Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 146, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 22, 2007, 9:33 PM CDT for Marengo County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 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
- Oct 22, 2007, 9:33 PM CDT (02:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2007, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Marengo County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 464 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 230234
TORBMX
ALC091-230300-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0146.071023T0233Z-071023T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
933 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MARENGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LINDEN...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 928 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
NICHOLSVILLE...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF GROVE HILL...MOVING NORTH AT 35
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SWEET WATER AND 6 MILES WEST OF SHILOH BY 940 PM CDT...
CALVARY...MILLER AND OCTAGON BY 945 PM CDT...
LINDEN...CHICKASAW STATE PARK AND PROVIDENCE BY 955 PM CDT...
OLD SPRING HILL BY 1000 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 3245 8779 3229 8749 3215 8754 3215 8763
3203 8764 3201 8767 3200 8792
TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 186DEG 30KT 3203 8785
$$
KSL2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KBMX 230241
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
941 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
ALC091-230300-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0146.000000T0000Z-071023T0300Z/
MARENGO AL-
941 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
MARENGO COUNTY...
AT 937 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DIXONS MILL...OR
ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTH OF LINDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SHILOH BY 950 PM CDT...
OCTAGON...MILLER...CALVARY AND MAGNOLIA BY 955 PM CDT...
7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THOMASTON AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINDEN BY
1000 PM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3245 8779 3229 8749 3215 8754 3215 8763
3203 8764 3201 8767 3200 8792
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 203DEG 30KT 3206 8780
$$
KSL000
WWUS54 KBMX 230250
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
950 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
ALC091-230300-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0146.000000T0000Z-071023T0300Z/
MARENGO AL-
950 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
MARENGO COUNTY...
AT 948 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SHILOH...OR ABOUT
13 MILES SOUTH OF LINDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MILLER AND MAGNOLIA BY 955 PM CDT...
OCTAGON...CALVARY...7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THOMASTON AND 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LINDEN BY 1000 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 3209 8787 3245 8779 3229 8749 3215 8754
3215 8763 3205 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 0250Z 203DEG 30KT 3213 8777
$$
KSLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo, Perry | 31 min |
| Oct 22, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 45 min |
| Oct 22, 10:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale, Perry | 31 min |
| Oct 22, 11:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Hale, Perry | 29 min |
| Oct 22, 11:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas, Perry | 35 min |
| Oct 23, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Perry | 45 min |
| Oct 23, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Dallas | 33 min |
| Oct 23, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Shelby | 31 min |
| Oct 23, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Lowndes | 45 min |
| Oct 23, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Shelby, Talladega | 49 min |
| Oct 23, 1:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa | 35 min |
| Oct 23, 1:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Shelby | 27 min |
| Oct 23, 1:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 36 min |
| Oct 23, 1:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 36 min |
| Oct 23, 1:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Talladega | 31 min |
| Oct 23, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 39 min |
| Oct 23, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Talladega | 29 min |
| Oct 23, 2:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 20 min |
| Oct 23, 2:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 27 min |
| Oct 23, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 25 min |
| Oct 23, 2:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 40 min |
| Oct 23, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Lee, Macon, Russell | 28 min |
| Oct 23, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.