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Tornado Warning 152, NWS Birmingham, AL

October 23, 20074 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 23, 2007, 12:00 AM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 45 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 23, 2007, 12:00 AM CDT (05:00 UTC)
Expired: Oct 23, 2007, 12:45 AM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bibb County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Perry County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 59 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 230500
TORBMX
ALC007-021-047-105-230545-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0152.071023T0500Z-071023T0545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1200 AM CDT TUE OCT 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CENTREVILLE...
  SOUTHWESTERN CHILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  EASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1157 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
  HAMBURG...OR 13 MILES WEST OF SELMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SUTTLE AND HAMBURG BY 1205 AM CDT...
  RED FORD BY 1210 AM CDT...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPROTT BY 1215 AM CDT...
  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF PAUL M GRIST STATE PARK BY 1220 AM CDT...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF SIX MILE AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF ASHBY BY 1245 AM
  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 3305 8713 3305 8689 3271 8691 3215 8720
      3235 8741
TIME...MOT...LOC 0500Z 207DEG 39KT 3247 8723

$$

KSL

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 230509
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1209 AM CDT TUE OCT 23 2007

ALC007-021-047-105-230545-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0152.000000T0000Z-071023T0545Z/
DALLAS AL-PERRY AL-CHILTON AL-BIBB AL-
1209 AM CDT TUE OCT 23 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BIBB...SOUTHWESTERN CHILTON...EASTERN PERRY AND WESTERN
DALLAS COUNTIES...

AT 1206 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SUTTLE...OR ABOUT
10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPROTT BY 1215 AM CDT...
  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF PAUL M GRIST STATE PARK BY 1220 AM CDT...
  LAWLEY BY 1240 AM CDT...
  RANDOLPH...TRIO...7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BIBB COUNTY AIRPORT AND 8
  MILES SOUTH OF SIX MILE BY 1245 AM 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 3305 8713 3305 8689 3271 8691 3215 8720
      3235 8741
TIME...MOT...LOC 0509Z 207DEG 30KT 3256 8718

$$

KSL

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 230518
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1218 AM CDT TUE OCT 23 2007

ALC007-021-047-105-230545-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0152.000000T0000Z-071023T0545Z/
DALLAS AL-PERRY AL-CHILTON AL-BIBB AL-
1218 AM CDT TUE OCT 23 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BIBB...SOUTHWESTERN CHILTON...EASTERN PERRY AND WESTERN
DALLAS COUNTIES...

AT 1214 AM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR RED FORD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF MARION...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAWLEY...6 MILES SOUTH OF TRIO...8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RANDOLPH AND
  9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BIBB COUNTY AIRPORT BY 1245 AM 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 3241 8729 3305 8713 3305 8689 3271 8691
      3215 8720
TIME...MOT...LOC 0518Z 207DEG 30KT 3263 8714

$$

KSL

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 230531
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1231 AM CDT TUE OCT 23 2007

ALC007-021-047-105-230545-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0152.000000T0000Z-071023T0545Z/
DALLAS AL-PERRY AL-CHILTON AL-BIBB AL-
1231 AM CDT TUE OCT 23 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BIBB...SOUTHWESTERN CHILTON...EASTERN PERRY AND WESTERN
DALLAS COUNTIES...

AT 1227 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
SPROTT...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF MARION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAWLEY...6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRIO...6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RANDOLPH
  AND 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BIBB COUNTY AIRPORT BY 1245 AM 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 3241 8729 3305 8713 3305 8689 3271 8691
      3215 8720
TIME...MOT...LOC 0531Z 215DEG 34KT 3273 8707

$$

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 22, 11:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas, Perry	35 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

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.