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Tornado Warning 103, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 11, 2007Coosa County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2007, 4:30 PM CDT for Coosa County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 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: Apr 11, 2007, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2007, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Coosa County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 11, 5:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	E Rockford, AL	2 MILE E OF NIXBURG
Apr 11, 5:04 PM CDT	HAIL 1	2 S Alexander City, AL	QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS OBSERVED NEAR ALEXANDER CITY.
Apr 11, 5:04 PM CDT	HAIL 1	2 S Alexander City, AL
Apr 11, 5:20 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	2 E Alexander City, AL	GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AROUND ALEXANDER CITY.
Apr 11, 5:20 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	2 E Alexander City, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 11, 1:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
Apr 11, 3:48 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 75 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 112130
TORBMX
ALC037-123-112215-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0103.070411T2130Z-070411T2215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL COOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ALEXANDER CITY...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 430 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF GOODWATER... 16 MILES SOUTH OF SYLACAUGA...MOVING EAST
  AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF GOODWATER BY 440 PM CDT...
  ALEXANDER CITY BY 450 PM CDT...
  NEW SITE BY 500 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.

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

LAT...LON 3285 8633 3299 8635 3303 8634 3311 8560
      3290 8559 3289 8561

$$

5 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 112135
SVSBMX

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

ALC037-123-112215-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0103.000000T0000Z-070411T2215Z/
COOSA AL-TALLAPOOSA AL-
436 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
TALLAPOOSA AND COOSA COUNTIES...

AT 433 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
ROCKFORD...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTH OF SYLACAUGA...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSONS GAP 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 3281 8644 3299 8635 3303 8634 3311 8560
      3290 8559 3289 8561 3278 8601

$$
STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 112143
SVSBMX

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

ALC037-123-112215-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0103.000000T0000Z-070411T2215Z/
COOSA AL-TALLAPOOSA AL-
443 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
TALLAPOOSA AND SOUTHEASTERN COOSA COUNTIES...

AT 441 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKFORD...OR
ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF ALEXANDER CITY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ALEXANDER CITY BY 500 PM CDT...
  JACKSONS GAP BY 510 PM CDT...
  EAGLE CREEK...6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HORSESHOE BEND NATIONAL MILITARY
  PARK AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF HORSESHOE BEND 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 3280 8629 3299 8631 3311 8560 3290 8559
      3289 8561 3278 8601

$$

STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 112148
SVSBMX

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

ALC037-123-112215-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0103.000000T0000Z-070411T2215Z/
COOSA AL-TALLAPOOSA AL-
448 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
TALLAPOOSA AND SOUTHEASTERN COOSA COUNTIES...

AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF
ALEXANDER CITY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ALEXANDER CITY BY 505 PM CDT...
  JACKSONS GAP...EAGLE CREEK...6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HORSESHOE BEND
  NATIONAL MILITARY PARK AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HORSESHOE BEND 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 3280 8619 3296 8621 3311 8560 3290 8559
      3289 8561 3278 8601

$$
STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 112159
SVSBMX

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

ALC037-123-112215-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0103.000000T0000Z-070411T2215Z/
COOSA AL-TALLAPOOSA AL-
459 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
TALLAPOOSA AND SOUTHEASTERN COOSA COUNTIES...

AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ALEXANDER CITY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ALEXANDER CITY BY 505 PM CDT...
  JACKSONS GAP...DADEVILLE AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EAGLE CREEK 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 3278 8613 3294 8609 3301 8563 3290 8559
      3281 8572 3278 8601

$$
STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 112207
SVSBMX

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

ALC037-112216-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0103.000000T0000Z-070411T2215Z/
COOSA AL-
506 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

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

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

LAT...LON 3278 8599 3294 8599 3301 8563 3290 8559
      3278 8561

$$

ALC123-112215-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0103.000000T0000Z-070411T2215Z/
TALLAPOOSA AL-
506 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
TALLAPOOSA COUNTY...

AT 502 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ALEXANDER 
CITY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. IN ADDITION...THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED 
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DADEVILLE...6 MILES SOUTH OF EAGLE CREEK...8 MILES SOUTH OF
  HORSESHOE BEND NATIONAL MILITARY PARK AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMP
  HILL 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 3278 8599 3294 8599 3301 8563 3290 8559
      3278 8561

$$

STEFKOVICH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 11, 4:20 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Blount, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, Pickens and 5 more	13 hr
Apr 11, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	37 min
Apr 11, 1:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	29 min
Apr 11, 1:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Sumter	31 min
Apr 11, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	22 min
Apr 11, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	21 min
Apr 11, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	45 min
Apr 11, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	35 min
Apr 11, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	46 min
Apr 11, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker	32 min
Apr 11, 2:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Walker	30 min
Apr 11, 2:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Hale, Perry	41 min
Apr 11, 2:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry	50 min
Apr 11, 3:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson	26 min
Apr 11, 3:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	25 min
Apr 11, 3:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson	34 min
Apr 11, 3:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Shelby	33 min
Apr 11, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	13 min
Apr 11, 3:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas	50 min
Apr 11, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Walker	34 min
Apr 11, 3:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	33 min
Apr 11, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount	30 min
Apr 11, 4:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore	48 min
Apr 11, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah, St. Clair	34 min
Apr 11, 4:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Montgomery	26 min
Apr 11, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lowndes	29 min
Apr 11, 5:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Elmore, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa	51 min
Apr 11, 5:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers, Tallapoosa	41 min
Apr 11, 5:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lee, Macon, Russell	65 min
Apr 11, 5:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers	16 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.