Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2007, 3:44 PM CST for Clay County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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, 3:44 PM CST (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2007, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Clay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 12:26 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 072144
TORBMX
ALC027-072215-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0017.070107T2144Z-070107T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
344 PM CST SUN JAN 7 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
* UNTIL 415 PM CST
* AT 344 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
LINEVILLE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF CHEAHA STATE PARK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
DELTA BY 400 PM CST
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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
ON THE WEB WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BMX (SUBMIT A STORM REPORT)
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3345 8564 3344 8566 3329 8566 3320 8576
3326 8585 3329 8590 3331 8591 3350 8576
3350 8564
$$
ML2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KBMX 072154
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
353 PM CST SUN JAN 7 2007
ALC027-072215-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-070107T2215Z/
CLAY AL-
353 PM CST SUN JAN 7 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR EASTERN
CLAY COUNTY...
AT 353 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LINEVILLE...OR
ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHEAHA STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH. ANOTHER ROTATING STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTH OF ASHLAND
MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. THIS POTENTIAL TORNADIC STORM WILL
APPROACH THE LINEVILLE AREA AROUND 405 PM.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST
SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3345 8564 3344 8566 3329 8566 3318 8576
3321 8584 3325 8589 3330 8587 3349 8574
3350 8564
$$
ML000
WWUS54 KBMX 072209
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
408 PM CST SUN JAN 7 2007
ALC027-072218-
/O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-070107T2215Z/
CLAY AL-
408 PM CST SUN JAN 7 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CLAY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 415 PM
CST...
AT 408 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO
LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
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 3345 8564 3344 8566 3329 8566 3318 8576
3321 8584 3325 8589 3330 8587 3349 8574
3350 8564
$$
MLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 1:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 29 min |
| Jan 7, 1:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Jan 7, 3:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 17 min |
| Jan 7, 3:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 25 min |
| Jan 7, 3:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 23 min |
| Jan 7, 3:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 19 min |
| Jan 7, 3:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 23 min |
| Jan 7, 4:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 45 min |
| Jan 7, 4:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 15 min |
| Jan 7, 4:53 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Pike | 3 hr |
| Jan 7, 4:53 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Autauga, Bullock, Elmore, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar and 8 more | 233 days |
| Jan 7, 4:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 16 min |
| Jan 7, 5:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Macon | 52 min |
| Jan 7, 5:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon | 18 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.