka, AL

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
Apr 11, 1:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 90 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2007-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2007-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 342 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
501 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
342 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
389 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 112127
TORBMX
ALC001-051-112215-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0102.070411T2127Z-070411T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
427 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN AUTAUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PRATTVILLE...
  SOUTHERN ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MILLBROOK...WETUMPKA...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 427 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES   
NORTHWEST OF PRATTVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PRATTVILLE BY 435 PM CDT...
  MILLBROOK BY 445 PM CDT...
  ELMORE AND COOSADA BY 450 PM CDT...
  WETUMPKA...COOSA RIVER AT WETUMPKA AND BLUE RIDGE BY 500 PM CDT...
  6 MILES SOUTH OF ECLECTIC BY 515 PM CDT...

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 CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3261 8667 3267 8593 3246 8592 3246 8599
      3244 8600 3244 8619 3245 8618 3251 8625
      3247 8632 3244 8632 3244 8666

$$
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KBMX 112134
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
435 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

ALC001-051-112215-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0102.000000T0000Z-070411T2215Z/
AUTAUGA AL-ELMORE AL-
435 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
ELMORE AND EAST CENTRAL AUTAUGA COUNTIES...

AT 433 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MILLBROOK...OR ABOUT NEAR PRATTVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DEATSVILLE BY 440 PM CDT...
  WETUMPKA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...ELMORE...COOSADA AND MILLBROOK BY 445
  PM CDT...
  COOSA RIVER AT WETUMPKA...WETUMPKA AND WALLSBORO BY 455 PM CDT...
  BLUE RIDGE BY 500 PM CDT...
  CLAUD BY 505 PM CDT...

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.

LAT...LON 3261 8659 3267 8593 3246 8592 3246 8599
      3244 8600 3244 8619 3245 8618 3251 8625
      3247 8633 3247 8647 3245 8656

$$
STEFKOVICH
000 
WWUS54 KBMX 112141
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
440 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

ALC001-051-112215-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0102.000000T0000Z-070411T2215Z/
AUTAUGA AL-ELMORE AL-
440 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
ELMORE AND EAST CENTRAL AUTAUGA COUNTIES...

AT 437 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR 
MILLBROOK...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  BETWEEN 430 PM AND 435 
PM...QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED THREE MILES NORTH OF PRATTVILLE.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ELMORE...WETUMPKA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...SPEIGNER AND COOSADA BY 445
  PM CDT...
  JORDAN DAM BY 450 PM CDT...
  COOSA RIVER AT WETUMPKA...WETUMPKA...WALLSBORO AND BLUE RIDGE BY
  455 PM CDT...
  CLAUD BY 505 PM CDT...

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.

LAT...LON 3258 8648 3267 8593 3246 8592 3246 8599
      3244 8600 3244 8619 3245 8618 3251 8625
      3247 8633 3247 8647 3246 8649

$$
STEFKOVICH
000 
WWUS54 KBMX 112145
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
445 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

ALC001-112155-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0102.000000T0000Z-070411T2215Z/
AUTAUGA AL-
445 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR AUTAUGA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3258 8640 3267 8593 3246 8592 3246 8599
      3244 8600 3244 8619 3245 8618 3251 8625
      3247 8633 3246 8640 3253 8640

$$

ALC051-112215-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0102.000000T0000Z-070411T2215Z/
ELMORE AL-
445 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
ELMORE COUNTY...

AT 441 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MILLBROOK...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WETUMPKA...COOSA RIVER AT WETUMPKA...BLUE RIDGE AND WALLSBORO BY
  455 PM CDT...
  CLAUD AND 6 MILES NORTH OF WARE BY 505 PM CDT...
  6 MILES SOUTH OF ECLECTIC BY 510 PM CDT...

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.

LAT...LON 3258 8640 3267 8593 3246 8592 3246 8599
      3244 8600 3244 8619 3245 8618 3251 8625
      3247 8633 3246 8640 3253 8640

$$
STEFKOVICH
000 
WWUS54 KBMX 112156
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
455 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

ALC051-112215-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0102.000000T0000Z-070411T2215Z/
ELMORE AL-
455 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
ELMORE COUNTY...

AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COOSADA...OR ABOUT
6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WETUMPKA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  IN 
ADDITION...THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL TO THE SIZE OF 
BASEBALLS WITH THIS STORM.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BLUE RIDGE...WETUMPKA AND COOSA RIVER AT WETUMPKA BY 500 PM CDT...
  WARE AND CLAUD BY 510 PM CDT...
  9 MILES SOUTH OF ECLECTIC BY 515 PM CDT...

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.

LAT...LON 3258 8640 3267 8593 3246 8592 3246 8599
      3244 8600 3244 8619 3245 8618 3251 8625
      3247 8633 3246 8640 3253 8640

$$

STEFKOVICH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 4:20 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryBMXBlount, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, Pickens and 5 more13 hr
Apr 11, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar37 min
Apr 11, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion29 min
Apr 11, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Hale, Sumter31 min
Apr 11, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar22 min
Apr 11, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion21 min
Apr 11, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa45 min
Apr 11, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston35 min
Apr 11, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter46 min
Apr 11, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker32 min
Apr 11, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXWalker30 min
Apr 11, 2:49 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBibb, Hale, Perry41 min
Apr 11, 2:55 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXDallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry50 min
Apr 11, 3:04 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXJefferson26 min
Apr 11, 3:05 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa25 min
Apr 11, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBlount, Jefferson34 min
Apr 11, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBibb, Chilton, Shelby33 min
Apr 11, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa13 min
Apr 11, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXAutauga, Dallas50 min
Apr 11, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Walker34 min
Apr 11, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXChilton, Coosa33 min
Apr 11, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount30 min
Apr 11, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCoosa, Tallapoosa45 min
Apr 11, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Etowah, St. Clair34 min
Apr 11, 4:49 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery26 min
Apr 11, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes29 min
Apr 11, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXElmore, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa51 min
Apr 11, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXChambers, Tallapoosa41 min
Apr 11, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLee, Macon, Russell65 min
Apr 11, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXChambers16 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.