Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2007, 3:20 PM CST for Elmore County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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
- Jan 7, 2007, 3:20 PM CST (21:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2007, 3:45 PM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Elmore County, AL
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 12:26 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 072120
TORBMX
ALC051-072145-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0015.070107T2120Z-070107T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
320 PM CST SUN JAN 7 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WETUMPKA
* UNTIL 345 PM CST
* AT 317 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BLUE
RIDGE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF WETUMPKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
WETUMPKA BY 325 PM CST
ECLECTIC BY 340 PM CST
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
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...
ON THE WEB WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BMX (SUBMIT A STORM REPORT)
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3244 8613 3243 8614 3245 8617 3244 8619
3245 8618 3251 8625 3246 8633 3248 8633
3270 8605 3255 8591 3242 8609
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KBMX 072129
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
328 PM CST SUN JAN 7 2007
ALC051-072145-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070107T2145Z/
ELMORE AL-
328 PM CST SUN JAN 7 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CST FOR ELMORE
COUNTY...
AT 325 PM CST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO AS IT MOVED
THROUGH MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THIS TORNADO WAS NOW LOCATED 6 MILES EAST
OF WETUMPKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ECLECTIC BY 335 PM CST
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST
SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3244 8613 3243 8614 3245 8617 3244 8619
3245 8618 3251 8625 3246 8633 3248 8633
3270 8605 3255 8591 3242 8609
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 1:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 29 min |
| Jan 7, 1:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Jan 7, 3:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 17 min |
| Jan 7, 3:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 23 min |
| Jan 7, 3:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 19 min |
| Jan 7, 3:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 31 min |
| Jan 7, 3:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 23 min |
| Jan 7, 4:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 45 min |
| Jan 7, 4:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 15 min |
| Jan 7, 4:53 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Pike | 3 hr |
| Jan 7, 4:53 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Autauga, Bullock, Elmore, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar and 8 more | 233 days |
| Jan 7, 4:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 16 min |
| Jan 7, 5:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Macon | 52 min |
| Jan 7, 5:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon | 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.