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Tornado Warning 150, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 22, 2007, 11:16 PM CDT for Bibb County, Hale County, Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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, 11:16 PM CDT (04:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2007, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bibb County, AL, Hale County, AL, Perry County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:18 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, 11:39 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nne Morgan Springs, AL | A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN FAR NORTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY NEAR THE NORTH PERRY COMMUNITY. ONE HOME SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE. |
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 22, 11:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 89 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 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
- 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 230416 TORBMX ALC007-065-105-230445- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0150.071023T0416Z-071023T0445Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1116 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA... NORTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA... NORTHEASTERN HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GREENSBORO... * UNTIL 1145 PM CDT * AT 1113 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MORGAN SPRINGS...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF EOLINE BY 1140 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3300 8748 3300 8717 3262 8745 3268 8765 TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 205DEG 25KT 3281 8748 $$ KSL
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KBMX 230432 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1132 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007 ALC007-065-105-230445- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0150.000000T0000Z-071023T0445Z/ PERRY AL-HALE AL-BIBB AL- 1132 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BIBB...NORTHEASTERN HALE AND NORTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTIES... AT 1131 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MERTZ...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LOW GAP BY 1140 PM CDT... 9 MILES WEST OF EOLINE BY 1145 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3300 8748 3300 8717 3262 8745 3285 8756 TIME...MOT...LOC 0432Z 205DEG 25KT 3291 8742 $$ KSL
The 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, 10:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale, Perry | 31 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.