Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 124, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2007, 1:25 PM CDT for Bullock County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 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 26, 2007, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2007, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bullock County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 1309 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 261825
TORBMX
ALC011-261915-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0124.070426T1825Z-070426T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
125 PM CDT THU APR 26 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BULLOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF UNION SPRINGS...
* UNTIL 215 PM CDT
* AT 121 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF UNION SPRINGS...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF TROY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
UNION SPRINGS BY 200 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 3197 8579 3197 8587 3200 8589 3205 8589
3207 8591 3208 8596 3205 8597 3206 8599
3223 8572 3207 8556 3195 8578
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KBMX 261837
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
136 PM CDT THU APR 26 2007
ALC011-261915-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0124.000000T0000Z-070426T1915Z/
BULLOCK AL-
136 PM CDT THU APR 26 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
BULLOCK COUNTY...
AT 131 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SIMSVILLE...OR
ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNION SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SARDIS BY 145 PM CDT...
ABERFOIL BY 150 PM CDT...
UNION SPRINGS BY 200 PM CDT...
SEDGEFIELD AND MOTON FIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BY 205 PM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3201 8579 3202 8585 3200 8589 3205 8589
3207 8591 3209 8592 3223 8572 3207 8556
3204 8568
$$000
WWUS54 KBMX 261856
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
156 PM CDT THU APR 26 2007
ALC011-261915-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0124.000000T0000Z-070426T1915Z/
BULLOCK AL-
156 PM CDT THU APR 26 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
BULLOCK COUNTY...
AT 151 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR UNION SPRINGS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL NORTHERN BULLOCK COUNTY AT 210 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 3207 8579 3210 8580 3213 8582 3223 8572
3212 8562 3208 8572
$$000
WWUS54 KBMX 261912
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
212 PM CDT THU APR 26 2007
ALC011-261922-
/O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0124.000000T0000Z-070426T1915Z/
BULLOCK AL-
212 PM CDT THU APR 26 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BULLOCK COUNTY EXPIRES AT 215 PM
CDT...
LAT...LON 3207 8579 3210 8580 3213 8582 3223 8572
3212 8562 3208 8572
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 12:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 22 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.