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Tornado Warning 114, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 14, 2007Macon County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2007, 4:36 PM CDT for Macon County, Alabama. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 14, 2007, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2007, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Macon County, AL

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 142136
TORBMX
ALC087-142230-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0114.070414T2136Z-070414T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
436 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 433 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LIVERPOOL...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF UNION SPRINGS...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LIVERPOOL BY 455 PM CDT...
  DAVISVILLE BY 500 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 3229 8593 3224 8578 3236 8542 3250 8543
      3253 8557

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 142206
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
506 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

ALC087-142230-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0114.000000T0000Z-070414T2230Z/
MACON AL-
506 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR MACON 
COUNTY...

AT 501 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTH OF
DAVISVILLE...OR ABOUT NEAR UNION SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DAVISVILLE BY 520 PM CDT...
  WARRIORSTAND AND CREEK STAND BY 525 PM CDT...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

LAT...LON 3225 8578 3224 8543 3236 8542 3250 8543
      3250 8549

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 14, 3:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 3:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
308 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT - MONDAY NIGHT)

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA WITH THE SEVERE
THREAT REMAINING ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF THE CWA AT
THIS TIME. DEW POINTS HAVE INCREASED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AS
SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE OCCASIONALLY PICKED UP TO NEAR 20KTS. WITH
THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX ACROSS THE SOUTH CONTINUING TO TAP THE
DEEPER MOISTURE...CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER FARTHER NORTH APPEAR
VERY LIMITED AT THIS TIME.

THE UPPER TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH
THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT BRINGING IN STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT.
TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE SURFACE FRONT ARE SHARPLY COLDER WITH MANY
AREAS UPSTREAM REMAINING IN THE 40S TODAY. WE WILL GET ANOTHER
TASTE OF WINTER WITH HIGHS STRUGGLING INTO THE LOWER 50S SUNDAY
ACROSS THE NORTH...WITH MID AND UPPER 50S SOUTH. THESE TEMPERATURES
ARE MUCH MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF JANUARY THAN MID APRIL. THE
COLDEST NIGHT WILL BE SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY MORNING WHEN WIDESPREAD
30S ARE EXPECTED. ITS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THE COLDER LOCATIONS
COULD BRIEFLY TOUCH FREEZING. MID 60S TO LOW 70S FOR HIGHS MONDAY.

.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY - SATURDAY)

A SHORT WAVE EMBEDDED IN THE SOUTHERN STREAM FLOW WILL APPROACH
THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM IS SHOWN WELL BY THE GFS AND
EUROPEAN. THERE DOESNT APPEAR MUCH OPPORTUNITY FOR RETURN FLOW TO
DEVELOP SO THE GFS QPF AMOUNTS SEEM OVERDONE WITH THE HIGHEST POPS
COMING IN THE SOUTHWEST. AFTER THIS SYSTEM...A SHORT WAVE RIDGE
BUILDS IN KEEPING US DRY THROUGH SATURDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...18Z TAF UPDATE.

WILL BE MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TAFS TO REDUCE SHRA AND TS
WORDING ACROSS THE NORTH. SOME CHANGES TO CEILINGS WILL ALSO BE
MADE...ALTHOUGH THERE IS A MUCH LOWER CLOUD DECK COMING IN FROM
MISS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND MVFR CEILINGS ARE STILL EXPECTED
THROUGH MOST OF THE EVENING.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     44  51  33  68  40 /  70  30   0   0   0
ANNISTON    47  52  35  67  43 /  70  30   0   0   0
BIRMINGHAM  45  53  36  68  46 /  60  20   0   0   0
TUSCALOOSA  46  57  37  70  46 /  50  20   0   0   0
CALERA      46  54  38  69  46 /  70  20   0   0   0
AUBURN      46  56  37  64  46 / 100  20   0   0   0
MONTGOMERY  52  59  37  73  45 /  90  20   0   0   0
TROY        49  57  34  68  44 /  90  10   0   0   0

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...LAKE WIND ADVISORY ENTIRE AREA
UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 4:34 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
434 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

ALZ011>015-017>050-151200-
AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE-
CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE-
JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-
PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA-
TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON-
434 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE CONFINED TO AREAS EAST OF
INTERSTATE 65 AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH 7 PM CDT.
THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES. ELSEWHERE...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS ALABAMA THIS
EVENING...AND MAY TRIGGER A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS AREAS
WEST OF INTERSTATE 65.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

ON SUNDAY...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE
EXPECTED DURING THE DAY...AND A WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE
REQUIRED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL
BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 14, 11:48 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1148 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

ALZ011-013>015-141730-
FAYETTE-MARION-WALKER-WINSTON-
1148 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR FAYETTE...WALKER...WINSTON
AND MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM CDT...

AT 1147 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GUIN TO 5 MILES EAST OF
WINFIELD TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF CARBON HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60
MPH.

THE PRIMARY THREAT IS SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. HAIL UP TO ONE
HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...DIME SIZE...IS POSSIBLE.  IF OUTDOORS...
GO INDOORS OR UNDER A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING...OR SEEK SHELTER IN AN
AUTOMOBILE.

THE PRIMARY THREATS IS MINOR FLOODING SUCH AS PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. RISING WATER ALONG
CREEKS AND FLOODED UNDERPASSES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. NEVER DRIVE ACROSS
ROADWAYS WITH WATER FLOWING OVER THEM OR...COVERED WITH WATER OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH.

Local storm report, Apr 14, 11:57 AM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1157 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1132 AM     HAIL             VERNON                  33.76N 88.11W
04/14/2007  E0.25 INCH       LAMAR              AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN VERNON.

&&

LINHARES

Local storm report, Apr 14, 3:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
321 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0310 PM     HAIL             HAYNEVILLE              32.18N 86.58W
04/14/2007  E0.88 INCH       LOWNDES            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HAILS REPORTS FROM EMA IN THE CITY OF HAYNEVILLE

&&

SUNGER

Local storm report, Apr 14, 3:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
333 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0325 PM     TSTM WND DMG     13 W AUTAUGAVILLE       32.43N 86.88W
04/14/2007                   DALLAS             AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES REPORTED DOWN ON HWY 14, TWO MILES FROM DALLAS CO
            LINE. CALL FROM 911 VIA EMA

0330 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST FORT DEPOSIT            31.99N 86.58W
04/14/2007  E45.00 MPH       LOWNDES            AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            REPORT OF WIND GUST THROUGH HAM RADIO OPERATOR

&&

SUNGER

Local storm report, Apr 14, 3:49 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
349 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0340 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FORT DEPOSIT            31.99N 86.58W
04/14/2007                   LOWNDES            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN WITH LOCALIZED
            FLOODING AROUND TOWN.

0342 PM     TORNADO          MONTGOMERY              32.35N 86.28W
04/14/2007                   MONTGOMERY         AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            UNCONFIRMED REPORTS FROM WAKA IN MONTGOMERY OF TORNADO ON
            THE GROUND NEAR SOUTHERN AND WOODLEY RDS. THROUGH CHAT.

0345 PM     LIGHTNING        AUBURN                  32.59N 85.48W
04/14/2007                   LEE                AL   PUBLIC

            HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN AUBURN. 546 MERIMOUNT AVE.

&&

SUNGER

The 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, 2:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lowndes	62 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, 4:39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.