Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 149, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 22, 2007, 10:44 PM CDT for Hale County, Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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 22, 2007, 10:44 PM CDT (03:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2007, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hale County, AL, Perry County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 10:44 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 4 Nne Faunsdale, AL | *** 2 INJ *** A NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM SURVEYED THE AREA AND FOUND A PATH LENGTH OF 9.4 MILES WITH A WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. ESTIMATED WINDS WERE 100 MPH. OVER 20 HOMES AND 20 CARS WERE DAMAGED. ONE AIRPLANE HANGER DAMAGED. DAMAGE WAS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 12...COUNTY R |
| Oct 22, 10:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Newbern, AL | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN WITH SOME ON HOUSES ALONG COUNTY ROAD 16. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Oct 22, 10:52 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | Newbern, AL | *** 2 INJ *** A NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM SURVEYED THE AREA AND FOUND A PATH LENGTH OF 9.4 MILES WITH A WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. ESTIMATED WINDS WERE 100 MPH. OVER 20 HOMES AND 12 CARS WERE DAMAGED. DAMAGE WAS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 12...COUNTY ROAD 10 AND COUNTY ROAD 16. TH |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 230344 TORBMX ALC065-105-230415- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0149.071023T0344Z-071023T0415Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1044 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA... EASTERN HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GREENSBORO... * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 1039 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LANEVILLE...OR 14 MILES EAST OF DEMOPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NEWBERN BY 1050 PM CDT... GREENSBORO BY 1055 PM CDT... MORGAN SPRINGS BY 1105 PM CDT... WATEROAK BY 1110 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 3295 8757 3283 8732 3249 8753 3249 8773 TIME...MOT...LOC 0344Z 203DEG 30KT 3255 8758 $$ KSL
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KBMX 230358
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1058 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
ALC065-105-230415-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0149.000000T0000Z-071023T0415Z/
PERRY AL-HALE AL-
1058 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
HALE AND NORTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTIES...
AT 1056 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWBERN...OR ABOUT
NEAR GREENSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MORGAN SPRINGS BY 1110 PM CDT...
WATEROAK BY 1115 PM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3295 8757 3290 8748 3285 8735 3284 8735
3283 8732 3258 8751 3261 8767
TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 203DEG 30KT 3266 8753
$$
KSLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 27 min |
| 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.