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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 7, 2007Elmore County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2007, 3:41 PM CST for Elmore County, Alabama. It was in force for 19 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, 3:41 PM CST (21:41 UTC)
Expired
Jan 7, 2007, 4:00 PM CST
In force
19 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 7, 12:26 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 96 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2007-01-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2007-01-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 244 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 072143
TORBMX
ALC051-072215-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0016.070107T2141Z-070107T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
341 PM CST SUN JAN 7 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 415 PM CST

* AT 338 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF
  ECLECTIC...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF TALLASSEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL MOVE ACROSS KENT NEAR 350 PM.

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 3259 8613 3248 8604 3257 8591 3271 8594

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KBMX 072200
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
400 PM CST SUN JAN 7 2007

ALC051-072210-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070107T2215Z/
ELMORE AL-
400 PM CST SUN JAN 7 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ELMORE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 400 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED
AREAS...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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 3259 8613 3248 8604 3257 8591 3271 8594

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 1:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa29 min
Jan 7, 1:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson34 min
Jan 7, 3:10 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery17 min
Jan 7, 3:20 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXElmore25 min
Jan 7, 3:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega23 min
Jan 7, 3:44 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXClay31 min
Jan 7, 3:52 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXTallapoosa23 min
Jan 7, 4:15 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXChambers45 min
Jan 7, 4:15 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXTallapoosa15 min
Jan 7, 4:53 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXPike3 hr
Jan 7, 4:53 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXAutauga, Bullock, Elmore, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar and 8 more233 days
Jan 7, 4:59 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXChambers16 min
Jan 7, 5:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon52 min
Jan 7, 5:56 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMacon18 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.