Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 129, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 14, 2007, 10:38 AM CDT for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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
- Sep 14, 2007, 10:38 AM CDT (15:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2007, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Tuscaloosa County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 704 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBMX 141539 TORBMX ALC125-141615- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0129.070914T1538Z-070914T1615Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1038 AM CDT FRI SEP 14 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TUSCALOOSA...HOLT... * UNTIL 1115 AM CDT * AT 1034 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINDHAM SPRINGS BY 1045 AM CDT... BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM BY 1055 AM 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 3335 8769 3322 8754 3339 8725 3358 8742 $$ KSL
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KBMX 141550 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1050 AM CDT FRI SEP 14 2007 ALC125-141615- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0129.000000T0000Z-070914T1615Z/ TUSCALOOSA AL- 1050 AM CDT FRI SEP 14 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY... AT 1047 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF WINDHAM SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF HOLT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WINDHAM SPRINGS BY 1055 AM CDT... BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM BY 1105 AM CDT... WHITSON BY 1110 AM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3342 8762 3332 8752 3339 8725 3358 8742 $$ KSL
000 WWUS54 KBMX 141602 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1102 AM CDT FRI SEP 14 2007 ALC125-141615- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0129.000000T0000Z-070914T1615Z/ TUSCALOOSA AL- 1102 AM CDT FRI SEP 14 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY... AT 1059 AM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLT... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 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 3344 8757 3331 8748 3339 8725 3358 8742 $$ KSL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 11:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Sep 14, 11:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa | 18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.