Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 110, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2007, 2:13 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Alabama. It was in force for 62 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
- Apr 14, 2007, 2:13 PM CDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2007, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lowndes County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 3:10 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Hayneville, AL | HAILS REPORTS FROM EMA IN THE CITY OF HAYNEVILLE |
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 14, 10:26 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 972 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 141913
TORBMX
ALC085-142015-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0110.070414T1913Z-070414T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
213 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 315 PM CDT
* AT 210 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 23 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MOSSES...OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF CAMDEN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MOSSES BY 245 PM CDT...
HAYNEVILLE BY 255 PM CDT...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3206 8691 3206 8684 3197 8685 3207 8640
3224 8642 3228 8648
$$
614 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KBMX 141926
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
226 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007
ALC085-142015-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0110.000000T0000Z-070414T2015Z/
LOWNDES AL-
226 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR LOWNDES
COUNTY...
AT 220 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
MACEDONIA...OR ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF CAMDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FOSTORIA BY 235 PM CDT...
MOUNT WILLING BY 245 PM CDT...
MOSSES AND BEECHWOOD BY 255 PM CDT...
HAYNEVILLE BY 305 PM CDT...
LOWNDESBORO BY 310 PM CDT...
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.
LAT...LON 3206 8691 3206 8684 3197 8685 3211 8640
3224 8642 3235 8653
$$
61000
WWUS54 KBMX 141937
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
237 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007
ALC085-142015-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0110.000000T0000Z-070414T2015Z/
LOWNDES AL-
237 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR LOWNDES
COUNTY...
AT 233 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FOSTORIA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MOSSES AND BEECHWOOD BY 250 PM CDT...
HAYNEVILLE AND WHITE HALL BY 300 PM CDT...
LOWNDESBORO BY 305 PM CDT...
MANACK BY 315 PM CDT...
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.
LAT...LON 3214 8686 3204 8683 3219 8642 3224 8642
3235 8650 3238 8665
$$
61000
WWUS54 KBMX 141949
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
248 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007
ALC085-142015-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0110.000000T0000Z-070414T2015Z/
LOWNDES AL-
248 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR LOWNDES
COUNTY...
AT 246 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
COLLIRENE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER POTENTIAL TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MACEDONIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH.
THE TORNADOES WILL BE NEAR...
ALABAMA RIVER AT JONES BLUFF BY 255 PM CDT...
WHITE HALL AND LOWNDESBORO BY 300 PM CDT...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THESE TORNADOES. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE
PLACE.
LAT...LON 3214 8686 3197 8679 3207 8641 3224 8642
3235 8650 3237 8678
$$
61000
WWUS54 KBMX 142001
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
301 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007
ALC085-142015-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0110.000000T0000Z-070414T2015Z/
LOWNDES AL-
301 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR LOWNDES
COUNTY...
AT 258 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HAYNEVILLE...OR ABOUT 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTGOMERY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LETOHATCHEE BY 310 PM CDT...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3210 8666 3203 8663 3211 8641 3224 8642
3235 8650
$$
61The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 4:50 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 14, 11:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 63 min |
| Apr 14, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 62 min |
| Apr 14, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon | 54 min |
| Apr 14, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 11 min |
| Apr 14, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 46 min |
| Apr 14, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 17 min |
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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.