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Tornado Warning 119, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 14, 2007Barbour County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2007, 6:14 PM CDT for Barbour County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Barbour County, AL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 14, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2007-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2007-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 313 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
313 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
446 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 142314
TORBMX
ALC005-150000-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0119.070414T2314Z-070415T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 611 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF COMER...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF UNION SPRINGS...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COMER BY 640 PM CDT...
  SPRING HILL BY 645 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.

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

LAT...LON 3193 8565 3188 8566 3207 8517 3214 8526
      3216 8542 3204 8543 3202 8550

$$

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2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KBMX 142328
SVSBMX

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

ALC005-150000-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0119.000000T0000Z-070415T0000Z/
BARBOUR AL-
628 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN 
BARBOUR COUNTY...

AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
COMER...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UNION SPRINGS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COMER BY 645 PM CDT...
  SPRING HILL BY 650 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 3199 8557 3190 8555 3207 8517 3214 8526
      3216 8542 3204 8543 3202 8550

$$

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000 
WWUS54 KBMX 142339
SVSBMX

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

ALC005-150000-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0119.000000T0000Z-070415T0000Z/
BARBOUR AL-
639 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
BARBOUR COUNTY...

AT 637 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COMER...OR ABOUT
19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UNION SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COMER BY 645 PM CDT...
  SOUTH FORK COWIKEE CREEK AND SPRING HILL BY 650 PM CDT...
  HAWKINSVILLE BY 700 PM CDT...

THIS STORM PRODUCED DAMAGE IN SOUTHERN BULLOCK COUNTY WHEN IT MOVED 
THROUGH.

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 3199 8557 3190 8555 3205 8513 3214 8526
      3214 8537 3204 8543 3202 8550

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 4:50 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more16 hr
Apr 14, 11:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar25 min
Apr 14, 2:13 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLowndes62 min
Apr 14, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes, Montgomery63 min
Apr 14, 3:31 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery44 min
Apr 14, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery62 min
Apr 14, 4:23 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBullock37 min
Apr 14, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMacon54 min
Apr 14, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPike11 min
Apr 14, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBullock34 min
Apr 14, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPike33 min
Apr 14, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBullock28 min
Apr 14, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXRussell35 min
Apr 14, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBarbour17 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.