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Tornado Warning 151, NWS Birmingham, AL

October 22, 2007Dallas County, Perry County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 22, 2007, 11:25 PM CDT for Dallas County, Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 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 22, 2007, 11:25 PM CDT (04:25 UTC)
Expired: Oct 23, 2007, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Dallas County, AL, Perry County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:26 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, 11:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 W Marion, AL	NUMEROUS TREES AND SEVERAL POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE CITY OF MARION.
Oct 23, 12:00 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Marion, AL	SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF MARION. A FEW ADDITIONAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE TALLADEGA NATIONAL FOREST IN NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY.

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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 76 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 230425
TORBMX
ALC047-105-230500-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0151.071023T0425Z-071023T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1125 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MARION...
  NORTHWESTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1122 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR VALDEN...OR
  13 MILES SOUTH OF MARION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  VALDEN AND HAMBURG BY 1130 PM CDT...
  MARION AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF RED FORD BY 1140 PM CDT...
  SPROTT BY 1145 PM CDT...
  ELLARDS BY 1155 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 3283 8728 3282 8703 3253 8702 3237 8708
      3228 8734 3254 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 0425Z 203DEG 30KT 3249 8739

$$

KSL

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 230436
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1136 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007

ALC047-105-230500-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0151.000000T0000Z-071023T0500Z/
DALLAS AL-PERRY AL-
1136 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR PERRY
AND NORTHWESTERN DALLAS COUNTIES...

AT 1135 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VALDEN...OR ABOUT
6 MILES SOUTH OF MARION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SUTTLE BY 1145 PM CDT...
  RED FORD BY 1150 PM CDT...
  SPROTT BY 1155 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 3283 8728 3282 8703 3253 8702 3237 8708
      3228 8734 3254 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 0436Z 231DEG 33KT 3256 8733

$$
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, 11:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Hale, Perry	29 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.