Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 161, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 28, 2007, 1:54 PM CST for Bibb County, Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 22 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
- Dec 28, 2007, 1:54 PM CST (19:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2007, 2:16 PM CST
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bibb County, AL, Perry County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 10:44 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 463 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 429 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 281954
TORBMX
ALC007-105-282030-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0161.071228T1954Z-071228T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
154 PM CST FRI DEC 28 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CENTREVILLE...
NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 230 PM CST
* AT 150 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MORGAN SPRINGS...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF MARION...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ELLARDS BY 200 PM CST...
BRENT AND CENTREVILLE BY 215 PM CST...
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 600 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3276 8747 3283 8747 3283 8742 3291 8742
3300 8699 3286 8697 3283 8698 3283 8701
3277 8702 3271 8747 3274 8748
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 253DEG 32KT 3283 8734
$$
172 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KBMX 282007
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
207 PM CST FRI DEC 28 2007
ALC007-105-282030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0161.000000T0000Z-071228T2030Z/
PERRY AL-BIBB AL-
207 PM CST FRI DEC 28 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
BIBB AND NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTIES...
AT 204 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HARRISBURG...OR
ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CENTREVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BRENT BY 215 PM CST...
BIBB COUNTY AIRPORT BY 220 PM CST...
TRIO BY 225 PM CST...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3291 8728 3300 8699 3287 8697 3283 8698
3283 8701 3277 8702 3278 8722 3280 8731
3284 8731
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 253DEG 32KT 3286 8721
$$
17000
WWUS54 KBMX 282016
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
216 PM CST FRI DEC 28 2007
ALC007-105-282026-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0161.000000T0000Z-071228T2030Z/
PERRY AL-BIBB AL-
216 PM CST FRI DEC 28 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BIBB AND NORTHEASTERN PERRY
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3291 8728 3300 8699 3287 8697 3283 8698
3283 8701 3277 8702 3278 8722 3280 8731
3284 8731
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 253DEG 32KT 3289 8712
$$
17The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 9:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah | 37 min |
| Dec 28, 1:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa | 41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.