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Tornado Warning 158, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 23, 2007, 2:27 AM CDT for Coosa County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 20 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
- Oct 23, 2007, 2:27 AM CDT (07:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 23, 2007, 2:47 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Coosa County, AL, Tallapoosa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 12:43 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 230727 TORBMX ALC037-123-230800- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0158.071023T0727Z-071023T0800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 227 AM CDT TUE OCT 23 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN COOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...KELLYTON...GOODWATER... NORTHWESTERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ALEXANDER CITY... * UNTIL 300 AM CDT * AT 225 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR KELLYTON... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ALEXANDER CITY BY 235 AM CDT... 7 MILES SOUTH OF HACKNEYVILLE BY 240 AM CDT... 7 MILES NORTH OF JACKSONS GAP BY 245 AM CDT... 6 MILES SOUTH OF GOLDVILLE BY 255 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 800 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN ALABAMA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3310 8577 3285 8581 3285 8614 3307 8615 TIME...MOT...LOC 0727Z 256DEG 32KT 3294 8605 $$
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KBMX 230742
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
242 AM CDT TUE OCT 23 2007
ALC037-230752-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0158.000000T0000Z-071023T0800Z/
COOSA AL-
242 AM CDT TUE OCT 23 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN COOSA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3287 8599 3307 8598 3310 8577 3289 8580
3289 8581 3288 8581 3285 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 0742Z 256DEG 32KT 3301 8591
$$
ALC123-230800-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0158.000000T0000Z-071023T0800Z/
TALLAPOOSA AL-
242 AM CDT TUE OCT 23 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY...
AT 237 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HACKNEYVILLE...OR
ABOUT NEAR KELLYTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
GOLDVILLE BY 255 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 800 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3287 8599 3307 8598 3310 8577 3289 8580
3289 8581 3288 8581 3285 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 0742Z 256DEG 32KT 3301 8591
$$
KSL000
WWUS54 KBMX 230747
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
246 AM CDT TUE OCT 23 2007
ALC123-230756-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0158.000000T0000Z-071023T0800Z/
TALLAPOOSA AL-
246 AM CDT TUE OCT 23 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3287 8599 3307 8598 3310 8577 3289 8580
3289 8581 3288 8581 3285 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 0746Z 256DEG 32KT 3302 8587
$$
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, 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, 12:00 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, 2:33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.