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Tornado Warning 142, NWS Birmingham, AL

October 18, 2007Greene County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 4:26 PM CDT for Greene County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 min. 2 reports 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: Oct 18, 2007, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired: Oct 18, 2007, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Greene County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 18, 4:56 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 Nnw Union, AL	A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SPOTTED JUST NORTH NORTHWEST OF UNION. IT DID NOT DIP DOWN AND TOUCH THE GROUND.
Oct 18, 5:03 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 Ne Mantua, AL	NICKLE TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN JENA NEAR COUNTY RD. 2.

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
Oct 18, 1:31 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 114 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: 234 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 632 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 246 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 331 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 182126
TORBMX
ALC063-182200-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0142.071018T2126Z-071018T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
426 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 426 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WEST
  GREENE...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF ALICEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 7
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  UNION BY 500 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.

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 3306 8805 3305 8804 3306 8804 3315 8784
      3303 8784 3301 8775 3283 8810 3301 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 238DEG 12KT 3296 8806

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 182133
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
433 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

ALC063-182200-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0142.000000T0000Z-071018T2200Z/
GREENE AL-
433 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
GREENE COUNTY...

AT 433 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE POTENTIAL TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PLEASANT 
RIDGE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALICEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST 
AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LEWISTON BY 440 PM CDT...
  UNION BY 450 PM CDT...
  MANTUA BY 455 PM CDT...
  7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JENA AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF KNOXVILLE BY 500
  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 3304 8810 3306 8805 3305 8804 3306 8804
      3315 8784 3303 8784 3301 8775 3288 8802
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 236DEG 16KT 3298 8802

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 18, 4:25 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah and 12 more	15 hr
Oct 18, 1:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lamar	36 min
Oct 18, 1:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marion	52 min
Oct 18, 2:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marion, Winston	39 min
Oct 18, 2:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Sumter	29 min
Oct 18, 2:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Sumter	32 min
Oct 18, 3:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	44 min
Oct 18, 3:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	34 min
Oct 18, 3:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens	32 min
Oct 18, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Tuscaloosa	40 min
Oct 18, 5:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.